Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84 exptools; site ihlpg.UUCP Path: utzoo!lsuc!watmath!clyde!cbosgd!ihnp4!ihlpg!tan From: tan@ihlpg.UUCP (Bill Tanenbaum) Newsgroups: net.politics Subject: Re: Lies or a schizophrenic time sense Message-ID: <1416@ihlpg.UUCP> Date: Wed, 6-Nov-85 13:40:44 EST Article-I.D.: ihlpg.1416 Posted: Wed Nov 6 13:40:44 1985 Date-Received: Thu, 7-Nov-85 21:38:52 EST References: <1081@ubc-vision.UUCP> Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories Lines: 19 > [Farzin Mokhtarian] > If indeed there in no longer a reason to protect Egypt against Israel, that > is good news. I hope it stays that way. But I think many Arabs living in > countries neighboring Israel will find it difficult to believe that it > won't happen in the future because Israel has shown a pattern of military > aggressiveness over its (relatively) very short history and except for > the Eisenhower Administration, the U.S. government has not made a real > effort to curb that aggressiveness. ------ All Israel's acts of "aggressiveness" against neighboring countries were against countries which 1) Refused to publicly recognize Israel's right to exist. 2) Were in a formal state of war with Israel, and refused to sign a peace treaty, let alone have normal relations. It takes two sides to make peace, Farzin. Egypt has done so. I hope it stays that way, too. We await Jordan, Syria, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, etc. -- Bill Tanenbaum - AT&T Bell Labs - Naperville IL ihnp4!ihlpg!tan