@BillRM,
Bill RM
First of all…I want you to know that I would be as delighted as anyone else on the planet if things could cool down on the Arabian Peninsula…one of the most enduring hot-spots on the planet. I honestly ache for the people living there, Jew and non-Jew alike. It must be absolute hell to know that at any moment killing and maiming will rear its ugly head in your midst.
But as is so often the case, defining a problem and “having a solution to that problem” are two different things.
You are correct when you wrote: “If you have fools that keep trying to kill you and seem not to learn their lesson rapidly you do have some limits. “
Amen!
You are partially correct when you wrote: “Still some of the largest countries in the area however did in fact learn their lesson that attacking Israel is not a good idea and it only took having their heads handed to them two or three times in major middle east conflicts.”
More about why I call that “partially correct” in my next comment.
You wrote: “How likely do you think it going to be that Egypt or Syria is going to war with Israel once more?”
I’d say it is almost certain, Bill. I am shocked you truly think it unimaginable, which seems to be the thrust of the way you phrased the question. In fact, I think the question is “when” they will rather than “if” they will. And I think a further question is: What will serve as its impetus.
The stuff going on right now might be the trigger. The populations of those countries are getting tired of being on the side-lines in what they see to be unwarranted moves on Israels part.
But be that as it may, let me say the main point again:
I’d say it is almost certain both Egypt and Syria will war with Israel again at some point in the future.
You wrote: “Force had work in the past and force will work in the future. “
Force sometimes works, Bill. Seldom does force work over the long run. Force by the Israelis may work to change the direction and methods used to attack Israel…but there is absolutley no reason to suppose the attacks will ever stop. None whatsoever.
In fact, if you are a betting man, I would be willing to bet large sums against you for each year from now until one of us dies…that attacks will come on Israel. I’ll even give you odds. And if you have any very young kids…I’d be willing to extend the bet with my estate for as long as they live.
Sad…terribly sad though it may be…there ain’t enough force in the world that will stop the Arabs from attacking Israel! So long as there is a state of Israel in the Middle East…and any Arabs are still alive there, there will NEVER be anything even remotely resembling true peace there.