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From: aouriri@ittvax.ATC.ITT.UUCP (Chedley Aouriri)
Newsgroups: net.politics
Subject: Israeli militarism
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Date: Mon, 27-Jan-86 10:37:53 EST
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J.Abeles writes:

> In any case, I would like to point out that Israel is not
> hostile towards the Arab States except to defend itself,
AND OCCUPY OR ANNEX ANY PIECE OF ARAB LAND WHENEVER IT GETS A
CHANCE!
> For those who don't remember the UN Partition plan map,
> its borders were drawn in many areas using a ruler on
> a map with no concern for military defense.

In my opinion, it is this israeli concern for military defense
which is blocking Israel from seeing the light at the end of the
tunnel. That concern leads many israeli leaders to adopt the
axiom "The best defense is the attack or offense". This axiom
was the israeli justification of its invasion of Lebanon in 1982.
They (the israelis) may and are reusing it to justify further military
actions or invasions whenever the balance of force tips in their
favor.
History teaches that many nations and leaders got trapped in that
axiom whenever they adopted it. Eventually, it caused their downfall.
From a politico-military point of view, Hanibal, Neron, Hitler ...
and several others could trace their downfall to their strict
adoption of this concept "Best defense = attack".
Further, the adoption of this concept by Israel has the negative
effect of making the israelis overlook any slight chance for a
peaceful settlment. For PEACE IS NOT THE ABSENCE OF WAR!! 
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Chedley Aouriri