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UNIVERSITY Israel part of Middle East solution Former Nixon aide outlines U.S. policy By Karla Thomas EmeiatO ContnbulO' John Rothman, former aide to President Nixon, spoke to a small crowd in the EMU Hen kinder Room Tuesday night about the role of Israel and the United States in the Middle East Rothman's appearance was pari of the Israel Week activi ties sponsored by the Jewish Student Union in an effort to provide information about Isra el and events in the Persian Gulf Rothman, now a national ex ecutive committee member of the Zionist Organization of America, said U.S. foreign policy in the Middle East is permanently connected with Is rael Rothman presented a model that indicates the United States has three goals in foreign poli cy in the Middle East: main taining some form of American domination in the region, ac cess to oil and protection of Is rael as an ally. "Any one ball (in this jug gling act) may be higher than the others at any one time." he said. Moreover, these different policy goals may explain some of the confusion created when President Hush has. at various times, articulated different rea sons for the U.S. presence in the gulf. John Rothman "When we first committed our forces in the region. Bush said we were 'protecting our way of life.' What he meant was protecting our economic way of life," Rothman said. The war began as a combina tion of factors, one of which was cited by Rothman as the Soviet withdrawal from the re gion The Soviet Union’s seri ous domestic problems allowed Iraq to fill the power vacuum created by its absence. Following the Soviet pull out. Saddam Hussein faced control of possibly 40 percent of the world's oil assets if his conquest of Kuwait were suc cessful. "If Kuwait's primary exports were bananas, then we wouldn't have a half a million men and women over there right now."Rothman said. Israel has been an integral part of U S. policy in the re gion Rothman said the only reason Israel did not react im mediately after the first Scud missile attack was because the United States asked it not to. Rothman called Israel "the only stable democracy” in the region. Another reason for U.S. in volvement in the war is fear of Saddam Hussein as a nuclear power in the Middle East. Isra el's strike on Iraqi nuclear facil ities in 198 1 was a "pre emptive” strike against Hus sein filling the role of leader in the area. "With Iraq gone." Rothman said."Syria and Iran are powers on the ascendancy." He said the United States doesn’t want either of those unfriendly states as a regional leader. "American wants to be the only viable arbiter in the re gion."he said, stating that Hus sein is a definite threat to U.S. domination. Rothman explained that America has supported a num ber of different nations and re gimes in the area in order to further its own policies. Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and Iraq have all received U.S. support, but the only state that fits the American model of democracy is Israel. Although the Palestinian question has seemingly plagued all discussions about Israel. Rothman, although ad mitting he knows no solution to the problem, suggested the possible creation of two states. Japanese scholar named to post By Lisa Millegan Emerald Reporter Known for his outstanding research in peace studies and extensive experience in international relations, Yoshikazu Sakamoto will teach two courses at the University next fall. Sakamoto will Ire the sixth professor to visit the University campus as holder of the University's annual Carlton Raymond and Wilberta Ripley Savage Kndowed Visiting Professorship in Inter national Relations and Peace Fatima Meer, author of the authorized biogra phy of Nelson Mandela and sociology professor at the University of Natal in South Africa, taught at tht- University this fall as part of the Savage pro gram "Professor Sakamoto's presence at the Univer sity of Oregon will provide a unique opportunity for our students to work closely with one of the world's leading scholars of peace studies and in ternational relations." said Kathleen Bowman, vice provost for international affairs Sakmoto is professor of peace and world order studies at Japan's International Peace Research Institute Meigaku in Yokohama. He has also been a professor in International Politics and l.aw at Ja pan's most prestigious university, the University of Tokyo He has published extensively in both English and Japanese Two of his most recent books are Democratizing Japan: The Allied Occupation and Asia, Militarization and Regional Conflict. Most of his books fix:us on peace and disarmament is sues since 1945. From 1972 to 1974. he was a Special Fellow at the United Nations Institute for Training and Re search where he worked on lunger-range prob lems facing the United Nations He served as sec retary general of the International Peace Research Association for four years beginning in 1979 UTF Leslie Scott, who has worked with all Sav age scholars to date, said Sakamoto was selected for his expertise in peace research. "There are three elements of peace studies: re search. education and action," Scott said. 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