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From: al@aurora.UUCP (Al Globus)
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Subject: Re: Re: To Hell With Diplomacy
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> >I know its hard to be a democratic society and refrain from military
> >intervention.  But that time has come !!!

Correct me if I am wrong, but a year or two back I distinctly remember
news reports about U.S. naval vessels blasting Lebanese villages with
high explosives.  I think it was a battleship and a few destroyers.  I
can also remember TV pictures of Lebanese homes reduced to rubble.  I
don't remember the casualty figures, but given the general inaccuracy
of unspotted naval gunfire they were probably quite large, and very likely
civilian.  Shelling people is an act of war.

Shortly after we started pounding the people of Lebenon
the marines were attacked, later the embassy was attacked, and most recently
the TWA jet hijacked and a **US NAVY** man killed.  I can't help but think that
if we hadn't shelled the Lebanese they wouldn't have fought back.  I can
assure you that if the Lebanese navy shelled the Virginia hills I would be proud
of any American that drove a truck loaded with explosivess into a Lebanese
military compound or highjacked a Lebanese jet and killed a Lebanese navy
man.  We attacked them and now complain when they fight back the only way
they can.  I say we stop killing people without a congressional declaration
of war as required by the Constitution.