How does a strong/weak Israel strengthen or weaken my Jewish friend who has full tattoo sleeves and is posting about Christmas gifts on Facebook this morning? Don't see how Israel impacts her livelihood in Columbia Heights, MN.
See, when some pissant sociopath on the right or left gains power and decides that she needs to die because of what her genetic code says, the fact that there's a country of pissed-off Jews with nuclear weapons may just make said pissant sociopath think twice.
And that's an actual possibility in the US?
According to a whole lot of people this year, absolutely. And it certainly was in 1996.
I'm skeptical. However, I'm not only concerned about the US. I very much like the same deterrent existing for Europe.
Would be quite hard to use in Europe, I doubt the non-fascist neighbours would like having to deal with nuclear fallout on their territories,
Then they should probably take care of their genocidal Jew-hating neighbor before Israel has to.
That's the thing - Israel's nuclear weapons may not be an actual practical option in many situations, but what they are is a massive game-changer in terms of balance of power. The world is now forced to care what happens to the Jews, because Israel compels them to by the presence of that threat.
So, if Pakistan decided to use their nukes to make sure Muslims are treated well around the world, would you oppose it?
That's an absurd false equivalency. There's never been an active and partially successful attempt to erase every last Muslim from the face of the planet.
Well, I doubt anyone believe someone will attempt to erase all Jews again.
Ahmadinejad said Israel should be wiped off the map. Rafsanjani played a major role in creating Iran's nuclear program, which is meant to create nuclear weapons to destroy Israel. Rafsanjani himself suggested nuking Israel. Hamas and Hezbollah, ISIS, and Al-Qaeda want to destroy all Jews. ISIS attacked a Hypercacher kosher superette in Porte de Vincennes in 2015, which was motivated by antisemitism.
