I thought I answered it?
It was too complicated with Russia joining Egypt,
for something that was going to be shared anyway by Britian USA and Isreal.
Why go to a full out world war when you only get 1/3 of the bounty?
Send in the U.n. under "our" control.
Then later on and international Force was named and positioned.
Whether we would have used war or diplomacy is a question for the CIA,
I can't read their mind, but I can read the writing on the wall.
It was a conflict that lasted 30 years,
i'm glad the CIA didn't go to war with Russia over a canal.
We wanted a small war against a 'real push over',
not World war III against other world superpowers.
We want to pick fights we have a chance at winning.
You want to go to war with USSR?
What do you all think of the Honduras Coup and US is not calling it a coup so it can continue to supply aid to the country.
It's last president was closely aligned with Venezuela.
The Military arrested him and deported him to costa rica.
It really 'served our interest' just by coinicidence, again.