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From: janw@inmet.UUCP
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Subject: Re: Frenchmen getting bombed, why them?
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Date: Tue, 7-Oct-86 14:31:00 EDT
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[baba@garth.UUCP ]
>In article <117200172@inmet> janw@inmet.UUCP writes:
>>
>>[tedrick@ernie.Berkeley.EDU.UUCP ]
>>>If the Muslims aren't smart enough to stop waging war against Eu-
>>>rope  and  the  United  States  they  will  provoke more and more
>>>violent reaction until one side or the other gives in.  I guaran-
>>>tee you it won't be the west, although the fight may be extremely
>>>destructive.
>>
>>Well, Tom, you've been right before - before the Libyan raid which
>>you more or less predicted. I, for one, am listening to you now.

>And I, for one, am wondering just what "the Muslims" have to do with
>all this.  Paris is being attacked by Lebanese Maronite Catholics.
>Have you guys been out drinking with Martillo or something?

I stand corrected on two counts: one of fact (I didn't
follow the newspapers at the time; were *all* the explosions
by Christians?); another one of not making a reservation about
Muslims collectively doing this or that. Thank you, Baba.

I was only speaking of Tom's political predictions, and they
concern Western reactions, not who exactly makes the explosions.
I don't approve of anyone's collective responsibility,
including, of course, that of Moslems.

I still think that Tom was right about US reaction to Qaddafi and
may be right about Europe's eventual reaction to waves of terror-
ism. As for Martillo, I always read him with interest; but
I wish he treated Moslems as individuals (I am sure he has had
some Moslem friends).

			Jan Wasilewsky