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.)