EDITORIAL Ignore the rhetoric, Bush lusts for war With the United Nations resolution deadline of )an. 15 rapidly approaching, the threat of war is com ing closer to being a reality. President Hush has stepped up his rhetoric and continues to say the Unit ed States will not negotiate or back down. No matter what Bush's words imply, his actions indicate he wants to go to war. He has not exhausted all options for ending the conflict peacefully. Hu is more willing to send Americans to their deaths in a war than he is to swallow a little pride and negotiate. Bush is avoiding a national debate on the topic, preferring instead to set deadlines and make threats without public support. Despite what the soldiers in the Gulf have apparently been told, there is no clear and unified national support for a war. But the policy-makers of this country are not re flecting that divisiveness. Rather they move toward war full speed ahead. The United Stales should not Im* moving toward a war when there is not i loar and strong support for it Currently there is a naive apathy among Americans who believe the war will never take place. Hut when the bullets and bombs start flying that apathy will dis appear albeit a little too late. Hush is in for a surprise if he believes he can send the country into a war of this size without severe do mestic repercussions The lack of protesting and dis sent after the Grenada and Panama invasions plays a part in Hush's arrogance. Very little was said when violence was used in those cases, and apparently Hush thinks he can send U S. forces wherever he wants, whenever he wants. He is in for a surprise If one American soldier dies in combat in the gulf. Bush should Im* impeached. It is not his sole decision to spend the lives of this country’s youth in war. All of Oregon's congressional representatives are opposed to war in the gulf except for Republican Bob Smith. These elected officials should lie trying to bring the war debate to the floor of Congress every single day. lx*t the President know he does not have the right to commit this country to war. To contact Smith and let him know that his sup port of the war is wrong, you can reach him iri Wash ington at 118 Canon Office Building, Washington, D.C. 20515; (202) 225-6730: or in Oregon at 1150 Cra ter laike Ave., Suite K. Medford 97405; 776-4646 or 1-800-533-3303. Take the lime to remind the politicians that they are not the ones who will face death because of their decisions. You are enierind, 3 world of ne\U\er- shadow nor substance. K world \osb8mid -the e>V\uf-f\e oP -the Pbreian Gu\r crisis... a black void Known as THT DOMESTIC POLICY IducatiON , \mecmKT, ■drugs VtCONOHY I Jolin once again caught stretching truth Stale Sen Peg jolin says she didn't lie — again. The Democrat from Cottage Grove sent an emergency fund-raising letter to her con stituents on November 23. 1990. more than two weeks after the election. She claimed she needed $10,000 to cover campaign debts, including the cost of repairing a truck damaged during the campaign, which she forgot to mention was her husband's. Jolin said the truck was ‘‘rolled” while (wing list'd to place campaign signs, but she doesn't explain how a truck can incur $5,500 worth of damage while carrying cam paign signs. Another thing |olin didn’t mention was the fact that she finished her election with a $28,000 surplus The senator already had the money in her coffers to pay the $10,000 she needed. She was however exercising her political right to ask for money after a campaign was over, even if she didn't need it. Apparently lying for money is not illegal as long as the election is over. According to )olin. it was nothing more than a marketing technique. This is not the first time Jolin has been less than truthful regarding campaigns. In a previous Voter’s Pamphlet, Jolin published her educational background as "LCC/U of O. legal assistant major.” But she never enrolled at the University or took classes here. She did, however, use the law library once or twice. The elections director cleared Jolin of any wrongdoing, saying that at one point it appears she intended to take classes at the University. There is a clear difference between in tending to do something and actually doing it. In today’s political climate it is OK to make statements even if one does not intend to follow them up. For instance, President Bush said. “No new taxes,” but he really didn't mean it. Senator John’s excuse in the matter is to say that others do it also. This still does not make it right. If the legislature ever has the guts to confront campaign reform, they should re member John's deeds and statements. LETTERS AIDS awareness Mv name is l.isa Buell I am a sophomore at the University. I mn writing because I want the DDK to print more articles on AIDS AIDS is a killer and college students don't take it seriously enough An NBU Wall St rift journal survey found that con cern over AIDS has had no ef fect on the way 92 percent of the population live their lives In addition. Ward and Ault surveyed a sample of under graduate students at the Uni versity of New Hampshire in February 19HH and found that boys and girls in the greek sys tern were using condoms HI and 'll percent of the time, re spet lively Also, when 1 .aural Itrodlev mentioned the use of condoms to her freshman Knglish ( lass many of them laughed and said that sex is important and that sex should tie free and not con strained The facts are that sex is not free About Hit MM) people died of AIDS in 1990 You are in a position where yon i