abeles@mhuxm.UUCP (J. Abeles (Bellcore, Murray Hill, NJ)) (01/15/86)
Read this and weep: > The recent terrorist events provided a nice excuse to set off > the on-going shouting match between Reagan and Khaddafy, and > to hype up the public opinion against Libya. > AND THIS HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH ANTI TERRORISM. The US just wants > to settle an old score with a radical arab leader. > After all, if the US is really serious about doing the job for > the israelis by attacking countries who help anti-israeli > terrorists, at least a half dozen countries should be attacked. > Among them, Syria, Irak, Lebanon, Iran, Bulgaria,.... > Chedley Aouriri Certain parties can't seem to understand that people are outraged by these terrorists, and the same parties feel that there is some kind of prejudiced feeling which motivates us against them regardless of the terrorism. Chedley is displaying paranoid feelings regarding the US because he believes the US is unconditionally opposed to Arabs. The US would be a lot more sympathetic towards Arab governments if their offensive terrorism would cease. So would Israel, for that matter. The problem with Chedley's viewpoint, I feel, is that he doesn't recognize that the Arabs hold the key to stopping the problem. In fact, the US doesn't have any alternative but to react with condemnation (and possible military action) towards Arab terrorism. Actually, it is surprising to me that living as he does in the midst of our American society he doesn't seem to understand the outrage of Americans when faced with terrorism sanctioned by certain governments. Historically, incidents of this type have provoked countries into all-out war, but the US operates with greater restraint in the modern world. The Europeans also exercise greater restraint, but I wouldn't conclude that they like the idea of possibly being killed by terrorists either.
al@vger.UUCP ( Informatix) (01/18/86)
> The US would be a lot more sympathetic towards Arab > governments if their offensive terrorism would cease. Not all Arabs support terrorism. > Historically, incidents of this type (Libyan supported terrorism) > have provoked countries into all-out war, but the US operates > with greater restraint in the modern world. In a world filled with nuclear bombs this is a necessary policy.