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Originally posted by Black_Fox
History has many lessons to learn from.
Israel should look at the Roman Empire.
Its was thought to be the most powerful,unstoppable enity of its time.
And who would have thought it would ever collapse.
Israel is no Rome,but lessons can be applied to it all the same.
Rome collapsed due to the amount of enemies it created,and not being able to defend itself on so many fronts.
Sparta also fell victim to the same problem,too many enemies and not enough people to fight the wars.
So Israel shouldnt be so anxious to take on so many countries at once.
History warns against that.
[edit on 14-1-2009 by Black_Fox]
Originally posted by princeofpeace
The main thing to take away from this is that was reported on PRESSTV!!!! Not exactly the most reliable source out there...kinda like an online version of The Enquirer.
Im sorry, i'll have to see this reported in a lot more places than just PRESSTV in order to establish any kind of credibility.
[edit on 14-1-2009 by princeofpeace]
YEah.. but. ROME wasn't backed by the U.S of A and Nuclear Weapons
Anyone know of a good underground city to hide out in for a few years? Who do you have to bribe?
Originally posted by magicmushroom
Zombie, yes and ATS is all about denying ignorance and as you can see with the Gazan Genocide Ats has been hit by a tidal wave of ignorance.
Originally posted by intrepid
Originally posted by Black_Fox
Sparta also fell victim to the same problem,too many enemies and not enough people to fight the wars.
So Israel shouldnt be so anxious to take on so many countries at once.
History warns against that.
Israel doesn't have that problem From what I've read, of the 7 million people in Israel, 3 million are on active reserve. That's a BIG army.
Edit: Further research says 600,000 reservists(can be activated in 72 hours). Depending on who you take the info from that's still a large army.
[edit on 14-1-2009 by intrepid]
Originally posted by dooper
reply to post by princeofpeace
Oh, I agree a lot of folks love the doom and gloom. Problem is, there' really no doom and gloom except for those over there who attack Israel.
No WWIII yet. No massive nuclear exchange.
Since Syria eased up onto the near border a while back about 10,000 troops, Israel has taken a prudent step.
But make no mistake. If Israel can drive all through the Sinai while going through about 100,000 Egyptian troops, and then dislodge Syrians who were dug in on the Golan Heights, and take on Jordan who controlled the West Bank, then I assure you, any problem in Gaza and Lebanone can be handled, quite efficiently.