I'm just part of the homogeneous and hegemonic whole

[eumelia]

Last night I nearly had an argument with my parents, in which I was almost accused, again, of hating Israel.

Why?

Because I don't consider Iran to be an existential thread upon me or my nation.

Why?

Iran has bigger problems, like a civil uprising that's barely being reported now a days - unless it's a foreign national caught in the local politics. The fact that Iran is surrounded by American (and other Western) troops, in Iraq and Afghanistan - Yesterday was Armistice Day and I didn't mention it, because it's not a day commemorated here. We didn't "exist" during the Great War or the Second World War and we have our own military memorial days.
Not to mention Pakistan which really does have nuclear capabilities and appears to have a happy trigger finger.

Ahmadinejad finds Israel, like many other Muslim and Arab nations, an easy Scapegoat - it's part of our Status as Jews, I suppose.

I asked my parental units if they thought Iran was a big cohesive homogeneous nation? The answer was "Yes".
I called Bullshit and they knew that what they had said was not true, but the argument of "Iranian Aggression" doesn't fly when all of the above in taken into account.

I sincerely hope that not everyone thinks Israel is a bunch of Avigdor Liberman's (our Foreign Minister) and Bibi Netanyahu's (our Prime Minister).
Iran is too used as a scapegoat in order to deflect from our own huge problems - like the fact that 1 in 4 Israelis lives in poverty. That public housing is denied to mixed families. That the Settlements are a criminal issue and not just a "National" one.
Just to mention a few of Israel's "Problems".

But that's all small potatoes when we, Israel, an allegedly nuclear nation the tiny nation surrounded by enemies (with whom we are thinking about "peace agreements"... sorta) is being threatened by a politically unstable, non-nuclear and already sanctioned country.

Yeah, I'm feeling safe with Big Brother in this oh so tolerant and enlightened Jewish-Democracy.

Comments

[gonzo21.livejournal.com]

1 in 4 eh? No wonder they need to constantly puff up the big bad guys to justify the military budget.

Heaven forbid your tax income be spent on improving the lives of the people.

[eumelia.livejournal.com]

For reals, dude.

[starlady38.livejournal.com]

Nuclear deterrence doesn't, that's for sure.

[eumelia.livejournal.com]

...Doesn't what?
Not sure to what you're referring to here. I'm a mite slow today.

[starlady38.livejournal.com]

Sorry, I shouldn't try to be witty.

There's some conventional wisdom that says that states should obtain nuclear power/weapons in order to deter their enemies from attacking them, but the assumption doesn't actually hold much water--Pakistan and India both have the bomb and have significant problems with domestic and cross-border insurgencies, the United States has been attacked by terrorists foreign and domestic multiple times, and Israel has fought multiple wars in the 30+ years that it's unofficially been nuclear-capable. Iran obtaining the bomb will not do a thing for its internal political stability, as you point out, and won't help stabilize the regional situation either.

[eumelia.livejournal.com]

OHHHH!
Okay, now I get it.

Yes, what you said.