I also think that in the long run, say several hundred years, Israel has little chance of survival as an obstinant jewish nation. This is because fractions in sustained conflict will tend to equilibrate in skill and expertise. It is harder to maintain an edge than to catch up. Once surrounding states match Israel in skill and expertise, Israel will simply sink out of sight in an Arab deluge. The deluge may come in the form of war, or in the form of economic or demographic tide.
It is better to plan on how to minimize casualty, damage, and intractable hereditary hatred that would accompany this ultimate outcome, then to strive to stave it off for a few more decade or a century, at the expense of making it more cataclysmic.
It is better to plan on how to minimize casualty, damage, and intractable hereditary hatred that would accompany this ultimate outcome, then to strive to stave it off for a few more decade or a century, at the expense of making it more cataclysmic.
