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From: mr@homxb.UUCP (M.RINDSBERG)
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Subject: Re: Reagan gets "tough" with Libya
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Date: Mon, 13-Jan-86 13:13:59 EST
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> > Personally, I can't think of anything 
> > truly meaningful he could do to stop Quadhafi's antics, short of a
> > declaration of war and blowing Libya off the map; but that could
> > have most undesirable repercussions. Maybe if we repealed the law 
> > forbidding covert assasination plots?Or perhaps made an exception this
> > one time? :-)
> > 
> > Dave Kirby    ( ...!ihnp4!akgub!cylixd!dave)
> 
> The trouble is that COVERT actions against Libya are not covert
> any more; they are OVERT and therefore miss their covert target.
> A couple months ago, the Washington Post published on front 
> page a story announcing that Congress approved a covert-action
> program against Libya.

This country has enacted some very stupid legislation due to
democracy-screamers in the limelight. (i.e. Some freedom of
information legislation should be dropped)

> 
> The recent terrorist events provided a nice excuse to set off
> the on-going shouting match between Reagan and Khaddafy, and
> to hype up the public opinion against Libya.
> AND THIS HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH ANTI TERRORISM. The US just wants
> to settle an old score with a radical arab leader.
> After all, if the US is really serious about doing the job for
> the israelis by attacking countries who help anti-israeli

The US is doing a "job" for themselves. Remember, US citizens
are killed by the terrorists, and the US has the right and obligation
to protect their citizens.

> terrorists, at least a half dozen countries should be attacked.
> Among them, Syria, Irak, Lebanon, Iran, Bulgaria,....

And they should be attacked equally to Libya. Libya's actions
are the most known and recent therefore they will have to take
the heat first. (maybe just a little heat, warmth :-)

> The european countries have a more level headed reaction.

Yes, as in "do nothing" ???

> Italy and Austria ,where the recent actions took place, and
> other european countries recognize that the objective of the
> palestinian's actions was Israel's airline company.

But wasn't accomlished.

> That these palestinians may be helped by Libya or other countries
> does not change the fact that they were after Israel, not the US or
> Europe.

I don't think that they (the terrorists) are only after Israel
exclusively. They take a few cracks now and then at purely American
or European countries.

> The bottom line : 
> Terrorism is only a symptom, not the cause of the Middle-East
> problem.
> However, it seems handy in providing pretexts to settle international
> scores among countries.  
> Chedley Aouriri
> ITT-ATC, Shelton, CT.