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I am close friends with a lady who lived in Isreal when Sadaam was lobbing missles into Isreal, her mother still lives in Isreal. That was and is a big threat to someone I care about. That is not flimsy rhetoric to me.
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The woman I live with is Israeli. I just read this to her and she was amazed at the naivete and ignorance (her words) of some Americans.
Iraq hasnt been a serious threat to Israel since they bombed the Iraqi nuclear facilities in the early 80s. The scud missles of the first gulf war were hardly considered a threat. Saddam's payment of money to suicide bombers was also tragic, but not a serious security threat to Israel. The Israelis have recognized for years that Saddam had neither the capacity nor the ideological interest to instigate anything beyond those limited symbolic actions because he knew it would result in a deadly reprisal.
The real threat to Israel is the instability in Iraq and the growing influence of Iran, all brought about by our invasion of Iraq.