Quote Originally Posted by Idaho View Post
That's the problem. "Death to Israel" etc is used in the ME as a standard rallying call in some circles. But it's as tired a mantra as the "Axis of Evil" tbh. The paranoia may well have saved a lot more. It may not. Who knows. Right now it's causing as many problems as it is solving.

The US has tried to wipe a few places off the map over the years - but those countries have managed to forget about it and move on. It's killed millions of Vietnamese, millions more Cambodians. Hundreds of thousands of Iraqis. And had a pivotal role in countless brutal proxy wars and suppressions in Africa and Central/South America. But none of those countries have become paranoid or devoted their existences to defending themselves against the next wave of US attacks.
israel was founded upon survivors of the Holocaust. if israel did let down their defenses, there wouldnt be an israel.
also, the countries which the US supposedly tried to destroy arent now threatened seriously by others and there arent millions who are chanting for its destruction, at least, AFAIK.
i dont see thousands chanting for the destruction of 'nam or cambodia in the US. but i do see thousands chanting for the destruction of israel in multiple arab countries.

why do you find a problem with us jews being hell bent on survival?