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From: holt@parsec.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.politics
Subject: Re: Reagan and Goodman - (nf)
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Date: Fri, 20-Jan-84 22:55:37 EST
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parsec!holt    Jan 20 18:25:00 1984

No,  Reagan would have behaved the same way regardless of the race of the
pilot.  His "low key" approach to this particular problem was due
to his desire to "minimize" the public's perception of American military
involvement in the middle east.  

I will grant you that most of the net news readers do not share the public's
level of ignorance, or perhaps laize faire attitude.  But, I do think that
the administration perceives a need to downplay America's military role 
in the region.


				Dave Holt
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