Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/3/84; site enmasse.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!allegra!mit-eddie!genrad!panda!enmasse!mroddy From: mroddy@enmasse.UUCP (Mark Roddy) Newsgroups: net.followup,net.flame Subject: Re: Re: Terrorism and TWA 847 Message-ID: <415@enmasse.UUCP> Date: Mon, 24-Jun-85 19:05:21 EDT Article-I.D.: enmasse.415 Posted: Mon Jun 24 19:05:21 1985 Date-Received: Wed, 26-Jun-85 05:36:16 EDT References: <600003@ur-univax.UUCP>, <518@hou2g.UUCP> <3091@drutx.UUCP> Organization: Enmasse Computer Corp., Acton, Mass. Lines: 28 Xref: watmath net.followup:5005 net.flame:10758 > SJ Berry does not go far enough. > > We tell the terrorists this: "You people have screwed up. > If you release the hostages immediately we will only obliterate > your military camps. If you do not immediately release the > hostages we will not only obliterate your military camps, but > also your civilian population." > There are no easy solutions. The Nazis used a similar policy against people that they felt were terrorists, exterminating entire villages for the acts of a few. If we descend to the level of terrorists, we are terrorists. It is so easy to expound righteous patriotic fervor, but nothing will be accomplished by sending Rambo to Beirut. Besides, there are really quite a few shiits in this world, distributed across quite a few national boundaries, exactly how do you'll propose do do them all in? After Munich, the Israeli's quietly and patiently identified and executed every member of the gang involved in that operation. -- Mark Roddy Net working, Just reading the news. (harvard!talcott!panda!enmasse!mroddy)