Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP
Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 (Tek) 9/26/83; site orca.UUCP
Path: utzoo!linus!decvax!tektronix!tekgds!tekecs!orca!ariels
From: ariels@orca.UUCP (Ariel Shattan)
Newsgroups: net.politics
Subject: Re: Israeli Prisoners
Message-ID: <356@orca.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 30-Nov-83 13:41:33 EST
Article-I.D.: orca.356
Posted: Wed Nov 30 13:41:33 1983
Date-Received: Fri, 2-Dec-83 06:39:57 EST
References: <222@denelcor.UUCP> <1489@utcsstat.UUCP>
Organization: Tektronix, Wilsonville OR.
Lines: 31


rao@utcsstat says:

>It's interesting to note that Israel's concern for EACH of it's brave soldiers
>is so great that they would release 4500 PLO terrorists (including 63 extremely
>dangerous ones who were convicted to life) for 6 (six) Israelis, even knowing
>that those released would immediately re-begin to attack Israel's CIVILIANS.

Israel released those prisoners because they wanted to support
Arafat in his struggle against the PLO rebels and Syria, which is
why they traded so many for so few.  The last thing Israel wants is
for the PLO to be controlled by people even more extreme than
Arafat.  In fact, among PLO factions, Arafat is moderate.  

Israel is very unhappy about the way in which the six soldiers were
captured.  They were eating at the time and didn't have a guard
posted.  The Israeli armed forces is planning an inquiry into the
reason these soldiers were so lax.

rao continues:

>If only you Americans would learn some important ethics from Israel, you
>would be in much better shape. When 254 of your soldiers are murdered, you
>don't sit back and worry what the f--king U.N. says, you go in and blow
>the hell out of the little Communist nothings!

The people who bombed the Marine base in Lebanon had nothing to do
with Communism.  They were Syrian backed Iranians (or Iranian
sympathisers) who want the US out of Lebanon so that Syria can take
over.  Syria is a "friend" of the USSR, but they are not Communist.