From: ikonoqlast@gmail.com   
      
   On Wednesday, July 30, 2014 1:31:54 AM UTC-7, Leszek Karlik wrote:   
      
      
   > > OK, they changed since last I checked.   
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   > You've last checked 14 years ago? No wonder your facts are so outdated :-)   
      
      
   I'm nearly 50.  I can't recheck every fact I know every day.   
      
      
      
      
   > > Israel done well militarily since then?  No?  My point stands.   
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   > First, you're moving the goalposts. Second, I'd say Israel did militarily   
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   > much better than the US - their military goals are met, Israel is still   
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   > there, even though it is surrounded by states that would like to see them   
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   > wiped off the map.   
      
      
   The US is still here too, speaking of moving the goalposts...   
      
   And note that Israel didn't admit women because they suddenly decided they   
   would do a good job, a JUDGE ordered them to.  Nothing countered their lessons   
   they had learned early on, when the genuinely tried women in combat and it   
   genuinely didn't work.   
      
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