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From: lazarus@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU (Andy Lazarus)
Newsgroups: net.politics
Subject: Re: Lies - or a schizophrenic time sense
Message-ID: <10801@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU>
Date: Fri, 25-Oct-85 19:23:28 EST
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Posted: Fri Oct 25 19:23:28 1985
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Summary: Beating head against a wall

In article <499@ittvax.ATC.ITT.UUCP>, aouriri@ittvax.ATC.ITT.UUCP (Chedley Aouriri) writes:

> 2) Neither the US, nor Israel denied the information that the US navy
> refueled the jewish war jets in their attack on Tunis. This
> information is accepted as an axiom in Arab countries; it is
> infered as highly probable in European countries.
> 
For the record -- not that the author is that likely to be listening --
both the USA and Israel have specifically denied it.  By the way,
what is a "jewish war jet"?  I never knew aircraft to profess any
religion.  I suppose it is any jet whose mother was Jewish.
I find this choice of words revealing.  It puts
quite a damper on the "I only dislike Zionists" canard.

> 3) Since you appraise [sic] so much US support to Israel, without which,
> Israel could not exist MILITARILY nor ECONOMICALLY (this is also a
> FACT), I do not understand why you are so insensed by the
> information concerning the refueling of israeli jets. You should
> applaud it!!!
>  

This strikes me as a non sequitor.  One reason that certain
parties insist this refueling took place is to denigrate
the image of Israel as military capable of such an act.
Obviously friends of Israel would not applaud this.  Would you
applaud charges that the Cardinals had bribed the World Series
umpires just because you were a Cardinals' fan???!!

andy lazarus