@YYA – where did I say that the need to defend Jewish lives has to do with whether or not the State of Israel is “Aschalta d’Geula”? I deliberately din NOT say that, as that is not relevant to the question at hand.
The issue being addressed is quite simply that Jewish lives are in danger and need to be defended – period. That is why it is necessary to have a trained army, and to operate al pi derech hateva – which includes taking likely future developments into account. Do I wish it were not necessary to take world reaction into account? Especially as the parent of several combat soldiers who quite literally putting their lives on the line in this war, absolutely. However, when operating on a national scale, the immediate benefit has to be weighed against the longer-term cost – and that is what is being done here. Without the ability to acquire weapons and raw materials, the Jews in Israel would C”V have a short and bleak future – and that is why attention needs to be paid to world reaction.
an Israeli Yid