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Pakistan may have nukes, but I bet Israel has more! I dare say that if Israel saw a massive build up on their border; a build-up that they didn't think they could stop. Then they would use nukes to stop that build up.
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The problem with using nuclear weapons close to home is that the fallout drifts where the wind takes it - so using nukes on its neighbours would be like peeing into the wind...
So Israel wins the right to radioactive land - that would be a hollow victory, wouldn't it?
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I think Israel could handle anything that a "Freedom Fighter" army could throw at it. After all they've been handling this kinds of attacks for quite sometime.
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And Israel is all but bankrupt as a result. Had it not been for the enormous funding provided by the US, Israel would be in economic ruins. Israeli GDP has dropped by more than 7% for two years in a row, shares listed on the Telaviv stock exchange have dropped in value by an average of 15%, the tourist industry has dramatically shrunk, the shekel has seen a huge devaluation against the dollar, unemployement rising from a decent 6% to 10% (and expected to reach 13% by the end of the year)...Then there is the damage caused by the bombs and the costs of keeping a huge standing army...need I go on?
You don't have to win a military battle to defeat a country - killing its economy amounts to the same thing...
[ 08-21-2003, 06:05 PM: Message edited by: Skunk ]