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From: martillo@mit-trillian.MIT.EDU (Yakim Martillo)
Newsgroups: net.followup,net.politics
Subject: Re: Re: Air raid on Libya
Message-ID: <295@mit-trillian.MIT.EDU>
Date: Mon, 21-Apr-86 17:28:32 EDT
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Posted: Mon Apr 21 17:28:32 1986
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In article <224@rtech.UUCP> jeff@rtech.UUCP (Jeff Lichtman) writes:

>> I am not surprised that a German express sympathy for an anti-Semitic
>> lunatic bent on world-domination (according to his Green Book) and who
>> used terror as means to further his political objectives.  Andreas
>> Borman, there was a place for you in the SA.  If France and Britain
>> had treated Hitler in the 30s as Reagan treats your friend Gaddafi, 40
>> million who died in WWII might have lived.

>> Joachim Carlo Santos Martillo Ajami

>I will try to avoid terms like "addle-brained idiot" and "disgusting pig".
>I will merely point out that Andreas Borman expressed no sympathy whatever
>for Moammar Qadaffi in his original posting.  He merely said that Reagan's
>actions make him as much a terrorist as Qadaffi.  You may disagree with his
>opinion, but it in no way makes him a Nazi.  Furthermore, the situation in
>Libya is *not comparable* to that in Nazi Germany.  It's true that both cases
>have maniacal dictators who hate Jews, but that's where the resemblance ends.

>I think Mr. Ajami owes Mr. Borman an apology.  I doubt that it will come.

I admit to a poor choice of words.  I should have said I am not
surprised that a German is unable to make an ethical distinction
between terrorism and response to terrorism.  By calling Reagan's act
state terrorism, he makes it impossible for any nation to respond to
aggressive terrorist action through the use of force because innocent
people might die.  Well, then perhaps we should just invite Gadhafi to
come over and take over.  Anyway the image of Reagan terrorizing and
murdering children and innocent people cannot help but evoke revulsion
towards Reagan and make Gadhafi seem more sympathetic in
contradistinction.


By the way Ajami is my mother's family name, use either Martillo or
Martillo Ajami in replies.

Joachim Carlo Santos Martillo Ajami