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Politics : Formerly About Advanced Micro Devices
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To: tejek who wrote (144604)4/10/2002 6:46:14 PM
From: TimF  Read Replies (2) of 1577020
 
And what happens if they unite and attack with their own weapons?

The other Arabs would prefer that the Palestinians do the dying. Jordan wouldn't want Iraqi and other armies to sweep across its territory before attacking Israel and the forces would be hit from the air pretty hard if they tried. Syria isn't strong enough. Egypt probably isn't that interested, and without Egypt I don't think an Arab attack on Israel is going to get anywhere.

If the Arabs somehow did unite and attack there is a good chance they would still lose, and if Israel wins its diplomatic position in the world is strengthened.

Another complication of such a war would be possibilities of use of chemical weapons by the Arabs or nukes by Israel. I don't think the Arab governments are made up of the wisest people in the world buy I think that ideas like having nukes used against them might give them pause.

Tim
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