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Intelligence briefing: Israel's military experts open up
Ron Ben Yishai
Published: 20.04.14, 01:43
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1. Israel is the natural regional superpower, Iran propped up
Steve Benassi ,   Silver Bay, MN USA   (04.20.14)
2. you seemed to have left out Iran
Lemmings Hotline ,   sd usa   (04.20.14)
3. Q.How long can Israel bomb neighbors before being destroyed?
Steve Benassi ,   Silver Bay, MN USA   (04.20.14)
40 more years? 100? How will this conflict end? Will all 350 million Muslims leave region? Or will the Jews leave Palestine, again?
4. Strange article...why now, what happened?
tom ,   tel aviv   (04.20.14)
5. Jews in Nazi Europe Hopelessly Trapped
Zechariah   (04.20.14)
To see a Jewish Army with Jewish Officers and Men with Tough Weapons seventy Two years after our Extermination in Treblinka and Chelmo The Shooting Pits the Starvation and Tortures is a Miracle and Jews Should be Seared with the Memories and exact The Justice.
6. These are losers
Leon   (04.20.14)
These are the luzerim who deliberately failed to win the 2006 Lebanon war and deliberately have been allowing the stockpiling of hundreds of thousands of rockets all around. Well, you can't fix stupid.
7. #2: SD lemming
tom ,   toronto, canada   (04.20.14)
work on your reading comprehension, and try concentrating on the last sentence.
8. Hahaha Jacki lol
Matilde   (04.20.14)
9. What about Iran, Russia, Syria and Pakistan?
(04.20.14)
What about EU's hostility to Israel? What about the Obama Administration's hostility to Israel, and Obama's reluctance to stop Iran?
10. Oppression is Short-lived and Impotent
Abdel Karim Salim ,   Jerusalem   (04.20.14)
At 66 Israel still believes , much erroneously, that military force is the only language the Arabs understand . Equally, Israel still does not seem to bother to consider viewing matters wisely for the distant future . Israel seems much obsessed about its present survival . Algeria was considered Metropolitan France for 130 years until finally there emerged a leader with a different vision who decided to depart from the old policy, and give Algeria independence . Think of India , South Africa , Hong Kong as former colonies. Eventually the colonizer had to give up and go back home . Late Egyptian president Anwar Sadat said in his 1973 interview with Newsweek : " The Arabs will never be totally defeated . We ( the Arabs ) can have several more defeats and still survive , and eventually the conqueror will have to give up like all conquerors in history " . Israel's blunder , much like America's , is that it allies itself to , or at least depends on , despotic , corrupt, and unpopular arab regimes to maintain its security . Just think of the monarchies of Jordan and Saudi Arabia . Even the 1979 Camp David Treaty was made between Israel and an undemocratic regime in Egypt without the least popular support ; Israel definitely knows that peace with Egypt has been cold throughout three decades . Unless Israel drops its hegemonistic and dominating policy and drops its already- worn out strategy of " the best defense is the offense " Israel will surely continue to live a nightmarish life of insecurity and instability . The Arabs outnumber Israel , and Israel could never continue relying on its one and only ally America which often abandoned its allies ( South Vietnam , Taiwan , Iran ,etc...).
11. we don' t care about collateral damages if there is war !
(04.20.14)
The ONLY goal of art of the war is to WIN !
12. To defeat it's enemies,Israel needs
J.K. ,   Brooklyn USA   (04.20.14)
eagle eyes,and a long arm.
13. #10: don't believe everything you believe
tom ,   toronto, canada   (04.20.14)
if violence and occupation don't work, what have the arabs been doing for the last 1,000 years? you are the invaders, the colonizers, the forced converters. go back to arabia where you belong. the jews have survived far worse than you over the last 3,000 years. and far more powerful empires and armies, too. not a single "ally" has ever fought to defend israel. your oil will run out in a few more years, and you will not be a able to feed your people, because nobody will need your flea-bitten camels. egypt is the largest arab country and already completely dependent on international charity to survive. and the rest will follow. it is you who will not survive on lies, hatred, and violence.
14. no. 3 - A. For as long as neighbors are violent Muslims
(04.20.14)
15. Extremely Interesting article.
Gideon Reader   (04.20.14)
I am looking forward to the next installment.
16. #10. Let's not overlook one big factor...
PersianCAT   (04.20.14)
"Algeria was considered Metropolitan France for 130 years until finally there emerged a leader with a different vision who decided to depart from the old policy, and give Algeria independence . Think of India , South Africa , Hong Kong as former colonies. Eventually the colonizer had to give up and go back home ." Except France never did "give Algeria Independence". Algeria got her independence from France after fighting the French for decades. The Indian, South African, Zimbabwean, etc. anti-colonialists had to fight the solely Western colonialists tooth and nail in order to "given" their independence. Other than that, you're spot on!
17. 3.Keep fantasizing,Israel is the first line of defence
J.K. ,   Brooklyn USA   (04.20.14)
of western civilization,more than a billion muslims who love death,and wish to destroy six billion none muslims,who love life,who is going to defeat whom ?.you picked the wrong horse.
18. #10, Arabs have proven that oppression can last 1400 years
Steve Benassi ,   Silver Bay, MN USA   (04.20.14)
19. 1 not mine.
Steve Benassi ,   Silver Bay, MN USA   (04.20.14)
20. #10
Eaglebeak ,   Left Coast, USA   (04.20.14)
You are right that Israel can't depend on the U.S. as an ally but Israel can depend on the God of Israel. Israel was outnumbered in 1948 and during the 6 day war. Arab numbers didn't matter then and they won't matter in the future. Israel's God can and does take care of Israel. The Arabs god can't even defend himself from Danish cartoonists and teachers who let their class name a teddy bear after a pedophile prophet. Unfortunately military force is all the Arabs understand as it teaches them fear and respect. Respect for others is alien to Arabs because they view all others as infidels and want to kill them. Arabs don't even respect each other. Israel is not the problem. How can you expect Israel to make peace with Arabs when Arabs ( Sunni / Shia ) can't make peace among themselves and want to kill each other? Face it Abdel, Arabs are not a peaceful people and they don't follow a peaceful religion.
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