1991_01 The Daily Collegian January 1991

              The Collegian • January 28, 1991
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President Bush defines
Middle East war crisis
•An open letter
to college
students by
President
George Bush
If armed men invaded a
home in this country, killed
those in their way,stole what
they wanted and then
announced that the house
was now theirs - no one
would hesitate about what
must be done.
And that is why we
cannot hesitate about what
must be done halfway
around the world: in
Kuwait.
There is much in the
modem world thatis subject
to doubts or questions -
washed in shades of gray.
Bu t not the brutal aggression
of Saddam Hussein against
a peaceful, sovereign nation
anditspeople.Ifsblackand
white. The facts are clear.
The choice unambiguous.
Right vs. wrong.
The terror Saddam
Hussein has imposed.upon
Kuwait violates "every
principal of human decency.
Listen to what Amnesty
International has
documented. "Widespread
abusesof human rightshave
been perpetrated by Iraqi
forces...arbitrary arrest and
detention without trial of
thousands...widespread
torture...imposition of the
death penalty and the
extrajudicial execution of
hundreds of unarmed
ci vilians, including children.
Including children.
There's no horror tha t cou Id
make this a more obvious
conflict of good vs. evil. The
man who used chemical
warfare on his own people -
once again including children -
now oversees public hangings
of dissenters. And daily his
troops commit atrocities
against Kuwaiti citizens.
This brutality had
reverberated throughout the
entire world. If we do not
follow the dictates of our inner
moral compass and stand up
for human life, then his
lawlessness will threaten the
peace and democracy of the
emerging New World Order
wenow see: this longdreamed-
of vision we've all worked
toward for so long.
A year after this joyous
dawn of freedom's light in
Eastern Europe, a dark evil had
descended in another part of
the world. But we have the
human life itself. Many are
younger than my own chUdren.
Your age, most of them. Doing
tough duty for something they
believe in.
Let me tell you about one of
the soldiers over there, S.F.C.
Terry Hatfield, a young man
from Georgia. He sent me a
Christmas card. And this is
what he wrote.
"Mr. President, I just wanted
you to know my soldiers and I
are ready to do whatever
mission you decide. Freedom
as we know and enjoy has been
taken away from another
country and must be restored.
Although we are separated
from family, friends, loved
ones, we will do what must be
done...We stand ready and
waiting. God bless you and the
USA."
I have been in war. I have known
the terror of combat. And I tell you
this with all my heart: I don't want
there to be war ever again.
chance. ~..and we have the
obligation - to stop ruthless
aggression.
I have been in war. I have
known the terror of combat.
And I tell you this with all my
heart: I don't want there to be
war ever again. I am
determined todoall absolutely
everything possible in the
search fora peaceful resolution
to this crisis - but only if the
peace is genuine, if it rests on
principle, not appeasement.
But while we search for that
answer, in theGulf young men
and women are putting their
own lives on hold in order to
stand for peace in our world
and for the essential value of
Terry understands themoral
requirement that has
compelled our extraordinary
multi-national coalition to
make this stand in the Gulf. To
look this international terrorist
in the eye and say: no
concessions. To proclaim for
now and for the future: no
compromises. To bear witness
by our presence to the fact that
aggression will not be
rewarded.
Terry waits thousands of
miles from the White House,
yet we share the same thoughts.
We desperately want peace.
But we know that to reward
aggression would be to end the
promise of the New World
Order. To reward aggression
wouldbetocondonemeacts
of those who would
desecrate the prcnriise of
human life itself.
And we will do none of
this. There are times in life
when we confront values
worth fighting for. This is
one such time.
Each day that passes
meansanother day for Iraq's
forces todig deeper in to their
stolen land. Another day
Saddam Hussein can work
toward building his nuclear
arsenal and perfecting his
chemical and biological
weapons ' capability.
Another day of atrocities for
Amnesty International to
document. Another day of
international outlaws,
instead of international law.
I ask you to think about
the economic devastation
tha tSaddam Hussei n would
continue to wreak on the
world's emerging
democracies if he were in
control of one-fifth of the
world's oil reserves. And to
reflect on the terrible threat
that a Saddam Hussein*
armed with weapons of
mass destruction already
poses to human life and to
the future of all nations.
Together as an American
united against these horrors,
we can, with our coalition
partners, assure that this
aggression is stopped and
the restof the civilized world
are founded are preserved.
And so let us remember
and support Terry Hatfield,
all our fine servicemen and
women, as they stand ready
on the frontier of freedom,
willing to do their duty and
doit well. They deserve our
complete and enthusiastic
support - and lasting
gratitude.
War: political, social aspects
missed in technological debate
From page 2
horrific if the government were
honest about its motives. If it
addressed what we are really
there to protect: our position as
a supreme military force,
insuring a balance of power
which we dominate and (as
long as we're in the
neighborhood) control of the
world's largest oil resources.
As students, we must
concern ourselves with the task
of learning the causes of this
war, instead of its technology
and strategy. Less talk about
Patriots, Scuds and ICBMs and
daily sortie scorecards and
more talkof the social, cultural,
and political history of the
world.   Only   when   this   is
accomplished will we, as a
nation, be able to perceive the
roots of this war and the fears
and misunderstandings it has
bred.
Students must not swallow
unucstioningly the massive
doses of propaganda that are
being served by the
government and media. We
must make it our priority to
segregate the videogame-like
pageantry and the game
scoring mentality from the
reality of blood and death.
Then, and only then, can we
begin the journey towards a
peaceful resolution.
"just gonna lay my sword and
shield down by the riverside, I
ain't gonna study war no more."
-Traditional American spiritual
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