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walden31 year, 7 months ago

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Talk is good. A good first step would be for Israel to not bomb Syria. I hope that the two countries are able to reach a long term accord.

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  Thinker221 year, 7 months ago
  
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  > A good first step would be for Israel to not bomb Syria.
  In this case, a better "zero" step would be for Syria not to try getting nuclear weapons, don't you agree?
  
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    walden31 year, 7 months ago
    
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    If Syria's neighbor, Israel, has nuclear weapons then the irrational decision is for Syria not to pursue nukes, don't you agree?
    
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      Thinker221 year, 7 months ago
      
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      No, I don't. After all, you would not argue that Mexico, Canada, Cuba or Poland should pursue nuclear weaponst because they have neighbors having nukes, would you?
      Israel has absolutely no reasons to attack Syria other than in self-defense. Syria, on the other hand, always argued that Israel must be destroyed and it tried to destroy Israel on multiple occasions. This means that an irrational decision for Syria would be TO PURSUE nukes triggering Israel into assuring that such plans would not materialize... just as it would be an irrational decision for Cuba to pursue nuclear weapons.
      
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