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From: bob1@cos.com (Bob Blackshaw)
Subject: Re: was:Go Hezbollah!!
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Date: Thu, 15 Apr 1993 16:25:53 GMT
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In <C5I7J7.F7A@eis.calstate.edu> mafifi@eis.calstate.edu (Marc A Afifi) writes:

>stssdxb@st.unocal.com (Dorin Baru) writes:
>> Even the most extemist, one sided (jewish/israeli) postings (with which I 
>> certainly disagree), did not openly back plain murder. You do.
>> 
>> The 'Lebanese resistance' you are talking about is a bunch of lebanese 
>> farmers who detonate bombs after work, or is an organized entity of not-
>> only-lebanese well trained mercenaries ? I do not know, just curious.
>> 
>> I guess you also back the killings of hundreds of marines in Beirut, right?
>> 
>> What kind of 'resistance' movement killed jewish attlets in Munich 1972 ?
>> 
>> You liked it, didn't you ?
>> 
>> 
>> You posted some other garbage before, so at least you seem to be consistent.
>> 
>> Dorin

>Dorin,
>Let's not forget that the soldiers were killed not murdered. The
>distinction is not trivial. Murder happens to innocent people, not people
>whose line of work is to kill or be killed. It just so happened that these
>soldiers, in the line of duty, were killed by the opposition. And
>resistance is different from terrorism. Certainly the athletes in Munich
>were victims of terrorists (though some might call them freedom fighters).

And some of us call them murderous bastards, but what's in a name.

>Their deaths cannot be compared to those of soldiers who are killed by
>resistance fighters. Don't forget that it was the French Resistance to the
>Nazi occupying forces which eventually succeeded in driving out the
>hostile occupiers in WWII. Diplomacy has not worked with Israel and the

Just a damn minute! What history books did you read? I seem to recall
that there were a few British, Canadian, American, and Commonwealth
soldiers in France about that time. Perhaps you believe they were taking
a vacation trip?

>Lebanese people are tired of being occupied! They are now turning to the
>only option they see as viable. (Don't forget that it worked in driving
>out the US)

Sure, the Lebanese want to get all foreigners out of the country so they
can go back to killing each other off.


>-marc

REB


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