Reply #154: It's not really much of a point, Muddle...

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I'm probably underexaggerating here, but the US is kinda a vital part of the unipolar world, wouldn't you agree? Without it, we'd have a multipolar world. If we were to go down the 'The Whole World Is Against Israel' path, Israel waving a handful of short to medium range nukes in the face of the US would probably earn it a short, sharp kick in the arse. Then again, if reality's anything to go on, what threatening the US with nukes seems to do is send US into a series of negotiations with the nuke-wavers, and torrents of hot and blustery rhetoric before the US runs off with its tail between its legs to conjure up a nuclear threat from any other state it knows doesn't pose a threat, and then when they've got their exit strategy all worked out to avoid another Vietnam, they give their arse-kicking a way cool name like 'Operation Enduring Cheap Oil And Eternal Democracy' and only then do they proceed to administer a butt-kicking ;)


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