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SubjectRe: Israel and Palestine - Some myths exploded? (was Re: Republicanism still ..
FromRuss
Date2002-04-16 23:41 (2002-04-16 23:41)
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In article <a9i18n$373hm$2@ID-121201.news.dfncis.de>, "David Flood" <NOSPAMmaoltuile@utvinternet.ie>writes:

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That's funny. The UN peacekeepers certainly skedaddled when the 2

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Egyptians

divisons moved forward.

Yet the Israelis attacked first, rather than being in the position of merely defending themselves.

If 80,000 troops mass on your border and kick out the UN Peacekeepers that are suppsed to keep you apart, you're supposed to *wait* until they actually formally attack?

That's absurd. It's also stupid.

Several Israeli leaders at the time have said that they knew Israel could defeat an Egyptian invasion. That does not mean Israel's preemptive attack was unjust. An Egyptian attack, even though defeatable would have caused considerable damage in *miniscule* Israel. By launching a preemptive strike, Israel avoided structural damage to its country and instead the battles occurred in the *empty* Sinai desert.

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