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Originally Posted by Yov
1. attacking a nuclear reactor is not invading a country, and If it hadn't been destroyed american forces might be slightly more "extra crispy", not to mention a nuclear bomb's use against Israel suring the gulf war when the iraqis fired missles at Israel because of America.
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That sounds like an appeal to consequences, with a little hindsight bias thrown in.... Much as I don't like the thought of tactical nuclear weapons being used on Israel, I realize that the Iraqis were seeking parity with other nations in the area, who did have nuclear weapons programs (i.e. Iran and Israel). The Iraqis may well have used that same reasoning when they feared an armed conflict with one of their neighbours--after all,
nobody likes their troops to be "extra crispy"--hence a nuclear deterrent in the tradition of the Cold War arms race.
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Originally Posted by Yov
2. you may have heard that Israel attacked arab forces building up on their own border, what yo may not know is that that border is on an elevated area, where sharpshooters would regularly shoot at Israeli citizens, they didn't attack ythe border, but they sure as hell shot through it...
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This is a bit of a grey area, but there is a difference between Egypt's tacit approval of these skirmishes, and Egypt's actual support for them. It's a stretch to say that Egypt proper attacked Israel.