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From: goddard@rochester.UUCP
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Subject: Re: Air raid on Libya
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Date: Fri, 18-Apr-86 03:36:44 EDT
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Posted: Fri Apr 18 03:36:44 1986
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Reply-To: goddard@rochester.UUCP (Nigel Goddard)
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Britain is now paying the price for US support in the Falklands War: so
far one bomb at Heathrow, three dead in the Lebanon, and one more kidnapped
there.  When the next request for support comes, will Margaret Thatcher
act in the interests of the British people and the rest of the world and
resist US pressure ?  Judging by her record, the outlook is not good.

There's a simple approach to eradicating terrorism in the middle east: bomb
them into submission.  There would not be many people left there when that
was completed, but who cares, we only want the oil anyway.

The only humane and practical way to deal with the problem is to address
the root cause:  Arab nationalism in general and the plight of the
Palestinians in particular.  If outside powers got out of the action,
except perhaps to guarentee the DEFENCE of Israel (not including annexed
and occupied territory), then maybe the voice of moderation in Israel,
which has been stifled until now, could be heard and acted upon.  Power
politics being what it is, this will not happen, and so we can look forward
to more rounds of retail terrorism (PLO, etc) and wholesale terrorism (US,
UK, etc).  Once again the only benificiaries will be the arms trafficers
and their politician puppets.  When will we ever learn ?