Hmmn. All quite interesting. Thanks for the history lesson. Now, WHAT IN THE BLOODY HELL DOES THAT HAVE TO DO WITH THE QUESTION.
Stop deflecting, and bringing up uselss data. Again, Since Nation 'A' attacked Nation 'B' doesn't Nation 'B' have the right to strike back at Nationl 'A'? --- In [email protected], "steven linnabary" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Eric Dondero Rittberg" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Yes, the US should have counterattacked Israel for that bombing in > 1967. And we should have immediately cut off all foreign aid to > them. Come to think of it, we should have never given them foreign > aid, and most certainly should not be giving them foreign aid today. > > SRL: Except that we had no reason to be there other than to spy, which is a > provocation. > > Now, let me turn the question around to you. > > What should the United States have done in 1986 when Saddam Hussein > and his Iraqi forces lobbed a missle into the Persian Gulf at the > Frigate USS Starke, killing 36 US Sailors - my shipmates; the Starke > was the sister ship for my ship the Guided Missle Destroyer USS > Luce, also based in Mayport, Florida? > > Don't you think the War in Iraq was justified based on that blatant > act of war in and of itself? > > SRL: Maybe the Iraqi government (which was our ally, at the time) was > defending itself from the "Carter Doctrine" which decreed the Persian Gulf > as US territory? > > The Carter Doctrine was wrong headed, as well as our support of the Saddam > regime and the regime of the hated Shah Reza Pahlovi. We shouldn't have > been there then, we shouldn't be there now. > > Imagine if you will that Iran or Iraq had decreed that the Gulf of Mexico as > their territory, then proceeded to halt, search and sometimes confiscate any > vessel on those waters. What would your reaction be? > > Off topic questions for a former squid from a former jarhead: 1)_ What is a > frigate? 2) What is the difference between a submarine and a submersible? > I ask the second question because Janes.com reported a while back that Iran > had recently purchased their 5th submarine from Russia and 24 submersibles > from N Korea. Thanks in advance for an educated answer! > > PEACE > Steven R. Linnabary, Treasurer > Franklin County Libertarian Party > (614) 891-8841 > P.O.Box#115; Blacklick, OH 43004-0115 > > "When you make peaceful revolution impossible, you make violent revolution > inevitable" John F. Kennedy > ForumWebSiteAt http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Libertarian Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Libertarian/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
