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To: Natufian
"As an example of moving the goalposts, your post is a good one."

Yeah, I know how you feel. I said any three EU countries, citing their inability to project significant force over 200 miles, so you bring up Cyprus. I point out that Cyprus is a joke militarily, so you select Germany, France and England - ignoring the entire force projection thing (Cyprus' airfields would be cratered in 5 minutes, btw, and you would still need to bring all your gear and personnel to Cyprus in the first place). You bring up military expenditures and I point out that historically that is not a deciding factor (I even pointed out specific examples).

"Maybe it would be more useful if you could describe how, if they decided to go toe to toe, Israel would kick the said snot out of them. "

I can envision no scenario where any European country would put itself at significant risk to a credible nuclear strike to ever seriously threaten Israel militarily - particularly over construction sites. Sure they could threaten Israel with a counter-strike but it would never get that far because of the credible nuclear threat. And no, Israel wouldn't be the initiator of hostilities by launching a suicidal nuclear attack in the first place - the entire thread is about how Europe wants to impose its will on Israel. Well, do they feel lucky? They can run their mouths, but when push comes to shove, they have no capacity, or will, to enforce their decrees.

27 posted on 12/27/2013 10:30:35 AM PST by Flag_This (Liberalism: Kills countries dead.)
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To: Flag_This

I’ve read that a few times and still can’t see the bit where Isreal icks the snot out of them.


28 posted on 12/27/2013 2:49:10 PM PST by Natufian (t)
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