I said middle eastern countries - China is not in the Middle East.
You said, "No one else in the ME has nukes. As long as that stays as is - no country in the ME will probably ever invade Israel." Immediately prior to that, you cited the Israeli nuclear arsenal. That means you said no country in the ME would invade a nuclear Israel unless they had their own nuclear weapons.
After the Israeli's had their nuclear arsenal, and after the Six Day War, a number of Arab countries (Egypt, Syria, Jordan, and Iraq) attacked and invaded Israel. Ergo, your point is incorrect.
And if you are ignorant/naive enough to think that a country that does not possess nukes would try and conquer Israel - go ahead.
Isn't it a bit early to start resorting to personal attacks? Keep it civil.
And Yom Kippur was different, Israel had direct U.S. backing, the other countries had Soviet backing. No way Israel would go nuclear until they had no choice...and it was getting to that point as Israel was apparently considering using nukes before America started the re-supply flights.
I have a
source specifically countering the claim that Israel was preparing to use nuclear weapons.
I should add, you've changed your position drastically from your earlier post from saying Israel is invasion-proof because of its nuclear arsenal to saying Israel would only use nuclear weapons if at risk of being completely overrun. Note that there is a drastic difference between a country/coalition invading and overrunning a country.
Now, there is no such restriction...Israel does what it pleases and pays only lip service to American wishes.
The same restrictions exist now that existed during the Yom Kippur War. The political fallout of using a nuclear weapon would be extremely more important than the physical fallout, and all world leaders since the advent of nuclear weapons have been aware of them.
And back then, they only had tactical nukes delivered by plane...and relatively few of them.
Now they can wipe out whole countries with a push of a button.
Referring to my earlier cited source, Israel had Jericho missiles during the Yom Kippur War.
The minute Israel determines that their country's sovereignty is in substantial doubt from an attacking country...they WILL nuke them.
Again, my source presents the possibility of an Israeli nuclear arsenal during the Six Day War. By your logic, that war would have then begun with a mushroom cloud. But it didn't, because, as I've said countless times already on this thread, nuclear weapons are not used like cruise missiles, air strikes or soldiers. There are huge considerations to take into account when considering their use, and it's ridiculous to think that
any country would start a conflict with a nuclear weapon.
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Every country knows this, so there is ZERO purpose in any attmpt to conquer Israel if you don't have nukes (and even if you do unless you have an AMAZING ABM network)...unless you have a death wish.
I agree, only a leader with a death wish for himself and his soldiers would attack Israel, but not because Israel would automatically respond with a nuclear attack.
You want to believe otherwise...guess how much I care?
Have a super day.
I'm curious, why are you so rude? Your entire post had barely concealed vulgarity, and all you've accomplished is to lose stature in my eyes, and no doubt the eyes of anyone who continues to follow this thread. If you choose to respond, I'd appreciate it if you just rebutted my points without personal attacks and the like.
