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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...even if the U.S. air raid struck at the heart of Khadafy's operation, it did not strike at the heart of the problem: the seething regional resentment that manifests itself in airports, embassies, and night clubs around the world...

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

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 »

WASHINGTON--The Reagan Administration--asserting "we're not trying to assassinate" Moammar Khadafy--said yesterday that the American raid on Libya could have been avoided if the Soviet Union had heeded requests to "restrain the Libyans" from anti-American terrorism...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: U.S.: Soviet Inaction Led to Libyan Raid | 4/17/1986 | See Source »

Nevertheless, the bombing of Tripoli should not be the first page in a new chapter of Western responses to terrorism. On the night of the raid, Israel's ambassador to the United Nations missed the point when he argued that America should adopt Israel's policy and respond to each terrorist act militarily. First, Israel's policy has not ended terrorism; and second, such a policy would require a level of resolve and military intrusion into daily life that the people of this country are unlikely to tolerate...

Author: By David J. Barron, | Title: Not a Precedent | 4/16/1986 | See Source »

...attack on Libya should be supported just as any response to military action against our country should be supported. Acts of war against us must be answered. But Monday night's air raid should not be supported as the first step in the long march to end terrorism. We blind ourselves to the causes of terrorism if we seek to end it by answering it in kind. Libya was not practicing terrorism, it was making war. If we fail to understand this distinction, the legacy of Monday night's bombing raid could be a tragic...

Author: By David J. Barron, | Title: Not a Precedent | 4/16/1986 | See Source »

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