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From: stevens@teklabs.UUCP
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Date: Fri, 30-Sep-83 12:56:31 EDT
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Posted: Fri Sep 30 12:56:31 1983
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To: net.politics
Subject: Re: Israel bombing Palestinian civilians - (nf)
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No, it is NEVER right to kill someone.  But if you are defending yourself,
it is much better to defend yourself from those who are attacking (taking
pot shots, planting bombs, shooting civilian planes down, blowing up busses,
firing openly in crowds etc) than to take the lives of those who pose you
little or no threat such as Lebanese civilians in hospitals.  I just hope that
someday, there will be no killing.  One of the prime directives of the
PLO is to drive Israel into the sea (it is in their constitution).  How can
something like that be dealt with?  Israel has a lot of internal problems now.
It is because of the tragedy of war.  No one wants war, but is it worth the
expense of constantly being attacked by guerrillas at random?
-- 
Steve Silberberg