And before you call Israel using their nukes moronic, please consider this. Which is more moronic? Using a nuclear device in RETALIATION because the Palstinian Squatters used Chem and Bio weapons against Israel FIRST, killing tens or hundreds of thousadns, or MILLIONS of Jews, thus wiping out most of the Palestinians who just wiped out most of the Israelis, or is it more moronic allowing the Palestinian Squatters to do that, and get away with it without Israel retaliating in kind.
It's mini-MAD. It's no different than during the Cold War the U.S. stating that it would launch it's entire arsenal at the Soviet Union, wiping out ALL the russian leaders and military force, if they launched a pre-emptive strike on us. Would that have been moronic? Would the smart thing have been to let the Soviets literally destroy America and 280+ million Americans and just let them go on to rule the rest of the world? I don't think so.
On a personal level, assuming there are no police to call and no lawyers and no home owners associations, etc, jsut you and your neighbor, okay? If your crazy neighbor gets in his car and tears your whole yard up with doughnuts, then smiles and waves, are you going to just smile and nod and say "thank you sir, may I have another?" Or are you going to get in your car, and do the same to his? It's a question of drawing a line in the sand and stating this far and nofurther, OR ELSE! And if the Palestinians want to use their Chem and Bio weapons against Israel, Israel has an OBLIGATION to use their nuclear deterrant to retaliate in kind. Tit for tat, and if it comes to it, yes, eye for an eye. And if that means there are some blind people, then sobeit. You can only run from the school yard bully for so long. Eventually, in this world, you just have to stand and fight. So it's not moronic at all.
"And before you call Israel using their nukes moronic, please consider this. Which is more moronic? Using a nuclear device in RETALIATION because the Palstinian Squatters used Chem and Bio weapons against Israel FIRST, killing tens or hundreds of thousadns, or MILLIONS of Jews, thus wiping out most of the Palestinians who just wiped out most of the Israelis, or is it more moronic allowing the Palestinian Squatters to do that, and get away with it without Israel retaliating in kind."
Look at a map and the size of Israel & Gaza. They are part of the same tiny land mass. Even battlefield nukes would kill as many Israelis from fallout as would Palestinians from blast/radiation. MAD with nukes cannot work because of geographics is my point. Retaliation should always happen with overwhelming force if WMD is used, but the massive retaliation from Israel would use conventional weapons.