[ABrit]

".......to come to Israel's aid in the event of an invasion"

At its narrowest, Israel is 15 miles wide, if the Israelis had to wait for anyone else to defend them, they would all be dead!!!

This, Ted Rall, is a complete idiot.

By the way, Israel is a nuclear capable state, and anyone can see that the last thing they would do before they turned off the lights, would be to nuke their nighbours.

That is why the whole Palestinian thing is a waste of time, and life, the Palestinians will never get what they want, which is the land of Israel.

[cpdiii]

An Israel that is nuclear capable and conventionally weak would actually be a more stable situation. If invaded it would make the nuclear response the only answer. Are you going to invade a country with conventional weapons if you know you will be nuked? Israel also posseses neutron bombs than can be used for very close in fighting against an overwhelming force.

The road to peace in Israel is not that difficult. Israel should go back to 1967 borders. Israel should pull all settlements out of the West Bank. Israel should expell all Palestinians that are suspect of not being loyal to Israel (they must be compensated fairly for their property and jobs). A Berlin type wall should be erected between Israel and the Palestinian State on the West Bank. If a Palestinian tries to cross the wall illegally he must be shot. If a Jew tries to illegally cross the wall into the Palestinian State he must be shot.

The hatred between the two peoples is to great to bridge in the near future. With a weakened conventional force but strong nuclear force the State enemies (Iraq, Iran, Syria) know that a conventional attack against Israel would result in the absolute and total destruction of the attacker as Israel would have no other choice. If attacked with Nuclear weapons Israel has 3 modern nuclear armed subs. These subs would destroy the attacker even if the State of Israel no longer existed.