If you ignore the comments about ragheads the Foreign Legion, and VCs, the the rest of what SAMXXV is probably reasonably accurate
Within its own regional context, the Israeli armed forces DO make ours look limited. OK, their forces are aimed against their immediate neighbours while ours pretend to global aspirations, but look at the facts
Something like 350-400 front line F-15 and F-16 aircraft.
Something like 1600 main battle tanks with a similar number of older models in reserve...
An entire population trained to use weapons
Indiginous nuclear design and build capability
How do we compare??