Israel is a military-fueled society rather than a state that merely has a military

Evidence

Israel is not so much a state that has a military; rather, it is a leading example of a militarily fueled society that codifies and mobilizes a state in its image. — David Theo Goldberg, The Threat of Race, 683

Categorization

  • DEFINE: A crisp definitional inversion distinguishing a state that merely possesses armed forces from one whose social formation is organized around militarism itself.