[robertpaulsen]

Then why isn't Israel at peace? They have, and have proved, superior regional military might.

A better question: Who or what is to stop Israel from taking and occupying more land from Syria, Jordan, and Egypt? Not that they would, mind you.

[TADSLOS]

Then why isn't Israel at peace?

It's better than extinction

Who or what is to stop Israel from taking and occupying more land from Syria, Jordan, and Egypt?

U.S. Foreign Policy and standing agreements with those countries. From a purely military standpoint, there isn't much in their way except numbers (of arabs) and world opinion.

[BureaucratusMaximus]

Then why isn't Israel at peace? They have, and have proved, superior regional military might.

A better question: Who or what is to stop Israel from taking and occupying more land from Syria, Jordan, and Egypt? Not that they would, mind you.

I've often thought about those questions myself...but I'll do you one better. Why isn't Israel playing a much larger role in Iraq? If I'm interpreting all the evidence that has been presented showing all of Saddam's WMD's,(Iraq does not have ICBM technology) isn't Israel (and perhaps Turkey) the one nation that is in the most immenant danger? And you can't use the world opinion or U.N. opinion excuse, we all know that they are irrelevant.