If the US achieves military victory in the Middle East, it preserves its geopolitical position globally; if it withdraws with military defeat, it signals weakness on a scale equivalent to the 1956 Suez Crisis, which would unravel US credibility globally and trigger secondary geopolitical consequences.

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Michael Every

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if it were to just go home with its tail between its legs, that's a 1956 Suez style crisis for the US because it won't be fighting anywhere else again on the same scale as this if it can't manage to achieve victory here. [1:00:46]

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MacroVoices #525 Lyn Alden: Iran Contagion, Inflation & Private CreditMacro Voices
Created: 8/12/2026, 5:52:35 PM

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