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From: blm@chinet.UUCP (Brad L. McKinley)
Newsgroups: net.followup,net.politics
Subject: Re: Air raid on Libya
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Date: Wed, 23-Apr-86 21:06:44 EDT
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Posted: Wed Apr 23 21:06:44 1986
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Summary: a few comments


Mr. Borman, did I miss your posting when the terrorist(s) blew up
a Berlin Disco?  I must have also missed your posting concerning
the TWA flight that had a nasty run in with plastique explosives.
And what about the Rome and Vienna airport massacres?  Naturally I
*ASSUME* that you were just as outspoken on the net about those
incidences too.

A few more miscellaneous points.

You imply that your country, as well as other European countries,
were doing the best you could to combat terrorism.  Tell me then,
why have the European countries *just now* begun to expell Libyans
from those countries?  For the record, Mr Borman, how much trading
does your country do with Libya a year?  My, isn't interesting how
we can overlook certain *flaws* with governments when we have a
healthy amount of trade existing between said countries.  The U.S.
also has the same problem (remember Iran everyone?) but that isn't
right either.

On the subject of casualties (civilian and otherwise), as I
understand it, American aircraft were jamming all the Libyan SAMs.
The Libyans, in there infinite wisdom, decided to fire the missiles
straight up to intercept incoming F-111's.  Fact: what goes up must
come down.  Where does it come down?  Well probably in the area of
where they were launched from.  Could they possibly hit civilian
areas?  Yes, and it seems quite probable that some did.

>> > that only leaves one
>> > thing....    What would Andreas Borman be saying if it were his
>> > brother under the rubble in Berlin???

Mr. Borman, I sincerely hope that your brother, nor anyone elses
brother, is found beneath rubble anywhere.  The *wrongful* death of
anyone on the planet diminishes us all piece by piece.  But we did
not start this war.  Indeed, we have been *very* patient with the
Libyans (as weel as others) in are dealings.  I am no fan of President
Reagan but those people who insist upon him being trigger happy have
had to wait 6 years for him to pull the trigger.  I think *this time*
he was justified in doing so and I support him.
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Brad L. McKinley -- ihnp4!chinet!blm OR ihnp4!chinet!mdr!blm -- (503) 889-4321
USMail: M D R Professional Software, Inc., 915 SW 3rd Avenue, Ontario, OR 97914
"First you say it, then you do it" -- Bill Cosby