Except that Turkey would almost certainly not attack Israel, as that would make it impossible to enter the EU. They would just alienate themselves from the Europeans which they do not want. The economic tie with Europe are too important.
Besides, the US would probably intervene as Israel is one of the strongest US allies in the region so don't underestimate their importance.
And I'm personally convinced that if Israel would face certain destruction in a war, they would use nuclear weapons as a last meassure.
This thread is stupid.
Originally Posted by Marcus Aurelius
There are about 5 million Jews in America, an attack on Israel would not go uncontested.
I find that highly unlikely that all of these nations would join. Most of these countries are pro-USA anyway and wouldn't dare to attack a US ally. So the only countries not pro-USA would be Libya, Sudan, Libya, Syria and maybe Somalia, Algeria and Tunisia I am not sure about them.I bet Israel is trembling
And you forgot Chad where the official language is Arabic
There should be a poll for this thread.
Israel would win hands down, probably already been pointed out but the 6 Day War shows Israel can take on multiple Arab nations. Besides, the Arab nations have crappy second world armies while Israel's military is almost as good as those of the West. Any attack on Israel would quickly see the US and the UK join in on the Israeli side and the Arab nations don't want to mess with those bad boys.
Israel hands down. Egypt's military is terribly outdated.
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Somewhat. They enjoyed such early success because of the SAM batteries that you talked about, but also because they were prepared for the what they new the Israelis would do immediately after they crossed the Suez: counter attack with their armored component. The Egyptians dug in, and annihilated the initial push with thousands of (then) modern SAGGER AT missiles. Once the Israelis adjusted their tactics to rely on combined arms (arty prep, infantry advance with tanks) the Egyptians were done for.
As several people have pointed out, this is a war that will not happen. There simply is not enough for Egypt to gain from it, and Egypt will not act alone. Syria might, but would also not attack alone. Turkey won't, Pakistan definitely won't, and that leaves precious few modern Muslim armies to carry this conflict out. It won't happen, and even if it did the Egyptians would be trounced.
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Well that is partly true. The reason the Egyptians lost was because they advanced out of their SAM umbrella to help the Syrians who were getting pounded in the north. The Syrians stopped their advance in the north and had they kept advancing and not allowed the Israelis to regroup and counter the outcome would be much different. Egypt had to take that risk because they needed to help their Syrian ally.
Is this a joke?
The Yom Kippur war ended with Israeli units well into Egyptian territory, and with a starved and encircled Egyptian army in the Sinai.
Your 3 other examples ended with limited Israeli casualties and major losses for Hezbollah/Palestinians
Based on what?
The Muslims have been absolutely slaughtered in every conflict with Israel despite the latter being outnumbered and outgunned on numerous occasions.
Ok fine I concede im not sore. I find it peculiar though that a nation of 70 million cannot beat one of 7 million. But however the latter is heavily supported from the outside.
But on paper Israel should not be so important to America, no oil, no major manufacturing industry that exports, no natural resourses. Surely Saudi should be a much bigger ally.
IIRC, Morocco and Mauritania have good relations with Israel.
Are you kidding me? The Israelis have on the of the strongest economies in the middle east, and they're probably one of the only countries that doesn't depend on oil for most of their revenue.
PS:
Does anyone else think that the arabs have mostly lost their fighting spirit after the discovery of oil in the middle east?
Oh, and one has to remember, that if Israel loses a war, there will be no more Israel, if the arabs lose a war, than oh well. So in essence, the Israelis are fierce fighters, because if they lose there will be no more Israel.
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Its all about preperation.
Anyways, how would an isreali merkava stack up against egypts m1's?
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