Getting It Right

Almost everything that could be said about the shooting down of that Korean civilian airliner by the Soviets must have been said by now. Tragic news from the Soviet bloc can, however, be good news politically, to the extent that it contributes to public enlightenment and removes the scales from excessively liberal eyes. Can something be all bad that prompts a critical remark about the Soviet Union from Senator Edward Kennedy?

Certainly the airliner incident has rekindled the old debate on how to deal with a regime that would cold-bloodedly murder 269 people—a debate that lies at the core of the concerns of this column.

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Almost everything that could be said about the shooting down of that Korean civilian airliner by the Soviets must have been said by now. Tragic news from the Soviet bloc can, however, be good news politically, to the extent that it contributes to public enlightenment and removes the scales from excessively liberal eyes. Can something be all bad that prompts a critical remark about the Soviet Union from Senator Edward Kennedy?

Certainly the airliner incident has rekindled the old debate on how to deal with a regime that would cold-bloodedly murder 269 people—a debate that lies at the core of the concerns of this column.