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To: Lonesome in Massachussets
No sovereign nation has attacked the soil of a nuclear power, ever in history.

Gulf War I - Saddam fired Ballistic Missiles (Scuds) at Israel.

Recent Israel/Lebanon War - Hezbollah fired short range artillery rockets at Israel.

45 posted on 09/01/2008 7:53:30 PM PDT by justa-hairyape
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To: justa-hairyape

Gulf War I is a good counter example although Saddam made a shrewd calculation that if Israel retaliated it would undermine support for the collation among Arabs. He didn’t see he had much to lose since he already faced overwhelming force, it was a desparation gamble and Israel didn’t bite. (Actually, he had a free shot a Israel.)

Hezbollah is not a soveriegn state, but a cat’s paw for Iran.

Let’s modify that to no attack on an acknowledged nuclear power.


50 posted on 09/01/2008 8:10:50 PM PDT by Lonesome in Massachussets (His Negritude has made his negritude the central theme of this campaign)
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