> Any ranking of military capabilities on virtually any dimension puts Israel in a higher tier than Greece.

Those rankings are accurate when looking through the lens of "how many offensive resources do they have", but when you say "on virtually any dimension" I think one needs to also take geography into account.

For example Switzerland is also ranked well below Israel, but good luck invading the Swiss on their home turf.

Switzerland isn't a great example; they're on friendly enough terms with the EU their air force had 8-5 office hours until a few years ago.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/shortcuts/2014/feb/19/swis...

Israel is... not in a comparable "surrounded by friendly democracies" scenario.

The Swiss thing is a weird one because anyone who actually wants to invade Switzerland is probably going to be mad enough to just start bombing all the civilians with nerve gas or similar. The Swiss air force for example consists of some F-5s and some regular Hornets so I wouldn't bet on them for long either.

Greece is part of both NATO and the EU which would likely be an issue for anyone going military on them.