Posted on 06/02/2011 8:31:56 PM PDT by lbryce
After watching the movie “Lebanon” last nite I would say Israel has bigger problems then the hypothetical Iranian nuke threat. It was like watching Howard Wollowitz from “Big Bang” go to war.
Replying “in multiple”, since you all took umbrage at my post...
Believe me when I tell you there is nothing more I would like to see than to watch Israel reduce a good part of the Islamic world to ashes if she were to be attacked.
But having said that, I don’t believe she will.
No one else in the world defends their own territory better than do the Israelis. I speak this as an American, and they do it better than the Americans (heck, look at our southern border vis-a-vis the Israel/Gaza border and the security walls they’ve built — why don’t we have that here?). Here on FR we brag about “being the best”, but I wouldn’t want to put a cohort of American troops against an equal number of Israelis — and predict the outcome.
But that’s different than attacking another country and killing civilians.
I don’t believe the “Jewish consciousness” will permit them to do that.
Inner guilt will “get them”.
Mind you, _I_ have no problems with attacking other countries and killing their civilians, but I’m not Jewish. I personally have no regrets about “a Hiroshima” or “a Nagasaki”. Back in 2001, I was one of the first here on FR to advocate the destruction of Mecca and Medina as “symbolic retaliation” for the World Trade Center attacks. I still believe that, some day, that will become the climax of the Christian/Islamic struggle.
But Israel will never “do a Hiroshima”. Something intangible that’s “inside her people” will hold her back.
As I concluded with my original post, it’s speculation on my part. If your dander was raised, so be it — I intended for the posting to be “on the incendiary side” of argument. But I stand by it as a matter of reason and realism.
As one of The West, I want Israel to win and Islam to disappear. That’s as clearly-worded as I can say it. But I also can see that — long term — the odds are against her.
Then again, I’ve read Joel Rosenberg’s books!
“If Israel has to fight another major war for its survival they need to grab control of a large percentage of that oil.”
Never going to happen. Even at her most hawkish, Israel was too conscious of taking another nations assets. They returned everything of economic value, including the Temple Mount which is controlled by the Islamic Waqf. Taking oil would be seen as a provocation so extreme, it would insure Israel’s removal from the map.
Israel is close to finding their own oil though, using biblical guidance (no, really) to locate it. As mentioned by Bibi, Israel is also leading the way in energy alternatives that will bankrupt the Arab nations, or at least shift the power in Israel’s favor.
“what a load of Obama”.
Max
You’ve a great way with words
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