Hi Teribus,

The closing of a waterway could be construed as an act of war.
But the response was unilateral as it seems to be always with Israel.


The amassing of troops on the border is a posturing. Israel
does it all the time. So does the US.

The armed forces arrayed against Israel, at the time Frank, were massive in relation to the force that Israel could muster for her defence."

This is an opinion, not a fact. Israel has had a pipeline to
nuclear weapons for quite a while.

"You mean like they did in 1973 Frank?"

Did they? In 1973? Completely unprovoked? Don't buy it. Prove that
it was unprovoked.

"The fact that they screwed it up in 1967 in no way detracts from either their ability or their intent."

This again is opinion, not fact. Their ability was not there.
Their intent might have been sheer posturing as it was with the
USSR. Israel would use the nuclear weaponry. That's a given.

"but I have yet to hear any threat on the part of Israel to "wipe out" any of its neighbours,"

My point. They didn't posture. They acted. And they are wiping
out their neighbors now.

As regarding the Arabs of the region, none of them have cared
about the Palestinians.   Everybody in that area just wished
they'd go away.

Frank