Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site ut-ngp.UTEXAS Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!allegra!mit-eddie!think!harvard!seismo!ut-sally!ut-ngp!raju From: raju@ut-ngp.UTEXAS (Raju Bhatt) Newsgroups: net.followup,net.politics Subject: Re: Terrorism and TWA 847 Message-ID: <1947@ut-ngp.UTEXAS> Date: Tue, 2-Jul-85 05:08:32 EDT Article-I.D.: ut-ngp.1947 Posted: Tue Jul 2 05:08:32 1985 Date-Received: Wed, 3-Jul-85 09:40:18 EDT References: <600003@ur-univax> Organization: University of Texas at Edwards Aquifer Lines: 31 Xref: watmath net.followup:5044 net.politics:9711 >From: ephraim@techunix.bitnet (Ephraim Silverberg) > > When the State of Israel tries to neutralise the military camps of the > Shi'ites in Lebanon, we are condemned as facists and murderers, although > these people have waged an active war of terror on the Northern residents > of Israel for over ten years. However, when the lives of Americans are af- > fected then a "different" standard seems to apply -- anything goes: random > killing, attack civilian populations, etc. > > I do *not*, Heaven forbid, take the lives of the endangered Americans > lightly and I sincerely hope and pray that they all return safely to their > homes and families. I am only sickened by the *constant* double standard > the world applies to the State of Israel. We value the blood of our peo- > ple and children as much as you do. > Interesting, so the Shiites were attacking Israel for the last 10 years...Then what were the Palestinians doing, sightseeing in the refugee camps? I hope by now you realised that you goofed, but then to you "They all look the same." I don't believe the whole world applies the double standard. The Jewish Lobby along with the many Jewish-owned publications (Ex: New York Times), have helped Israel retain a "special" standard with the U.S. About not taking "the lives of the ... Americans lightly" and hoping (and praying) "that all return safely to their homes and families", I guess that to you "Who cares about those Shiites whom Israel is holding, after all they must not have families". After pounding West Beirut and having Arafat withdraw his forces on the condition that Israel would not enter West Beirut, the Israeli "sightseeing" force entered West Beirut and pretended not to see the Maronites killing Palestinian refugees. Did the American public forget that or were they helped to forget?