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To: grusum who wrote (687477)	7/13/2019 9:02:06 AM
From: skinowski	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 793897

To address this issue not in general, but only in one limited aspect, a nation like Iceland may be indirectly benefitting from other nations having strong militaries. Why shouldn’t some aggressive country attack and occupy Iceland? Because other powers wouldn’t stand for it. And... it could be argued that for as long as this is obvious - practically guaranteed - Iceland is safe. OTOH, Israel wouldn’t survive for long had it depended on foreign guarantees. I guess there are no general rules in this respect.