European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 18, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Paga 10 columns the stars and stripes saturday january 16, 1986 William f. Buckley we must formally acknowledge Libya As enemy t1ik i Artin  of libyan Oil.   As the Central figure in the terror i offensive is Iii i  protect Europe against Ati acl front inc soviet Union the trick is for  to Fenmin in any Ameri can anti soviet initiative us if in vow that if America does not behave Europe will Ichisi the  Ameri cans who Are in West Cie Miny with the exclusive Man Date to help Europe if Europe Unis into deep trouble. Hut Altere is a Factor in the Khaki say Eon Irin Ersy not to be ignored. Ii is the Low profile kept by in e Suvieri Union there it 4i school of thought thai precisely that madness in Kha Day has prevented the soviet Union from developing a zygotic relationship with a Huday. Lie cannot be con trolled and Lylial school goes is far Asci say that the Kremlin would like to Sec him overthrown. Not to be replaced by a civilized Man to be sure but to be re placed by someone More consistently Servile to the soviet Union. In any event . Aggressiveness with respect 10 Libya does not at this moment add up to confrontation with the Savit l Union. And what we should do in respect of Libya As in resp Sci of Cuba and of Nicara Gua is in seek out a declaration of War. There Are plenty of Cali Belli to choose from. Ask for a declaration of our from which nothing bloody need necessarily follow. Bui All the judicial Chin Are then in order and the gyroscopic compasses in the american temperament Are set we need to acknowledge that we Are dealing with an enemy. We Don t declare War against the soviet Union because we cannot Hope to win a War against the soviet Union. Libya is different. Europe s reasons for opposing sanctions insincere America s f  Are making n lot of diet uses for Hiji logo along with sanctions a Pinsl Libya for supporting terrorism. Most of the Fiuero plans express their sympathy As Well they might because most of the attacks have been on their territory and their Citi Zens have been . T lie excuses Are disingenuous. One. They say you Ita Vun l absolutely proved that col. Foam mar Khai iffy is behind the terrorists and two anyway you Haven proved that sanctions would be effective on the first Point he europeans know As Well or belter than the United slates what khad Afy docs. The single fact that terrorists who attacked in Rome turned up with tunisian passports confiscated by libyan authorities when they brutally expelled tens of thousands of tunisian workers a few months ago it a fingerprint if nut a hot smoking gun. On the second Point the sanctions could be effective if All he major countries participated. Tile europeans arc pulling economic and general political interests ahead of their nonetheless urgent interest in stemming terrorism. Certainly there is n Craven Side to it. But some of the Punu they Don t make out loud also weigh on their ambivalence and should be Lac in info account if Only As a guide for Ful Urc american planning. There s no doubt that khad Afy is and Long has been a Patron of terrorists. Out Abu Nidal who is identified As the organi or of inc Rome and Vienna Austria air nor  Nisi month now has Liis main base in Syria. Nobody talks about sanctions against Syria hat v Ould be too delicate but in does weaken the logic of singling out Libya. Queries about the  of sanctions arc a Way of asking who Jhc american companies will really observe them or will return to Libya by the Back door As they did so in americans were ordered out in 1981. Mumbles about the Genera muscle a Ness of sanctions have to do with the . Reacting too loudly too impetuously or too painlessly on other occasions for example inc european soviet Gas pipe Deal Kal flight 007, the invasion of Afghanistan. There is a consensus among  experts dial o have a Chance of working sanctions must be directed to a specific Issue be relevant and contain an inherent criterion for being lifted. The sanctions that president Reagan imposed on Libya come nearer to these requirements than some other cases bul icy still arc conditioned on Libya s slopping the use of terrorism a Lehoui any definition of How and when that might be established. Countries such As Germany and Britain which opposed san Lions against South Africa now find their self inner Csick caution to be a convenient shield saying Why should they Lum on Libya rather than South a Africa. The very confusion and  of these arguments reveals the unhappy dilemma about Libya no doubt practically every european country and Moslo the arabs As Well would be delighted to see the us of my khad Afy but icy would Lilic him to disappear without inc slightest Bruise on their own skins or  it is a measure of the world s tangled politics that if communist states which Don i really like khad Afy any Bel Ter have come to his defense in the name of anti i Pendl ism and All the arabs including those whom he has men aced most directly support him in the name of islam these Are the wages of crude american globalism making an East was Confron Lazion oui of every inc a seeing a strategic interest wherever and by whomever the u Mcd states is challenged