Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/12/84; site mit-hermes.ARPA Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!bonnie!akgua!whuxlm!harpo!decvax!genrad!mit-eddie!mit-hermes!jpexg From: jpexg@mit-hermes.ARPA (John Purbrick) Newsgroups: net.politics,net.flame Subject: Re: Re: Re: Kidnaping Shiites Message-ID: <2427@mit-hermes.ARPA> Date: Tue, 25-Jun-85 15:20:50 EDT Article-I.D.: mit-herm.2427 Posted: Tue Jun 25 15:20:50 1985 Date-Received: Thu, 27-Jun-85 06:17:36 EDT References: <686@sphinx.UChicago.UUCP> <171@nvuxb.UUCP> <2088@sdcrdcf.UUCP> <306@wuphys.UUCP> Organization: The MIT AI Lab, Cambridge, MA Lines: 12 Xref: watmath net.politics:9596 net.flame:10809 That's one thing this latest kidnapping outrage may do--bring home to Americans some costs (apart from financial ones, and we just borrow enough to cover those) associated with our uncritical support of Israel. Israel invades Lebanon, kills any number of people, sponsors Amal and the Phalange who kill any number more, and we pay for it all. We send a battleship to bombard their country at random and the CIA to train a few extra assassins of Shiites. Those Shiites who survive hate our guts, and do all they can to hurt us. But before reacting, let's think about why they're doing it, and what we can do, not to defeat them Israeli-style but how to stop them hating us. "Billions for defense: not one cent for tribute!" "Have you considered having fewer enemies?"