Shitty Little Country?
This a great post regarding Israel (thanks Rossputin). I haven't fact checked it, but my personal experience causes me to accept it at face value.
I had the opportunity to be in Israel during an awards presentation for a technology company at the Weizmann Institute of Science (Israel's equivalent of MIT). During this presentation, there were at least 40 patents awarded from the previous year from among a crowd of less than 300 people. I was stunned.
They perform this way in nearly every area.
To survive on as little arable land as they have, they needed to find ways to increase productivity and effectiveness in every area. They did and turned desert into thriving farm land. I suspect the food grown in Israel is probably more nutritious than elsewhere. The dairy and produce certainly tastes much better than anywhere else I've eaten (although they don't seem to understand beef very well).
To compete economically, they needed to produce innovative products. They have. See the list on the link.
To survive as a Nation, they needed to produce the most effective local military. They have. (In spite of the recent standoff in Lebanon, they are still the best in the region. Because of political interference/hesitation, they won every battle and lost that war. They will not make that mistake again).
In my deep dark past, I have had the opportunity to train both Israelis and other regional military pilots (Saudi, Kuwaiti, Bahrani). Night and Day. The Israeli pilots arrived prepared and in many cases understood selected aircraft systems better than I did. As a group, they were the best pilots I ever trained. As a group, the others were below average.
I believe the Israelis are possibly the smartest population in the world. You can argue race or environment, but with as many ethnicities as they have absorbed, it has to be environment. I think if one needs an example of true darwinian adaptation, Israel is a perfect example.
Are the others jealous. Is that why they hate Israel?
Yes.
I had the opportunity to be in Israel during an awards presentation for a technology company at the Weizmann Institute of Science (Israel's equivalent of MIT). During this presentation, there were at least 40 patents awarded from the previous year from among a crowd of less than 300 people. I was stunned.
They perform this way in nearly every area.
To survive on as little arable land as they have, they needed to find ways to increase productivity and effectiveness in every area. They did and turned desert into thriving farm land. I suspect the food grown in Israel is probably more nutritious than elsewhere. The dairy and produce certainly tastes much better than anywhere else I've eaten (although they don't seem to understand beef very well).
To compete economically, they needed to produce innovative products. They have. See the list on the link.
To survive as a Nation, they needed to produce the most effective local military. They have. (In spite of the recent standoff in Lebanon, they are still the best in the region. Because of political interference/hesitation, they won every battle and lost that war. They will not make that mistake again).
In my deep dark past, I have had the opportunity to train both Israelis and other regional military pilots (Saudi, Kuwaiti, Bahrani). Night and Day. The Israeli pilots arrived prepared and in many cases understood selected aircraft systems better than I did. As a group, they were the best pilots I ever trained. As a group, the others were below average.
I believe the Israelis are possibly the smartest population in the world. You can argue race or environment, but with as many ethnicities as they have absorbed, it has to be environment. I think if one needs an example of true darwinian adaptation, Israel is a perfect example.
Are the others jealous. Is that why they hate Israel?
Yes.
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