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From: renner@uiucdcs.UUCP (renner )
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Subject: Re: Re: U.S. Bombings - (nf)
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Date: Thu, 8-Dec-83 22:29:44 EST
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uiucdcs!renner    Dec  6 21:23:00 1983

In response to Steve Wall's remarks about the bombing of the mental hospital
in Grenada, I will make the following points:

1.  It was a Navy plane; the Air Force didn't have anything to do with it.

2.  The hospital was being used by enemy forces to direct attacks against
    our soldiers.  It was not marked as a hospital.  I maintain that the
    responsibility for civilian deaths rests with the enemy, not the U.S.

3.  It is almost certain that the Navy did not know the building was a
    hospital.  If they had known, they certainly would not have attacked it.
    Those of you who believe that the Navy would not hesitate to kill
    civilians should still be convinced if you considerthe bad publicity that
    inevitably follows such an attack.

4.  The only grounds for criticism of the U.S. in this affair is the
    following question:  Why didn't the Navy know about the hospital?
    I still haven't heard a good answer to that one.

Scott Renner
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