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Originally Posted by mlurp
Just wondering can you back any of these thoughts up with facts? Opinions are nothing more than ones ideas of their own perception, nothing more!
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Im not trying to back it up with facts, it was only an opinion. I dont dislike Israel at all, but I know there are two sides to many stories, and the ongoing tensions and fighting between Israel and its neighbors is no different.
It just seems that under these conditions, Israel likely would have had the opportunity and the motive to push for war. Im just thinking from the perspective of Israel's leadership at the time. Everyone knew there was going to be a war that would set the stage for the next decades, it was almost unavoidable. I think that its possible that Israel may have enticed the first move. Kind of the old "quit while youre ahead" idea--they were prepared to fight, and if there's gonna be a fight, it'll be on our terms. Not neccessarily bad, but it may have been possible.
Not to say its Arab neighbors were poor defenseless little kiddies...they were well aware of their military buildup and everything THEY did to provoke the war as well. I think in this case both sides had something to do with it. Not to say everything in this video was true, but Israel did attack that one city. That was the only confirmed incident though.