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  1. Is this America’s Suez?

    An interesting historical perspective on the similarities (and differences) between the Israeli-British-French adventures in Suez with the Israeli-US debacle in Iran. Pyrrhic victories both? Just because Ferguson is generally a prat doesn't mean the history is incorrect.

    archive.today/2026.04.10-18532

    #Iran #Israel #USA #War #PyrrhicVictory #Suez

  2. Is this America’s Suez?

    An interesting historical perspective on the similarities (and differences) between the Israeli-British-French adventures in Suez with the Israeli-US debacle in Iran. Pyrrhic victories both? Just because Ferguson is generally a prat doesn't mean the history is incorrect.

    archive.today/2026.04.10-18532

    #Iran #Israel #USA #War #PyrrhicVictory #Suez

  3. Is this America’s Suez?

    An interesting historical perspective on the similarities (and differences) between the Israeli-British-French adventures in Suez with the Israeli-US debacle in Iran. Pyrrhic victories both? Just because Ferguson is generally a prat doesn't mean the history is incorrect.

    archive.today/2026.04.10-18532

    #Iran #Israel #USA #War #PyrrhicVictory #Suez

  4. Is this America’s Suez?

    An interesting historical perspective on the similarities (and differences) between the Israeli-British-French adventures in Suez with the Israeli-US debacle in Iran. Pyrrhic victories both? Just because Ferguson is generally a prat doesn't mean the history is incorrect.

    archive.today/2026.04.10-18532

    #Iran #Israel #USA #War #PyrrhicVictory #Suez

  5. Is this America’s Suez?

    An interesting historical perspective on the similarities (and differences) between the Israeli-British-French adventures in Suez with the Israeli-US debacle in Iran. Pyrrhic victories both? Just because Ferguson is generally a prat doesn't mean the history is incorrect.

    archive.today/2026.04.10-18532

    #Iran #Israel #USA #War #PyrrhicVictory #Suez

  6. A quotation from James Howell

    He that wrestleth with a turd shall be beshitt fall he over or under.

    James Howell (c. 1594–1666) Welsh historian and writer
    Paroimiographia [Παροιμιογραφία]: Proverbs, or, Old Sayed Sawes & Adages, “English Proverbs” (1659)
    [compiler]

    More about this quote: wist.info/howell-james/82796/

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #jameshowell #proverb #befoul #contend #fight #lose #loss #pyrrhicvictory #struggle #victory #win #wrestle

  7. A quotation from James Howell

    He that wrestleth with a turd shall be beshitt fall he over or under.

    James Howell (c. 1594–1666) Welsh historian and writer
    Paroimiographia [Παροιμιογραφία]: Proverbs, or, Old Sayed Sawes & Adages, “English Proverbs” (1659)
    [compiler]

    More about this quote: wist.info/howell-james/82796/

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #jameshowell #proverb #befoul #contend #fight #lose #loss #pyrrhicvictory #struggle #victory #win #wrestle

  8. A quotation from James Howell

    He that wrestleth with a turd shall be beshitt fall he over or under.

    James Howell (c. 1594–1666) Welsh historian and writer
    Paroimiographia [Παροιμιογραφία]: Proverbs, or, Old Sayed Sawes & Adages, “English Proverbs” (1659)
    [compiler]

    More about this quote: wist.info/howell-james/82796/

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #jameshowell #proverb #befoul #contend #fight #lose #loss #pyrrhicvictory #struggle #victory #win #wrestle

  9. A quotation from James Howell

    He that wrestleth with a turd shall be beshitt fall he over or under.

    James Howell (c. 1594–1666) Welsh historian and writer
    Paroimiographia [Παροιμιογραφία]: Proverbs, or, Old Sayed Sawes & Adages, “English Proverbs” (1659)
    [compiler]

    More about this quote: wist.info/howell-james/82796/

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #jameshowell #proverb #befoul #contend #fight #lose #loss #pyrrhicvictory #struggle #victory #win #wrestle