[RobbyS]

For Israel, military strength is the difference between life and death. In any case. Many Zionists were not religious. On the other hand. one of the leading backers of Zionism was not a Jew but an evangelical Christian, the earl of Shaftesbury, a leading figure during Disraeli's time.

[GSlob]

"For Israel, military strength is the difference between life and death. "
So it is for us, and indeed for any other civilization. Does not matter, actually, under what sauce and on what pretext - some simply need nukin'.