Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.3 alpha 4/15/85; site cae780.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!allegra!mit-eddie!genrad!decvax!decwrl!greipa!pesnta!amd!amdcad!cae780!gordon From: gordon@cae780.UUCP (Brian Gordon) Newsgroups: net.followup,net.flame Subject: Re: Protesting the Beirut Hostage Crisis Message-ID: <1034@cae780.UUCP> Date: Sat, 22-Jun-85 23:31:33 EDT Article-I.D.: cae780.1034 Posted: Sat Jun 22 23:31:33 1985 Date-Received: Wed, 26-Jun-85 04:55:52 EDT References: <498@gargoyle.UChicago.UUCP> Reply-To: gordon@cae780.UUCP (Brian Gordon) Distribution: net Organization: CAE Systems, Sunnyvale, CA Lines: 20 Xref: watmath net.followup:5004 net.flame:10753 In article <498@gargoyle.UChicago.UUCP> carnes@gargoyle.UChicago.UUCP (Richard Carnes) writes: > ... If the >US govt. is serious about getting the hostages released, it can >pressure the Israelis to release the hundreds of Lebanese civilians >(including women and children) that Israel has imprisoned in clear >violation of international law, and that Israel was planning to >release anyway. ... Hey, great idea. Israel cut down on its problems with hijackers by refusing to deal with them, so that terrorists had nothing to gain. Let's prove that you can get Israel to do what you want by kidnapping, killing and torturing U.S. citizens instead. Then we can all feel safer ... Please, all of you with the "obvious solutions", consider both the long term AND short term consequences before you point out the stupidity/selfishness/etc. of those who have not publically espoused the same ideas!! FROM: Brian G. Gordon, CAE Systems Division of Tektronix, Inc. UUCP: {ihnp4, decvax!decwrl}!amd!cae780!gordon {nsc, resonex, qubix, hplabs, leadsv, teklds}!cae780!gordon