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Isualum13 said:
Read an article that said one of the blocked shipments had cattle on it. I wonder what they had to do in this scenario? Hard to imagine they had the resources to feed these animals for an extra week.
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I saw there were a bunch of livestock ships stuck. I would guess they get to jump the line, but yeah I'm sure that's not an awesome boat to be on right now.
 
Sigmapolis said:
The Suez Canal has a fascinating history -- just one more chapter to add to that.

Ancient canals between the Nile and the Red Sea serving the same purpose.

Political intrigue between Britain, France, Russia, and the Ottomans over its construction.

The tl;dr version -- the French built the canal to further their imperial prestige and honor Napoleon III but the British eventually brought them out because a canal from the Mediterranean to India was useful to them.

The life and times of French diplomat Ferdinand de Lesseps, who went from pariah to national hero in France for his role in creating the canal but eventually went bankrupt failing to do the same in Panama.

Nationalization of the canal by the Egyptian government prompting the Suez Crisis.

The tl;dr version -- the British and the French were upset about the Egyptians nationalizing their canal, so they invaded, and Dwight Eisenhower told them to knock it off, creating tensions within NATO.

The canal being shut down for several years due to Egypt/Israel conflicts and the "Yellow Fleet."

Fun fact -- most U.S. foreign aid goes to Egypt and Israel. Why? A bribe to keep them from fighting each other, which is the main reason that relationship has been relatively peaceful since the Camp David Accords.

That bribe is very much a "here is a pile of money to not fight... and leave the canal open."

And now this.

Other fun fact -- the Statue of Liberty was originally conceived as a grand memorial for the Mediterranean entrance to the Suez Canal as a homage to wonders of antiquity like the Colossus of Rhodes and the Pharos of Alexandria. The plan proved unworkable, though, so France ended up giving it to the U.S. instead.
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This part "Fun fact -- most U.S. foreign aid goes to Egypt and Israel. Why? A bribe to keep them from fighting each other, which is the main reason that relationship has been relatively peaceful since the Camp David Accords." is the piece where the lizard-brained walking among us are just so stupid when they ***** about money being paid to other countries. That money is sometimes necessary to keep the cogs of commerce and trade moving. Please stop being so simple.
 
Isualum13 said:
Read an article that said one of the blocked shipments had cattle on it. I wonder what they had to do in this scenario? Hard to imagine they had the resources to feed these animals for an extra week.
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Many ships turned around and went around Africa.
 
TXCyclones said:
This part "Fun fact -- most U.S. foreign aid goes to Egypt and Israel. Why? A bribe to keep them from fighting each other, which is the main reason that relationship has been relatively peaceful since the Camp David Accords." is the piece where the lizard-brained walking among us are just so stupid when they ***** about money being paid to other countries. That money is sometimes necessary to keep the cogs of commerce and trade moving. Please stop being so simple.
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Yeah, I don't want to make this political, but I cannot count the number of people I have met who think we could solve all of our budget woes if we "stopped sending money to people that hate us anyways!"

Foreign aid is <1% of the federal budget. If most of that is going to keeping Egypt and Israel off each other's throats and keeping the Suez Canal operational, then it is some of the better-spent money we outlay.
 
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