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From: aouriri@ittvax.ATC.ITT.UUCP (Chedley Aouriri)
Newsgroups: net.politics
Subject: Re: Terrorism Outrage
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Date: Fri, 17-Jan-86 11:37:46 EST
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J.Abeles writes:
> 
> Certain parties can't seem to understand that people are outraged
> by these terrorists, and the same parties feel that there is some kind of
> prejudiced feeling which motivates us against them regardless of
> the terrorism. 

Wrong! Everybody is outraged by terrorist actions, military
surgical strikes and acts of war. The victims of such actions are
from all sides, countries and continents. You  can check the US
State Department statistics on terrorist victims and you will
find that the majority of them are not americans.
The disagreement is in the analysis of the cause and motivation of
terrorism. Americans, europeans, arabs and israelis  all have their
own diagnostic of the problem. That is one reason why combating
terrorism proved much harder than initially thought.

> Chedley is displaying paranoid feelings regarding
> the US because he believes the US is unconditionally opposed to
> Arabs.  
 
Wrong again! I do not beleive that the US is unconditionally
opposed to Arabs; but I do believe that the US is unconditionally
IN SUPPORT OF ISRAEL!. There is a fine difference here!!

> The problem with Chedley's viewpoint, I feel, is that he doesn't
> recognize that the Arabs hold the key to stopping the problem.
> In fact, the US doesn't have any alternative but to react with
> condemnation (and possible military action) towards Arab terrorism.

No ! I do not think that the Arabs hold the key to stopping the
terrorists. I do think that they can slow them down, and hold their
help and assistance to them. Why they do not do it? Because they do
not agree with the US/israeli  point of view of the cause of
terrorism. 

> Actually, it is surprising to me that living as he does in
> the midst of our American society he doesn't seem to understand
> the outrage of Americans when faced with terrorism sanctioned
> by certain governments. 

Wrong, once more! (See above) Everybody in the civilized world
is outraged by war,violence and terrorist actions. Because
everybody is a potential victim.

> Historically, incidents of this type
> have provoked countries into all-out war, but the US operates
> with greater restraint in the modern world.

You can't say the same thing for Israel, can you? Actually, Israel
is mastering the art of provoking terrorism, then crying wolf.

Chedley Aouriri
ITT-ATC, Shelton, CT.
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