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Originally posted by: Aimster
Israel develops a lot of their weapons as well. I do not know if Egypt/Saudi Arabia have such programs, but I suspect they do.
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Actually this is an area where Israel has a huge advantage. Israel developes alot of its own weapons, and exports quite a few as well.

This includes weaponry such as the Python 5 Missile which may be the best short ranged air to air misisle in the world right now.
http://www.israeli-weapons.com...es/python/Python5.html

To the best of my knowledge Egypt and Saudi Arabia don't have any significant domestic weapons programs of their own. I'm rather confident that its essentially nothing for Saudi Arabia, and if there are any significant programs for Egypt, I've never heard of them. This means they are limited to what they can buy from other countries, and often the US limits what they will sell them and reduces the capabilities of export models.
 
Originally posted by: b0mbrman
Originally posted by: Taejin
Israel isn't even a country of it's own.

If the US withdrew its support, Israel would be demolished overnight.
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Seriously. If Israel were ever involved in a war with its neighbors, it wouldn't stand a chance!

If there were five wars between Israel and its neighbors, people would be like "Israel what? Who? I haven't heard of them unless they were that country that was destroyed thorougly...FIVE TIMES!"
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You do realize that Israel has nukes, right?

If the US completely withdrew its support of Israel that would just give Israel more freedom to protect herself.
 
Originally posted by: Yzzim
If the US completely withdrew its support of Israel that would just give Israel more freedom to protect herself.
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To elaborate, if US completely removed its support of Israel, Israel would still be able to defend itself. However, a not insignifigant portion of Israel's income comes from US an thus doing so would hurt Israel.
As you say, the US also keeps Israel in check as far as what it does to the Palestinians. As long as the US did not take the opposite stance of sancitioning or threatening Israel, then Israel would probably take cheaper and more casualty creating methods for dealing with the Palestinians. One way or another, I do not believe that it would be beneificial to the Palestinians.
 
Without the U.S., Israel would likely be more aggressive is my opinion as well. I think that they are fully capable of running over the ME is they so chose.

Israeli arms are about equal to those of the United States as far as Tanks, APC, and LAV's. Their Air Force is VERY capable, and their troops as well trained as those in the United States.

They would likely destroy any nation, on their way to percieved safety, if it wasn't for the United States. Syria would fall easily, as would Lebanon and Egypt. The war crimes in such conflicts would lkely be breathtaking as they hate everyone, and everyone hates them.

Let's hope to god that the United States does not stop monitoring them any time soon. Once the muzzle is off, all bets are off for peace of any sort.
 
Originally posted by: b0mbrman
Originally posted by: Taejin
Israel isn't even a country of it's own.

If the US withdrew its support, Israel would be demolished overnight.
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Seriously. If Israel were ever involved in a war with its neighbors, it wouldn't stand a chance!

If there were five wars between Israel and its neighbors, people would be like "Israel what? Who? I haven't heard of them unless they were that country that was destroyed thorougly...FIVE TIMES!"
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Before you start posting idiotic commentary, why not take a minute to learn some basic history. Like the fact that before Israel got significant aid from the US they were attacked on all sides by Arab countries and wound up seizing land rather than being destroyed. Multiple times.
 
Originally posted by: Bumrush99
Originally posted by: b0mbrman
Originally posted by: Taejin
Israel isn't even a country of it's own.

If the US withdrew its support, Israel would be demolished overnight.
Click to expand...
Seriously. If Israel were ever involved in a war with its neighbors, it wouldn't stand a chance!

If there were five wars between Israel and its neighbors, people would be like "Israel what? Who? I haven't heard of them unless they were that country that was destroyed thorougly...FIVE TIMES!"
Click to expand...


Before you start posting idiotic commentary, why not take a minute to learn some basic history. Like the fact that before Israel got significant aid from the US they were attacked on all sides by Arab countries and wound up seizing land rather than being destroyed. Multiple times.
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I guess you were refering to Taejin's post...?
 
Originally posted by: Bumrush99
Originally posted by: b0mbrman
Originally posted by: Taejin
Israel isn't even a country of it's own.

If the US withdrew its support, Israel would be demolished overnight.
Click to expand...
Seriously. If Israel were ever involved in a war with its neighbors, it wouldn't stand a chance!

If there were five wars between Israel and its neighbors, people would be like "Israel what? Who? I haven't heard of them unless they were that country that was destroyed thorougly...FIVE TIMES!"
Click to expand...


Before you start posting idiotic commentary, why not take a minute to learn some basic history. Like the fact that before Israel got significant aid from the US they were attacked on all sides by Arab countries and wound up seizing land rather than being destroyed. Multiple times.
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"Multiple times", eh?

Is there a chance the exact number could be...five times? 😉
 
Israel has a great army. However, so does Saudi Arabia and Egypt. The problem with all three countries is not their ability to fight wars. It is they do not have the manpower they need to takeover a large country. Israel will never be able to takeover Egypt/Saudi Arabia and neither will those countries.

If Israel gets attacked they can hold a great defensive position and destroy any force that attacks them. If Saudi Arabia/Egypt get attacked they can hold a defensive position and hold their ground.

Now if Iraq was right next to Israel in 1990 then Israel would have a problem with 1,000,000 Iraqi troops marching into their country.

The region is balanced. If any of them succeed at taking over another country it will be hell for both sides.

It's like this. israelis being attacked by Arabs will all unite. Arabs being attacked by Israelis will all unite. Having a united force is dangerous.
 
Very good point. I doubt the the Israelis would try to hold/assimilate indigenous people after they take the land. A forced Exodus would be a likely scenario in my opinion. The israelis have had enough troubles with Arabs to want more in their borders.
 
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