[davidandgoliath]

All valid points. Israel is definitely becoming a force of it's own in the tech. sector, and I'm extremely glad to hear of it's flourishing VC ecosystem as well.

re: vacation days & prosperous countries -- no, I don't believe the two go hand in hand (poor folk get all kinds of vacation days in the form of funemployment), nor would I consider the U.S. on average a 'prosperous' nation, I'm merely stating that had the U.S. suddenly had outside funding for it's military for the past ~$x years there'd be far more liquidity to spend on other things like one month vacations for everyone.