Israel/Palestine
In reply to the discussion: Israel’s Settlers Are Here to Stay (NY Times op-ed) [View all]pelsar
(12,283 posts)the "gray" area was for the useful idiotes to play with. blockading a port where a country imports its oil amongst other things is an aggressive act. Going to intl court was just a game to be played....The only reason they did that was to damage israel (unless of course you can thing of something else....)
if you really want to know why israel chose to "return the favor" to egypt, was quite simple: economics and a fearful population.
israel at full mobilization meant the countries economics was at a standstill, whereas the arab countries could have their armies on the border at partial alert and make all kind of noises about kicking the jews in to the sea, for a very long time...israel could not.
the israeli population was in panic, afraid of was might/could happen (spare me the idea the people can read the future and KNOW what is going to happen-thats called BS in english).
the combined arab armies had a 3:1 ratio over israel, in soldiers, aircraft, tanks etc. That is a serious threat. So israel chose a path to "even out the odds." and stop the threatening noises.
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moral of the story?...if you threaten a country, block their oil imports, you may just end up on the losing end, its not a smart thing to do, if you can't follow through.