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Reply to Not For Jews Only Part III in History JoeUser Forums

[quote]Fortunately for Israel this was not the case. You call it "fortunately", I find it entirely appropriate to thank G-d for it. What makes good fortunes a miracle?[/quote] When the good fortune is the result of your enemies bad decisions. I'm not so inclined to call it a miracle. Give credit where credit is do. The Arabs have no one to blame but themselves. It wasn't divine intervention like many Jews claim and it certainly wasn't American intervention like many Muslims love to clai

Reply to Not For Jews Only Part III in History JoeUser Forums

I disagree with the idea that Israels victory in the 1948 war was some form of divine intervention. KFC makes it sound as if the Israelis didn't stand a chance and were doomed from the start. This would have been true if the Arab countries fully mobilized and launched a coordinated attack. Fortunately for Israel this was not the case. The various Arab countries involved entered the war expecting a quick police action and never developed a strategy more complicated than telling their troops to ma