Originally Posted by
robert68
Whether or not that story is true, it goes to part of the reason why the state of Israel cannot survive without US support, for both itself and many states in the region. The only reason advanced weapons aren’t in the hands of the Palestinians, the natives of Palestine, in numbers dwarfing that of the Hezbollah fighters of Lebanon, is because of US intervention on its behalf of the ruling regimes of Jordan, Egypt, Turkey, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, and some others. Israel’s nukes are useless in a local guerilla war, which is what they would be facing if such US intervention on their behalf actually ended; and such a guerilla war would tank Israel’s economy in no time, with significant repercussions.