Any rational assessment of the impact must result in the expectation that so large a loss of employment will throw a shock into the already wobbly recovery.
Most pundits and the non-partisan Congressional Budget Office have noted that the shock of tumbling over the fiscal cliff could kill off a still-fragile recovery and possibly tip the U.S. economy back into recession.
Even if the Eden-Mollet technique achieves what it is intended to achieve which is, presumably, a shock sharp enough to bring about the end of fighting, the fall of President Nasser and recovery of some permanent western authority over Suez Canal traffic the damage still promises to be out of proportion.