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Republicans predict war debate victory
Hatfield undecided about breaking party
lines to oppose war for ‘pursuit of oil’
WASHINGTON (AP) - Demo
crats from the Northwest said
Thursday the United States
should give sanctions more
time in the standoff with Iraq,
while Republicans backed Pres
ident Bush’s warlike stance.
Sen. Mark Hatfield. R-Ore.,
was the only Northwest mem
ber who showed signs of break
ing from party lines, as the
House and Senate began debate
on resolutions regarding a U.S.
attack on Iraq.
Hatfield, historically anti
war. said late Thursday he was
still struggling with the ques
tion of "whether it is in our na
tional interest to initiate a mili
tary action in the Middle East.
"I still do not believe that
our national interest in this
conflict is anything other than
the pursuit of oil." he said.
Washington Democratic Sen.
Brock Adams, Reps. Jim Mc
Dermott and Jolene Unsoeld ap
pealed for additional time for
an economic blockade to force
Iraqi President Saddam Hus
sein out of Kuwait.
tions have failed to work.
"If we back away from sup
port of the president .. (our)
military threat will have be
come non-existent." Gorton
said on the Senate floor.
"Depending on fruitless
sanctions is a prescription for
defeat of the United States and
the United Nations." the sena
tor said. “The cause of peace is
served best and only by back
ing the cause of the president
of the United States."
Miller said postponing mili
tary action will send a danger
ous message to Hussein and the
Arab world.
“The message will be.
'You’ve got another year to pil
lage and rape in Kuwait.
You've got another year to
threaten your neighbors.'"
Miller said.
"If we wait we increase the
risk of a much greater, bloodier
conflict at a later date," he
said
Chandler said Defense Secre
tary Richard Cheney and others
have convinced him that addi
War is not a simple righting of wrongs. It is
about tears and pain. It is about lost arms and
legs. It is about paralyzed bodies. It is about
shattered dreams and shattered families. It is
about children losing mothers and fathers
— Jolene Unsoeld
“This is war or peace," Ad
ams said in a Senate floor
speech. “Let's not spend hlood
for oil."
“Why aw we so eager to go
to war?" McDermott asked in
the House. "There is no sup
port anywhere for this war...
Thousands of Americans will
die. We must admit this to our
selves at the outset."
Unsoeld said the debate, ex
pected to stretch into the week
end. is a question of "sending
America's children to kill and
be killed.
"War is not a simple righting
of wrongs. It is about tears and
pain. It is about lost arms and
legs, it is about paralyzed bod
ies. It is about shattered dreams
and shattered families. It is
about children losing mothers
and fathers.” she said.
Washington Republican Sen.
Slade Gorton and Reps. John
Miller and Rod Chandler ral
lied in support of President
Bush's authority to declare war
on Iraq, saying economic sane
lion.il sanctions "would simply
delay for six months to a year
what is becoming an inevitable
situation."
He predicted the House will
approve by a comfortable mar
gin Hush's request to attack
Iraq if it does not withdrawal
from Kuwait before Tuesday.
Congressional backers of
Hush offered a resolution
Thursday specifically giving
him authority to take the coun
try to war against Iraq. They
predicted it would pass by the
weekend
Adams helped draft the Dem
ocratic alternative, which does
not rule out the eventual use of
force if ail other efforts are ex
hausted but states that the Con
stitution gives "all power to
declare war" to Congress.
"The founding fathers clear
ly meant for Congress to have
that power. That's not just
scholarly opinion but common
sense of the American people
They know that 200 years ago
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we did not want a kin#." Ad
ams said
Hatfield's offices received
•dH)ut 700 telephone calls from
constituents on Thursday, the
vast majority of them urging
him to oppose military action
in the Gulf, press secretary Hill
(adder said
Some .IH4 calls came into lus
Washington D.C. office and
only nine asked Hatfield to
support President Bush His
Portland office received 24.1
calls and 212 of those were op
posed to war A similar margin
was recorded at Salem, (balder
said.
Sen. Bob Pack wood. R-Ore .
was al his divorce proceedings
in Portland on Thursday and
could not let reached for com
ment. but aides have saiil he is
expected to back Hush's policy
in the Persian Gulf.
Rep. Peter DeKazio. D-Ore.,
said Bush has yet to make a
case for an American war
against Iraq.
"Until he does, we should
work with the international
community and let the sanc
tions continue to bite. We owe
that much to the young men
and women in Saudi Arabia
whose lives are on the line." he
said.
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