> Egypt nationalized (stole) the canal Nasser paid full compensation for shareholders based on the share price of the company on the Paris Stock Exchange, as h

> Egypt nationalized (stole) the canal Nasser paid full compensation for shareholders based on the share price of the company on the Paris Stock Exchange, as he had said he would before the nationalisation.[1] So this was not much different to the nationalisation of companies in the UK that had been happening around the same period,[2] or to the compulsory sales that happen even now in the US.[3] > only reason they were not bombed to oblivion was that it suited US goals There was also the Soviet threat against the UK and its allies in the war. 1. https://www.irishtimes.com/news/suez-affair-highlighted-britain-s-fall-from-major-world-power-1.101871 https://www.irishtimes.com/news/suez-affair-highlighted-brit... 2. https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/guides/zsd68mn/revision/6 https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/guides/zsd68mn/revision/6 3. https://www.wsj.com/articles/trump-orders-chinese-firm-to-sell-u-s-hotel-software-company-11583521254 https://www.wsj.com/articles/trump-orders-chinese-firm-to-se...