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From: zappe@cad.UUCP (Hans P. Zappe)
Newsgroups: net.followup,net.politics
Subject: Re: Air raid on Libya
Message-ID: <213@cad.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 24-Apr-86 22:45:47 EST
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Posted: Thu Apr 24 22:45:47 1986
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In article <202@psc70.UUCP>, tos@psc70.UUCP (Dr.Schlesinger) writes:
> ... The US used military force to
> attack military forces. Just as in the case of Mr. Arafat and the way
> his headquarters were always to be found in nice residential areas, it
> was the Libyan government's responsibility if they placed military
> activities in residential areas. ...

Let's rewrite that as:

	The [terrorists] used military force to 
attack military forces. Just as in the case of [whoever] and the way
his headquarters were always to be found in nice residential areas, it
was the [US Army's] responsibility if they placed military
[personnel] in [discoteques]. 

You see, that doesn't justify bombing "La Belle" in Berlin, just
because it happens to be a known hangout for US soldiers, just as
the above argument fails to justify attacking civilian targets,
even if unintentionally. Dead civilians are dead civilians, whether
or not they just happen to live next to a military target. No
amount of talk or justification will bring them back to life. 

And of course this applies to all sides, be it Libyan children
killed by errant bombs or American children sucked out of aircraft.
The point is that fighting terrorism with terrorism begets
terrorism. 
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