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So, the question is an open one, and we encourage one and all to chime in.
But before you do, please ask yourself the following—is there any other nation on the planet whose building code stipulates a bomb shelter on all new construction (and has for decades)?
And this, too: why would a nation do that unless it was literally planning to be bombed?
Does it make any sense?
From a public relations/Hasbara standpoint, it could be understood in a uniquely warped and twisted Israeli way: i.e., look how security-oriented we have to be—with all those bad, bad people around us who just want to kill us. Look! Look at the lengths we have to go just to save our pitiful lives. Look how non-confrontational we are, how peace loving and DEFENSIVE we are. We’d never think of starting a war, us… Not like THEM.
Pathetic.
Why would a nation go to such lengths and waste so much money developing such a comprehensive defensive military posture? One that includes Iron Domes and David’s Slings and extraordinary satellite and earth-based surveillance technologies INSTEAD OF JUST BLOWING AWAY THE FILTH THAT THREATENED IT?
Where’s the self-respect?
Where’s the basic, human self-interest?
What the allure of suicide?
In short—what kind of nation mandates bomb shelters in every building in its land…?
A Nation that’s already made peace with its arse getting blasted to smithereens.
Feel free to add.
Dean Maughvet
The Nation that builds "Shelters" in much of their buildings, is because this same Nation has been attacked by its neighbors since its' inception. (75 Years ago) This Nation has offered Peaceful solutions to its' antagonistic neighbors time and time again, only to be refused. The offer of giving back territory that was won by this Nation in Wars, along with the offer of a two State Solution, both of which proved fruitless. The only true and decisive response the "neighbors" communicated to the whole WORLD is "Death to all Jews." Does that answer the question of why they build so many shelters?
I do agree at this time with getting rid of the antagonists that threaten all who live in Israel. It is time for Israel to take a page from the American "War Book." Case in point, Nagasaki and Hiroshima. The Americans cared not about public opinion, they did what was necessary to obliterate those that attacked them.