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Re:The Israeli spyware firm that accidentally just exposed i... by markus_zhang on Monday February 16, 2026 @11:05AM (#47036726)
Apparently at the beginning and throughout the Cold War, IMO. Not to say that I want to blame on just one side, though.
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Re:The Israeli spyware firm that accidentally just exposed i... by Cyph0n on Monday February 16, 2026 @11:15AM (#47036858)
No, Israel has never been seriously threatened with elimination. Even in 1948, they were militarily superior and more organized than all of their neighbors. They in fact proved this in 1967.

But they sure love to claim that they were at the cusp of elimination at various points - again, the self-victimization complex in action :)

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Re:The Israeli spyware firm that accidentally just exposed i... by markus_zhang on Monday February 16, 2026 @12:44PM (#47037895)
> Even in 1948, they were militarily superior and more organized than all of their neighbors.

Yeah I think that's why they were not wiped out, not that their neighbours were super good heart. They were and still are less competent.

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Re:The Israeli spyware firm that accidentally just exposed i... by Cyph0n on Monday February 16, 2026 @12:48PM (#47037938)
The point is that they were never in danger of being wiped out.
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Re:The Israeli spyware firm that accidentally just exposed i... by reliabilityguy on Tuesday February 17, 2026 @09:51AM (#47048105)
How do you know?
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