EU as joke (modified)

"Chad Irby" a écrit dans le message de
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You left some things out of your timeline:

First, the La Belle disco bombing happened. The immediate US response
was Eldorado Canyon. Then...

I know, but I was emphasizing what happenned *after* 1986.


Two years after operation Eldorado Canyon, in 1988, a PanAm 747 exploded
over Lockerbie, Scotland : 270 casualties.
One year later, in 1989, it was a
DC-10 belonging to the French carrier UTA that exploded over the Sahara
desert : 170 casualties. We're all fortunate the 1986 US bombing had
modified Qaddafi's behavior : it might had been worst...

It certainly would have.

"Certainly"? How do you know? It's worthless to practice retrospective
historical fortune-telling. For my part, I just look at facts and it happens
that two of the most infamous and deadly terrorist attacks of the past 15
years or so have been organized by Libya *after* the El Dorado Canyon
operation. You can believe what you want of course but I don't think the '86
F-111 bombing run stopped Qaddafi's course of action. It was a retaliation
move, more symbolic than really efficient, pretty much like the bombing by
French Super Etendard in 1983 against Lebanese factions after the Beirut
bombings (how did the US retaliate BTW?).


Lybia *officially* gave up terrorism in 1992, under the international
pressure and, above all, an UN embargo. It has nothing to do with
Eldorado
Canyon.

Except that the international pressure you mention came about *because*
of the direct actions by the US against Libya.


Whatever you say, if that pleases your national ego to think you were alone
on that fight... but you obviously missed some episodes.

Regards,
ArVa

two of the most infamous and deadly terrorist attacks of the past 15
years or so have been organized by Libya *after* the El Dorado Canyon
operation.

the Lockerbie bombing was organized prior to the operation. It wasn't "turned
off" obviously, but its not known if this was even possible.

pretty much like the bombing by
French Super Etendard in 1983 against Lebanese factions after the Beirut
bombings (how did the US retaliate BTW?).

An ill concieved strike against Syrian targets in eastern Lebanon.


BUFDRVR

"Stay on the bomb run boys, I'm gonna get those bomb doors open if it harelips
everyone on Bear Creek"

"BUFDRVR" a écrit dans le message de
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pretty much like the bombing by
French Super Etendard in 1983 against Lebanese factions after the Beirut
bombings (how did the US retaliate BTW?).

An ill concieved strike against Syrian targets in eastern Lebanon.


What do you qualify as an "ill concieved strike"? The French bombing (you'd
be right in that case) or the US retaliation?

ArVa

What do you qualify as an "ill concieved strike"? The French bombing (you'd
be right in that case) or the US retaliation?


The US retaliatory strike was ill concieved, poorly executed and didn't meet
the intent it was designed to have. But hey, it was 1983 and the US Department
of Defense was still trying to drag itself out of the "hollow force" put in
place by Carter (and actually begun under Ford).


BUFDRVR

"Stay on the bomb run boys, I'm gonna get those bomb doors open if it harelips
everyone on Bear Creek"