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Originally Posted by _Q_
Let me put it this way. Say you get info that your next door neighbour has plans to come over to your house and murder you. You decide to strike first and go over to his house and kill him when he's not expecting it. Then you decide to set up shop in his living room just so his children "don't get any ideas". Was that an act of self defence? No, you attacked first. Was it justified? Sure. But calling it an act of self defence is misleading. Is staying in the living room helping the situation? Probably not, those kids probably hate you too now.
I'm just not a fan of Israel constantly playing the victim card. Man up and say it as it is. "We pre-emptively attacked the surrounding Arab countries because they planned on exterminating us". It was a war that both sides prepared for and Israel won because they knew it was coming and prepared accordingly.
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If I found out my neighbour had bought the weapons, drawn the plans, and got together with my other neighbours to kill my family, you'd better believe I'd be justified in attacking first. And it would most certainly be considered an act of self-defence.
Furthermore, I would most definitely set up shop in their living room. I'd set up shop anywhere that increased my chances of defending future attack.