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Not all countries would be included there. The US? Russia? North Korea? Sure. Finland? Iceland? Not so much.

There is something to be said about a country's foreign policy and how 'arrogant' it is. A country can have a solid foreign policy (read: not be a pushover) and still not act like a giant bully.

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One could argue that the whole independence thing is pretty arrogant in the case of Finland for example.

Someone else has pointed this out elsewhere but it's a bit odd to compare israel to scandanavian countries rather than the middle eastern countries that surround it.

So let's ask the same question again: is Israel's behavior arrogant? Possibly, but not really when compared to Iran, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, Syria or Qatar

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