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Good post Shamrock. Kudos and salutations. [img]smile.gif[/img]
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Why thank you [img]smile.gif[/img]
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Originally posted by Cerek the Barbaric:
And what countries has Israel threatened (or actually attacked) besides Palestine?
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Lebanon in 82. Egypt & Syria (although I will admit they aren't examples of unwarranted Israeli aggression, but they are other countries that have been attacked by Israel). Iraq. I'll think of a couple more no doubt.[/QUOTE]When was Iraq attacked by Israel? That's not what my facts have been. Dates please. What was the reason for the Lebanese "invasion". To my memory it was to restrict terror groups. [/QUOTE]I was thinking of the attack on the Osirak reactor.
http://www.us-israel.org/jsource/History/Osirak.html
A rather one-sided article, but the basic facts are in there somewhere.
Lebanon coming right up when I arrange my thoughts...
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I also suspect that the close proximity of Israel's enemies in a geographical sense would make the firing of nuclear weapons somewhat hazardous for the Israeli citizens.
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When have nukes been anything other than a deterrent.... oh yes WWII... I mean other than WWII? 
[/QUOTE]Nukes were a deterrent in WW2? I thought nobody knew about it. In fact, that's half the reason the cold war started, because none of the wartime allies bothered telling Stalin that they had nuclear weapons before they dropped them on his doorstep. Would be good if you could expand on that point please [img]smile.gif[/img]
And when your nuclear weapons act as a deterrent against yourself, that is something else
[ 06-10-2004, 12:12 PM: Message edited by: shamrock_uk ]