Re: Purim
brahmin wrote:great story and narration... could not stop reading.
one mistake though.
Moishe3rd wrote:.
The first Gulf War was the only occurrence in Israel's history where Israel did not retaliate against an enemy that attacked them; an enemy who had sworn to annihilate Israel.
And, this is the only instance in the history of the world where a stronger nation, Israel, was attacked by a weaker nation, Iraq, and the stronger nation did not defend itself or retaliate, even as the weaker nation was totally defeated.
so far i know, Israel did retaliate - their sqadron of F16's were called back from mid air, because USA promised to retaliate and do the needful (usa knew that if israel involved itself, then things would go from bad to worse... all arab nations would join the war)
Thank you. And, I did not know that.
Are you sure?
As I happen to believe in my own story, this is important to me, if true.
Although, even so, they didn't attack...
Still, I would love to get some corroboration for that, if you could.
Quote:as for only instance in the world when a stronger nation did not react to a weaker nation.... well thats happened many times
Now, this one I'm pretty sure about.
Specifically, I do not believe that a weak nation has ever attacked a stronger nation; the weak nation was totally defeated, as in crushed, and the stronger nation that had been attacked did absolutely nothing to the weaker nation (that was obviously crushed by other forces).