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To: Johnnyboy2000
"Israel is estimated to have between 100-200 nuclear weapons, most of which are smaller tactical nukes. This arsenal would not be nearly enough to destroy all of Israel's enemies and using these weapons would probably ensure Israel's destruction because countries like Syria, Iran, and Libya are suspected to have large stockpiles of chemical and biological weapons, and possibly even some crude nuclear devices. These nations all have the means to deliver these weapons to Israel."

That kind of rhetoric comes from reading too many civilian, leftist conjecture sites. You don't know the sum of current Israeli nuclear capability, and you're dreaming about what the Islamist regimes can do. If they could have done it, they would have done it by now.

Your straw men aside, Israel will be protected from nuclear strikes (or are you in the dark on the state of anti-ballistic missile defense, too?).

What's Eurabia going to do?
222 posted on 01/18/2006 4:40:47 AM PST by familyop (Essayons)
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To: familyop

"That kind of rhetoric comes from reading too many civilian, leftist conjecture sites. You don't know the sum of current Israeli nuclear capability, and you're dreaming about what the Islamist regimes can do. If they could have done it, they would have done it by now.

Your straw men aside, Israel will be protected from nuclear strikes (or are you in the dark on the state of anti-ballistic missile defense, too?).

What's Eurabia going to do?"


The estimates are what is believed by intelligence agencies around the world. The arsenal cannot be all that much more than the high end of the estimate unless plutonium is growing on trees in Israel.

Also, don't call these nuts "my strawmen." I am not rooting for these people to destroy Israel. I am just telling you that it is a possibility. I am telling you that you should not underestimate your enemies. I was also pointing out the realistic fact that Israel cannot destroy all of its enemies. This is a fact. You have an unrealistic perception of Israeli military power. You also have a childish way of looking at the world that is evident in your suggestions that Israel can solve all of its problems nuking its neighbors. They would probably end up killing themselves with all of the fallout considering many of it's enemies are on its border.

Don't get angry because I observe the reality that Israel is not capable defeating Iran singlehandedly. It is my opinion and the opinion of many other informed people. 200 nukes could hit Iran and the country would be really messed up to say the least, but their psycho president would not mind because he is just that crazy. On the other hand, 5 nukes could literally wipe out Israel's entire population because it is a small densely populated nation. It is just a fact. I don't want it to happen.

And on the issue of anti-ballistic missle systems, they aren't going to stop a nuclear bomb on a truck. They might not even be able to stop a missle. It is new technology that hasn't been tested in a real scenario. It certainly could not stop a large scale missle attack, although that isn't an immediate threat unless Iran is further ahead than we think. And as much as you hate "Eurabia" as you call it, you should thank France for Israel's nuclear arsenal, because that is who sold them the equipment to start that program.



http://www.fas.org/nuke/guide/israel/nuke/

Here is an estimate of the arsenal from a non-leftist conjecture site


229 posted on 01/18/2006 7:14:58 AM PST by Johnnyboy2000 (Give it all up tomorrow to live in world without crime, and go back to the circuit riding motocross)
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