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Originally Posted by ranxer
i don't see anything wrong with a jewish state but a 'holy right' to a jewish state defended by state of the art weaponry cannot be a good thing, isreal is the planets' largest gated community and i don't see how it will ever be left alone where it is.
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Israel isn't all that religious. Someone declaring their "holy right" is just language. Perhap it's the most passionate and poetic argument you will here from Jews, but it's not the only one.
"State of the art weaponry" is a fact of life in this day and age. Most autonomous nations have a military and hold the right to self defense, regardless of their religious fervor. Israel is no different. To hold it to another standard because it is a Jewish State is biased. It's a nation that relies on military tools on a daily basis, due to it's existance within close proximity to daily attacks from enemies who publicly wish to eradicate the entire population of Israel. Self defense has never been in the name of the Torah, or the "holy rights" of Jews.... just their right as a soveriegn country.