That will exacerbate its self-righteous warring posture and have chilling consequences for the grass-roots civil rights movement inside Iran.

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In addition, there is significant Israeli resistance to surrendering a wholly self-reliant defense posture to an unreliable ally acting as an impartial peacekeeper.

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The ready lesson to be taken from the Great Moderation is that the single greatest era of good, stable growth in the modern era occurred in an environment where the governmental sector was if not in retreat, then in a posture of self-criticism and restraint.

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Israel would be encouraged to abandon its traditional posture of military self-reliance in favor of a de facto dependence upon U.S. forces misconstrued to represent a form of security guarantee.

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The effect of compelling Israel to relinquish such territory risks transforming Israel from a strong, self-reliant and independent actor into one whose strategic posture is seriously degraded possibly to such a degree that it will find itself increasingly preoccupied with existential threats, and more and more dependent (foolishly so) on U.S. security guarantees and assistance.

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