A Nation in Arms - Democratic Underground

Spinoza

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Sat Jul-22-06 05:03 PM
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A Nation in Arms

snip> Israel's standing army of about 186,500 troops can jump to 631,500 with rapid mobilization, according to figures from the Jaffee Center for Strategic Studies.<snip

http://www.breitbart.com/news/2006/07/22/D8J18KEG0.html

My God, 631,500 troops means that MORE than 10% of Israel's TOTAL population are in the military within days of a call-up. Thats equivalent to the U.S. going to about 29.5 MILLION troops in less than a week.

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Sat Jul-22-06 05:14 PM
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1. link to yahoo article here.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060722/ap_on_re_mi_ea/mideast_fighting_people_s_army_1

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