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Reagan's bombing raid is easy to understand, difficult to condemn. This country cannot complacently ignore a smoking gun. Nevertheless, it should respond with a discreet and realistic objective: eliminating a tangible threat. The stated aim of educating our adversary--"teaching Khadafy a lesson"--is a misguided one that encourages indiscriminate and self-defeating actions...

Author: By David S. Hilzenrath, | Title: Lessons From Libya | 4/17/1986 | See Source »

...Contras, I believe in freedom of speech. I am terribly sorry about and ashamed of the hypocrisy of those who would oppose facism while imposing their own tyranny by refusing to let the speakers talk. I am also ashamed of the hypocrisy of those who act in violence to condemn another's violence...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: More Protest | 4/9/1986 | See Source »

Finally, I have a hard time accepting Katz's distinction between murdering innocent American civilians and innocent "foreigners." Perhaps he is correct that the latter is often considered a legitimate instrument in achieving some greater good. Nevertheless, I would hesitate to condemn those who reject this morally perverse assumption...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Contras | 4/7/1986 | See Source »

...whom disinvestment would hurt would thus have to wait an unconscionably long time for relief. Ungar and Vale conclude: "Despite the frequent declaration from many quarters about the willingness of Black South Africans to endure sacrifices in exchange for eventual freedom, it is not for the United States to condemn them to more abject poverty and deprivation...

Author: By Gregory H. Dohi, | Title: `I am full of joy to realize that I never had anything to do with any divestment campaign...' | 4/4/1986 | See Source »

...REAGAN Administration has taken the moral high ground on the issue of abortion. Not coming out to condemn abortion clinic bombings. Yet there is a hypocrisy inherent in a government that can call for $100 million to finance killing in Nicaragua and yet balk against sending $100 to terminate a rapist-induced pregnancy in New York City...

Author: By Christopher J. Farley, | Title: On the March in Washington | 3/18/1986 | See Source »

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