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Since it developed nuclear weapons, Israel has never been invaded by a foreign country. Israel launched the 1967 war, and in 1973, Egypt only attacked occupied
by DiogenesKynikos 8mo ago
Since it developed nuclear weapons, Israel has never been invaded by a foreign country. Israel launched the 1967 war, and in 1973, Egypt only attacked occupied Egyptian territory. Same for Syria.
- compsciphd 7mo agothat's trying to move the goalposts. You are trying to make it a moral argument while the argument is a practical one. It shouldn't matter if a country's territory is occupied or not if nuclear weapons are the ultimate deterrent.
- DiogenesKynikos 7mo agoThe fact that the 1973 war only occurred in Egyptian and Syrian territory actually had a major impact on how other other countries reacted to it. Even the US - Israel's main backer - basically treated Egyptian and Syrian war aims as legitimate. There is a widespread belief that Israel would have used nuclear weapons if the Syrians and Egyptians had broken through to Israeli territory, and that this was one of the major American motivations for resupplying the Israelis during the war.
- noah_buddy 7mo agoYou moved the goal posts, at least on what I inferred the point to be. Nothing is an “ultimate deterrent” to war.
- w0m 7mo agoDoes October 7th count?