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Originally posted by Tyrone Slothrop
Israel is better off with the relations it has with Egypt and Jordan than it was decades ago. Outside of Hezbollah, Iran doesn't have an awful lot of influence in the region -- not surprisingly, since it is not an Arab country and a Shi'a one to boot.
This next idea is complicated, so see if you can follow: Because war is bad, avoiding war is good. War costs money and lives and resources, etc. So avoiding war in, e.g., Lebanon will make Israel more prosperous in the long run.
And I do not think Arab attitudes are intractable in the long run.
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thunderstorms are scary, so it would be nice to avoid them- but if you get hail hitting your roof every night are you at storm?
