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From: hijab@ucbcad.BERKELEY.EDU (Raif Hijab)
Newsgroups: talk.politics.misc
Subject: Re: Frenchmen getting bombed, why them?
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Date: Wed, 24-Sep-86 12:25:19 EDT
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Summary: The myth of the terrorism monolith

In article <7206@sri-spam.ARPA> robert@sri-spam.ARPA (Robert Allen) writes:
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>    I find it interesting to note that France refused the U.S. use
>of their airspace during the attack on Libya, assumedly because they
>did not want to antagonize the terrorist community.
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>    Could it be that appeasement is not the answer?

It is tragic that the U.S. (government, media and hence people)
insist on viewing terrorism as a monolith orchestrated by one evil
source. Those following events in the Middle East will recognize
that France's troubles stem from its perceived policies and role in
Lebanon, and are intimately connected to its colonial legacy (Many
in Lebanon blame France for its nurturing and institutionalizing the
sectarian political system which is the source of Lebanon's civil
strife.) If you want to look for an explanation of the targets,
frequency and intensity of terrorist acts, it helps to study the
local conditions under which terrorism sprouts.