Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-07-17

". ,. InIeTVGHIfOH
After allowing itself to be
Unanswered behind the eight
ball in the Middle East. the
Eisenhower administration
has shown a sprig Of hair on
its chest at lastl
It has decided to send
troops there to help our
friends. Unless the United
Nations forces a withdrawal
Of our Marines, some good
may come of this venture.
At least it will show the free
world = England, France,
Italy. Spain and Latin
America - that the United
States can't be pushed
around.
While 1t is hoped no blood
shed will ensue, it may.
And If it does, the blame
will fall directly upon those
theological woolgatherers who
in 1856 inveigled the United
States into siding with Soviet
Russia in opposing the Anglo
French effort to recover the
Suez Canal and depose
NaSSer.
Who were they? Among
others, they were Henry
Cabot Lodge, our Ambassador
to that boring debating So
ciety. the United Nations,
and John Foster Dulles, Sec
rotary of State. A congress
sional inquiry into this whole
flasco should be held.
1t was Dulles who unin-
vitedly few to London and
urged Britain to back down.
It was Lodge who forced
through the u. NJ, with Com
munist help, a demand that
Britain, France and Israel
pull back their forces in
Egypt, when a few days more
would have secured the canal
and toppled Nasser.
Now the United States may
pay with the blood of its
youth for the theological
follies Of Dulles and Lodge.
Why not call them up for
an accounting? What part
did that blatant liberal HUI
bert Humphrey play? 1t is
time some stalwart Southern
Congressman called for a
complete disclosure Of our
fumbles.
As Sir Anthony Eden said.
as he stepped down as Prime
Minister. History will prove
US right" And that page Of
history has come to pass.
Charles p. Beazley,
1t. COL, AT Res.
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The Iraq crisis is q logical
result Of our mishandling of
the Suez crisis. In the Iraq
crisis we have the same
bungling foreign policy, the
same hesitation, the same
not quite : knowing what
to-do. the same fear of tax
ing a chance as we had in
the Suez affair. In Septem-
Der, 1855, / advocated send
ing United States troops into
Suez touphold the suzerainty
of Great Britain. Today I
advocate the sending Of
United States troops into
Iraq to restore a king to the
throne. Whether or not one
advocates monarchy is not
the question here. Also, that
the U. N. should place its
big fake rubber stamp of
approval on our action is
unimportant. These are side
issues.
The Communists are adept
at invoking these side issues
to distract our attention
from the principal truth.
This truth is, of course, that
a left-wing movement has
taken over Iraq. just as a
similar left-wing group has
taken over Syria and Egypt
and is attempting to take
over Lebanon. These groups
are financed and backed by
Moscow. One by one the ma
tons Of the Middle East are
slipping from our control
and into the orbit of Moscow
One must fight fire with
fire whether one likes to OF
not. A few regiments Of
United States troops IN Irac
may save the Middle East
for the West. Obviously, II
we allow Iraq to go TO the
Communists, leftists in al
other Middle Eastern coun-
tries win be encouraged II
revolt. II we lose Iraa, VI
probably win lose Iran with,
in a year. And when we have
lost Iran we have lost a con-
siderable proportion Of the
Middle Eastern oil. Afghani.
stan win be isolated. ane
Pakistan win be in peril.
Oliver Mason, ESQ.
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