Reply #2: Well, that's the thing that strikes me.

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It's not just propaganda, it's incoherent rabid propaganda. "Running dogs of Capitalism will soon be liquidated by the heroes of the revolution" sort of crap. They cannot even keep up with their own lies. I expect that from Iran and Hezbollah and Hamas, that fool in Libya, but for Israel it represents erosion. Nuttyahoo is a politician who would fit in the lower tier of US politicians, he is not bright, he is not well-informed, and he's doing really well. Anybody that thinks that is good ought to consider the case of Serbia under Slobo. Credibility is everything in the end.

Israel is small, weak, lacks natural resources, is internally divided, and badly governed. It survives by virtue of it's international legitimacy and the support of the USA. To risk that goes beyond being merely stupid.