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Undertoad · 03-13-2003, 04:18 PM

OK, let's try another little exercise. 1967. Israeli intelligence picked up on the fact that Syria, Jordan and Egypt were going to attack. So Israel attacked first by hitting the Egyptian air force and knocking it out. This stranded Egypt's ground forces on the Sinai peninsula and Israel took the entire thing.

Israel hasn't yet been attacked. They initiated force. If they had not, they would have lost the war and there would be, in all likelihood, no Israel today.

Wrong of them to do?

In the late 70s Iraq built a nuclear reactor, with French selling it tech, with which they intended to fortify nuclear materials for a bomb. Israel fighters went and blew it up in 1981. If they hadn't, Hussein probably would have had nukes in 1991 with which to back up his use of force at that time. This would have complicated things nightily, needless to say. Or, perhaps the Iraqi initiation of force against the WTC in 1993 would have had a stronger bomb to load in the Ryder.

Wrong of the Israelis to do?

03-13-2003, 04:18 PM	#13
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	OK, let's try another little exercise. 1967. Israeli intelligence picked up on the fact that Syria, Jordan and Egypt were going to attack. So Israel attacked first by hitting the Egyptian air force and knocking it out. This stranded Egypt's ground forces on the Sinai peninsula and Israel took the entire thing. Israel hasn't yet been attacked. They initiated force. If they had not, they would have lost the war and there would be, in all likelihood, no Israel today. Wrong of them to do? In the late 70s Iraq built a nuclear reactor, with French selling it tech, with which they intended to fortify nuclear materials for a bomb. Israel fighters went and blew it up in 1981. If they hadn't, Hussein probably would have had nukes in 1991 with which to back up his use of force at that time. This would have complicated things nightily, needless to say. Or, perhaps the Iraqi initiation of force against the WTC in 1993 would have had a stronger bomb to load in the Ryder. Wrong of the Israelis to do?