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From: stevens@teklabs.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.politics
Subject: Double standards
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Date: Tue, 13-Sep-83 11:08:26 EDT
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Posted: Tue Sep 13 11:08:26 1983
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I heard on the news this morning that because American marines in Lebanon are
getting killed, the United States is going to give the marines the option
of attacking for defensive purposes and to save American lives.  It occurs to
me that the Israelis (who have lost thousands of lives -- not just a few)
were attacking to make sure their borders were secure.  Why is it then that
Israel comes under so much pressure and bad press when they are defending
themselves, yet the United States, when placed in the same sitution, came
upon the same conclusions of self-defense?
-- 
Steve Silberberg