full of the enemies it's managed to make down the decades.

Not down the decades Steve.
Five Arab armies invaded Israel on its first day of existence.
What had Israel done in 24 hours to make all those enemies?

Very defensive Keith, but wide of the mark, unfortunately, because you are doing your usual instinctive blame game stuff and I am doing the de facto stuff. Israel has accumulated several generations-worth of new enemies since 1948. All those original ones are dead. By your logic (not a word I readily associate with you, actually) Israel, by now, shouldn't need the fifth biggest army on earth.