Athenians: "For ourselves, we shall not trouble you with specious pretences- either of how we have a right to our empire because we overthrew the Mede, or are now attacking you because of wrong that you have done us- and make a long speech which would not be believed; and in return we hope that you, instead of thinking to influence us by saying that you did not join the Lacedaemonians, although their colonists, or that you have done us no wrong, will aim at what is feasible, holding in view the real sentiments of us both; since you know as well as we do that right, as the world goes, is only in question between equals in power, while the strong do what they canand the weak suffer what they must." Thucydides, Melian Dialogue, Peloponnesian War, 416 B.C.

The Melians refused the Athenian ultimatum, were betrayed by some in the city, and all the men of military age were killed, and the women and children sold into slavery.

It's fairly clear that Israel is not interested in finding out whether or not it could live with a nuclear armed Iran.

Israel might actually could literally live with a nuclear armed Iran, if that would be a different universe too as to a dramatic shift in relative power, and therefore security most observers of history would conclude, which is why Israel could and could not live with a nuclear armed Iran, but won't of course.

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