Would Israel be just as brave without the U.S. military backing them up?

Question

Would Israel be just as brave without the U.S. military backing them up?

Answer 1

offcoarse not ! all of their weapons and everything they now own are from the united states ! h**l if the united states didnt come up and tried to ease things down between them and hizbollah...they would be living as third world countries by now !

Answer 2

When has the us military ever went in and "backed up" the Israel army? In every conflict since 1948 they pretty much handled the problem without our soldiers.

Answer 3

um....did the U.S. military play any part in destroying the combined forces of Egypt and Syria in a matter of days....?  Was the U.S. military able to pull off a strike of an Iraqi reactor, flying over several "hostile" states in the process?

Israel is one of the largest exporters of militay tech and training.  The have mandatory service for men and women.  Their secret police is feared throughout the Middle East.

Perhaps the real question is, is any U.S. politician brave enough to refuse pro-Israel lobbying money....?

Answer 4

You will never know; we will always back the Israelis.

I would like to think them for doing some of our dirty work for us.

Jewish Power! Israel rules.

Answer 5

  No.  That is why they have the biggest lobbyist in washington.  

Answer 6

In the 1967 war, four neighboring countries tried to annihilate them, (yes, that is what would have happened had they lost), and they beat all four of them in seven days... Does that answer your question?

Answer 7

If the US wasn't backing up Israel, then they'd be alone in the middle east. And a very easy target.

They'd probably be just as brave, only very screwed over and possibly attacked.

Answer 8

no, they would not even think about touching Iran if the U.S. wasn't there, they have too many security risks at home  

Answer 9

Well, if not U.S. don't back them, they still be ok by themselve, but if you talking about if U.S. didn't backing them up first place, then israel will be powerless in the region, remember U.S. has spend lots of money, and resource for Israel, just about all military equipment is from U.S.  

Answer 10

absolutely.  read the history of Israel. they did not get our support till much much later on.

Answer 11

Lebanon was Zionist`s Vietnam.

Answer 12

Sure, they would be equally as brave, but much less successful.

Answer 13

Those who value freedom and democracy have a strong instinct for survival.

Answer 14

Yes. Israel has to be brave, they are surrounded by nations who want to destroy them.

Answer 15

Actually, we've been holding them back.

Answer 16

Yes, they survived their first 4 invasions on their own.

Answer 17

Every Israeli citizen receives around 40k dollars from the united states in aid, mostly military.

Yah, I'd think they'd have a hard time keeping things up without the foreign backing.