Originally posted by _Schadenfreude_
Without it's military advantage could Israel continue to survive? Something I doubt unless US guarantee's it's borders which I don't see happening anytime soon.
Oh, I don't know about that.
Recall the 1948 war which occurred when Israel became a nation. Who helped them then? Certainly not the Brits, the Brits gave moral support and some military support to the Arabs.
As best as I recall, the US didn't provide military support to Israel in 1948. And when the Arabs closed, with women in full ululation, the Isralies shot their knickers off.
In short, no one expected the Jews to survive and yet they did. They are a very determined group of people with a modern, technological society. Compare the societies of Arabia and Israel.
The only time the Arabs have had reasonable success against Israel occurred when the Soviets invested sizeable sums in Syria and Egypt.
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