I'm sure everyone has seen the footage floating around of missiles hitting Israel.
All I have to say is that, when it's all over, I hope there's nobody left on either side still capable of shaking down the US for "aid".
Yeah, I know, it'll never happen. But one must remain optimistic.
Israel isn't a paper tiger per say, they are very effective in a defensive war (although how much was that modern Israeli equipment vs stripped down Soviet export models from the 50-60s?) but they simply lack the population to hold down any more expanded territory. Any serious war against Iran or Iraq, they get steamrolled due to the numbers issue.
No, they're not. The only defensive war they've ever fought was the Yom-Kippur war and that ended with Egypt regaining its territory and getting paid off by the US till this day. Every war they've ever won was because Arabs were poorly equipped and poorly trained and Israel had a shitton of help from the US and Europe or because they attacked without any provocation.