This is my response to some moron on Twitter that thinks Israel is in the same situation as Ukraine.
I prefer my creative content to be on Hive but sometimes stupidity has to be pointed out on Twitter.
Big Difference 1: Israel is winning with very light casualties and an extraordinary 60+:1 kill rate against Hamas and 30+:1 kill rate against Hizbollah. Ukraine is losing with an appalling 1:10 kill rate against Russia.
Big Difference 2: Israel is a young society with the highest fertility (TFR 2.9) of any civilised country. Ukraine is an old society with one of the lowest fertilities (TFR 1.0). Israel doesn't need to draft old people, but plenty volunteer.
Big difference 3: Huge numbers of fighting age Israelis returned to Israel after Oct 7 while huge numbers of fighting age Ukrainians left when Russia invaded.
Big difference 4: Israeli mobilisation was 120% over subscribed while Ukraine has to press-gang.
Big difference 5: Israel is a 3500 year old civilisation that won back its historic homeland by defeating, in multiple wars, Egypt, Syria, Jordan, Iraq & Lebanon backed by the USSR. Israel had no US support until 1973. Ukraine gained independence by the stroke of a pen.
Big difference 6: Israel is a huge arms producer and exporter making most of its own weapons and the best hi-tech military hardware on the planet. Ukraine barely makes anything and is completely dependent on Western resupply.
Big difference 7: Israel's enemies have no military backing from any major power. Iran has no modern tanks, aircraft or any serious conventional forces and cannot resupply its proxies in wartime (the IAF has kept Syria's airports out of commission for more than 2 months). Russia & China are providing zero military support to Iran.
Big difference 8: Israel is relatively self sufficient in energy (net exporter), food and military equipment production (and becoming more so). Ukraine is completely dependent. Israel is economically strong; Ukraine is a basket case.
Big difference 9: Israel is a nuclear power with enough nukes to exterminate all its enemies in extremis. Ukraine is not.
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