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Subject: Korean Airlines Incident- Re:Preece
Message-ID: <195@ecn-ed.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 8-Sep-83 10:00:32 EDT
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Posted: Thu Sep  8 10:00:32 1983
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  	"One begins to wonder if perhaps we've been conned by  
the edited transcripts we've been fed."  Perhaps, as I for one
do not speak Russian and am forced to take the 'official'
translation as gospel.  However, it's easier to believe
that we've been conned into believing that the peace-loving
Soviet government would never, ever do anything as violent
and irrational as attack a civilian airliner.  All the 
evidence is plainly against it- just look at the contributions
to peace they've made in Angola, Afghanistan, and Poland.
	As for the 'NEARLY irrefutable' evidence that the 
Soviets should have known that it was a civilian plane-
so what? The Soviets are not in a declared state of war.
If a reasonable doubt existed, is shooting down an intruder
a morally defensible act?

			Paul Joslin