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His predecessor, the late An- war Sadat, had been prepared to try to chase Kaddafi out of Libya but the Carter Adminis- tration did not let him. There was a widespread U.S. assess- ment at that time that Sadat's forces were not necessarily up to the job. In addition, the Carter foreign policy team thought that any such Egyptian military drive against Libya would merely en- danger Sadat's own standing within Egypt and the Arab world. Sadat would certainly have received the green light from the Reagan team. Thus, there would not have been any tears in Washington if the U.S. air raid had managed to eliminate Kaddafi once and for all. He is hated in the U.S. capital by both Republicans and Democrats. And the Adminis- tration, both overtly as well as covertly, can be expected to con- tinue its pressure to get rid of Kaddafi. That is seen in Wash- ington as a given. Reagan, for acting so decis- ively after largely turning the other cheek to Kaddafi's terror during his first five years in of- fice, is continuing to receive widespread public support across the country. The polls have shown lopsided backing for the tough policy. "The essence of leadership is to face up to the need for action when clearly that is the only ap- propriate response," editorializ- ed The Wall Street Journal. "There is no such thing as a suc- cessful defensive war against terrorists. Mr. Reagan con- cluded, quite correctly, that the only effective response is to counterattack their sources. Kaddafi, who has even bragged about his prowess for secretly plotting havoc, was .the ap- propriate target. "There will be consequences to be sure. But there also will be respect, even from the natural enemies of the U.S., for a presi- dent who decided that it was time to demonstrate that the U.S. cannot be pushed around. In international politics, respect is more valuable than praise." Even The Washington Post, which is often quite critical of Reagan's foreign policies, con- tinued to express support for the operation. And in the pro- cess, it lambasted France for de- nying the Americans permission to use its airspace. In contrast, Britain's Prime Minister, Mar- garet Thatcher, was praised. "it is said in dismissal that she owed Ronald Reagan for hie support in the Falklands war," the Post editorial said. "Owing can be the debt of a lackey. It can also be the free offering of a friend who understands the purpose of alliance. The moment is something of a lonely one for the United States. It is good to have British company." Syndicated columnist George Will was especially hard on the French. Still, his views reflected a broadly based position in the United States. "It is hard to feel dismay about the fact that the U.S. raid caused collateral damage to the French Embassy in Tripoli," he wrote. "France is, with Italy, especially con- spicuous among the U.S. allies that practice appeasement of terrorists in order to deflect violence toward Americans. "This week France compli- cated U.S. self-defense by refus- ing to allow U.S. aircraft to fly over France. In the 1980's, the Fifth Republic is free to behave as badly as the Third Republic did in the 1930's because the United States is unlike France. It is unlike France not only in scale, but also in kind, for which France should be thankful." The Reagan Administration has also continued to harp on the pre-World War II "appease- ment" theme — namely that refusing to stand up to Hitler in the 1930's merely set the stage for the eventual war. This same admonition was repeatedly underscored now by Reagan, Secretary of State George Shultz, Secretaiy of Defense Caspar Weinberger, UN Am- bassador Vernon Walters and others. The free world must finally stand up to Kaddafi. This refrain was also echoed widely on Capitol Hill. Indeed, there was mounting outrage in Congress over the lack of European support for the U.S. action. Member after mem- ber, in their public statements, noted that only Britain, Canada and Israel backed the U.S. Perhaps, some of them sug- gested, it was time to pull out the 300,000 American troops from their dangerous positions in Woken Europe and to let the Europeans defend themselves. "We did the proper thing and