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by science4sail 372 days ago
> This is easier than it sounds from a military perspective because Israel is small and simple to isolate.

Does that sort of thing even work against nuclear powers? You could certainly isolate them like North Korea, but no country would be willing to invade for fear of seeing a mushroom cloud over their capital.

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Fortunately, not even the crazier dictators have opted for nuclear war. Even Putin shied away from it, he understood the political price is preferable to the material price.