The claim that U.S. Fleet harassment disrupted Operation Musketeer is rejected in the response. The Anglo-French operation is instead assessed through the time it took to achieve its political objectives. A proposed counterfactual is that a rapid overthrow of Egypt's leadership could have secured tacit American acceptance. As the campaign failed to produce that quick outcome, Washington could exploit the resulting political difficulty. This interpretation distinguishes American political leverage from direct operational interference by American warships.
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American pressure and the pace of the Suez operation
One interpretation of Suez links American political leverage to the campaign's slow progress, while rejecting the claim of U.S. Fleet disruption.