[Thermodyne]

Originally posted by Aloofi:

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but i think without nukes they would be "fine" to, the first 20 years were a lot more hostile and they survived.

What was that?
20/20 hinsight?

The Last 30 years have been "less hostile" because of the nukes!

You take the nukes out of the equation and we would be talking not just of the '67 and '73 wars, but of the '79, '85 and a war every six years (that's what it took to an Arab country to replenish losses during the Cold War)

So in Israel's case nukes have saved lots of lives, both Arab and Jewish.

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The reason that the wars stopped was not the Israeli nukes. It was the sick feeling that the US and USSR came away with after going to the brink in 72. Someone realized that the Middle East was a loose loose situation and withdrew support. Egypt had already broken with the Soviets, and never recovered from its own material losses. Later, the Syrians and Israelis had at it, but by then the superior western technology carried the day. Iraq had plans to take Israel to task, but several million crazy Iranians tied them down for a decade and they missed their window of opportunity.