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From: woods@hao.UUCP (Greg Woods)
Newsgroups: net.flame
Subject: Re: BIG guns
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Date: Sun, 19-Feb-84 00:26:44 EST
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Posted: Sun Feb 19 00:26:44 1984
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   The whole goddamn THING is bad news. What the hell are *we* doing there?
I have yet to hear any rational explanation for that. Ronnie and his 
supporters all base their arguments on the fact that what we are doing
is the best we can do to save face in the current situation. Sound
familiar? It does to me. It's the same argument Nixon gave when pulling
out of Vietnam. Sure, it makes and made sense at the time. But as Gary
Hart recently said, "It underscores the point that we should never have
gone in there in the first place". Ronnie is making a pathetic attempt
to snatch victory from the rapidly closing jaws of defeat. Let's face it,
the Lebaonon situation is another debacle for the US. Why do you think
the Isrealis got out when they did? Why not let the US do their dirty
work for them? What the hell,  most of the rest of our allies do, and our 
leaders are dumb enough to let them get away with it!

		      GREG
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