Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!cmcl2!seismo!mcvax!ukc!warwick!rlvd!kgd From: kgd@rlvd.UUCP (Keith Dancey) Newsgroups: net.followup Subject: Re: Air raid on Libya and TV coverag Message-ID: <1324@rlvd.UUCP> Date: Fri, 16-May-86 05:21:41 EDT Article-I.D.: rlvd.1324 Posted: Fri May 16 05:21:41 1986 Date-Received: Fri, 23-May-86 22:40:58 EDT References: <295@parcvax> Reply-To: kgd@rlvd.UUCP (Keith Dancey) Organization: Rutherford Appleton Laboratories, Atlas Buildings, U.K. Lines: 19 In article <295@parcvax> bane%parcvax@parcvax.UUCP writes: > >Whether or not it was the right thing to do, one thing is certain: the >raid will be worse than useless if not followed up. We've already >shown our willingness to use military force against terrorism (or, >we've already lowered ourselves to the terrorists level); to change >our tactics now would say, "well, we didn't REALLY mean it", which >prompts sneers from the terrorists, and won't convince anyone who >thought the bombing raid was a horrible thing. > An eye for an eye, until the whole world is blind... -- Keith Dancey, UUCP: ..!mcvax!ukc!rlvd!kgd Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Chilton, Didcot, Oxon OX11 0QX JANET: K.DANCEY@uk.ac.rl Tel: (0235) 21900 ext 5716