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NATIONAL Persian Gulf crisis could become Bush’s war WASHINGTON |AP) - No president want* a war called by his name the way the Vietnam conflict became Lyndon John son's war. then Richard Nix on's. When that happens, it usual ly is because a conflict has Hone on so long, or so badly, that public support is shaken and Americans are divided. Us ing one man's name is the lan guage of dissent The war that could explode in the Persian Gulf any time af ter midnight tonight would t>e stamped indelibly as George Hush's |x)Iic:y, oven though it carries congressional approval. The political peril for the president is that it will become his war. in the waging or in a bitter aftermath There has been significant home-front dissent about every American war except World War II. and only I’earl Harbor rallied the nation to put aside divisions in 1U41 The five-vote margin in the Senate Saturday, which author ized the use of force to drive lra<| from Kuwait, was the nar rowest of modern margins in a war vole — closer than any since the 19-13 Senate vote for a 16-state nation to declare the War of 1812. In modern times, votes before combat have been the excep tion. The war in Korea and a decade of conflict in Vietnam were not declared wars, and neither had direct, explicit ap proval from Congress. Harry Truman didn't ask be fore sending IJ.S. troops to Ko rea in 1950. 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Congressional critics said they had not intended it that way. Rush had long insisted he didn't need congressional au thorization to send American forces into combat. Hut he also said the usc-of-forcn resolution he requested, won and signed on Monday meant the Demo cratic-run House and Senate are now "part of all this." Democratic leaders essential ly agreed, saying the margins of approval were unimportant now that majorities have decid ed to authorize force. "If conflict occurs, there will be full support for the men and women of our armed forces." said Senate Majority I-eader George | Mitchell, D-Maine, who voted against the Hush res olution "If the firing starts, if the president decides he has to use military force," said Sen. Sam Nunn, D-Ga., "then I think we'll see a very strong rallying behind the president and be hind the men and women in the field.” Hut until the votes. Mitchell and other Democrats had made clear that the war policy wasn't theirs: most of them wanted to delay the use of force and seek to drive Iraq from Kuwait with continued economic sanctions. Karlicr, the Democratic lead er had complained that Hush acted alone and put the United States on a course toward offen sive action on Nov. 8 when he announced he would double U S. forces in the Persian Gulf. "The president did not con sult with the Congress about that decision." Mitchell said. "He did not try to build sup port for it among the American people. He just did it.” The administration also faces an active anti-war movement in advance, something that didn't confront Johnson in the early phases of the Vietnam conflict. That was a war of gradual esca lation. The opposition, in the streets and ultimately at the polls, took shape gradually, too. Now there is a movement against a war that hasn’t begun, with demonstrations in Wash ington and other American cit ies. Bush said his message to Americans pleading against war is that "we’ve got to do what we have to do." His spokesman said Hush doesn't feel alone in facing "a very sin gular decision" because it is a course approved by Congress and the United Nations. Hut it is a lonely, life-and death decision. "You must remember this, A kiss is just a kiss A sigh is just a sigh. , fundamental things apply As time goes by . A I "Ai Time* Coe* B»~ - CaaaManca Show the one you love that the fundamentals still apply with an Oregon Daily Emerald Heart Throb! Write as long a message as you want, for only 50C per line! Really impress your Valentine with a choice of 4 styles of cherry red art. only $1.50 ! Throb to the limit by surrounding your message with a heart (in cherry red), only $5! Pur chase your Heart Throb at any of the following locations: Room 300. EMU, UO Bookstore, EMU Main Desk Let that special someone know that you still care... Get your Heart Throb today! Heart Throbs will run Thursday. 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