From: utzoo!decvax!duke!mcnc!unc!smb
Newsgroups: net.misc
Title: Re: Rick"s reply to JTR (long piece) - (nf)
Article-I.D.: unc.3774
Posted: Sun Aug  1 14:13:27 1982
Received: Mon Aug  2 01:39:38 1982


References: hplabs.598

Re the Gulf of Sidra incident:  remember how days before it happened,
NEWSWEEK reported that Reagan had decided to conduct the exercises there
as a deliberate provocation to the Libyans.  Not that I have any love
for them -- I think Khadaffhi is the most dangerous world leader around
today -- but that doesn't exonerate Reagan of any responsibility.  (To
be sure, Libya bears at least as much responsibility for responding to
the provocation with an armed attack.)