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From: timothym@tekigm2.UUCP (Timothy D Margeson)
Newsgroups: net.followup,net.politics
Subject: Re: Air raid on Libya
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Date: Mon, 21-Apr-86 12:59:51 EST
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In article <157@unido.UUCP> ab@unido.UUCP writes:
>
>  Andreas comments on the death of innocent bystanders in Libya...
>  and why he condemns the United States for our actions.
>
>I hope that on the net and in America are some people who share my views.
>
>	Andreas Bormann
>	University of Dortmund  [UniDo]
>	West Germany
>
For the innocent people who were killed in the bombing no appology or other
action will bring them back. Nor will the same bring back the ones killed by
the terrorists bomb. It's true that non of the Tripoli people would have been
hurt if we had not attacked. But we did, just as the Libyan have attacked us.

I for one think Reagan had justification to make the raid on Libya. I do not
think it an act of terrorism. It was reprisal for previous actions done by the
Libyan state. I do not think a tit for tat is appropriate, but the EUROPEAN
communtity would not support an economic sanction of Libya, so what else could
the United States do to tell the world we have a problem?

I think that now the world has at least acknowedged the fact Libya has been
responsible for alot of the current terrorist activities, something just might
get done to solve, or at least alleviate the problem.

Another thing I find of interest is that France and Italy both allowed free
movement of known terrorists in exchange for no activity on their souvreign
ground. 

Finally, I also think that if the shoe were on the other foot (ala Hitler or
Musselini (sp?)), the Europeans might have a different attitude, at least the
history books I've read said the general public did appreciate the help the
USA and England provided to the European continent. Who knows though, to read
the current news from around the world, one would think that we should have
let Hitler take all of Europe. At least we knew for sure his intentions, and
knew who we could count on when things got warm for us.

Thanks, and have a nice day.

(ps. I have reletives in W. Germany, Nurnberg to be exact, and I do not want
a large war to break out Europe any more than any European).

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