EDITORIAL
Chemical weapons?
We’ll trade with you
In .ill llic heady drama of President Hush's an
nouncenmnt about the cutting hack of nu< lear weap
oils spectators of Washington politii s missed a big in
du .itor that things are business as usual in the Oval Of
In e. despite the i rumbling of communism and the eas
ing of world tensions
<.asc in point The House foreign Allans Commit
fee approved a bill Thursday that would ban imports
foi one year of any country that uses chemical or trio
log i< a I weapons, and am company that sells or pro
(lilt es them
lu addition. countries who use chemical weapons
would be subjei t to a whole slew of sanctions m< lud
mg loss ol all foreign and military aid, termination of
credit guarantees, loans and high-technology exports
and possible suspension of diplomatic relations
Sounds good, right'’ After all during the gulf uai
we toured Saddam Hussein s chemical warfare arsenal
the most Isolating those i outlines from the rest of the
world makes good sense
file liush administration doesn't feel that way
Hush bent I louse lawmakers to bis will and got them to
mi bide a c l.iuse that would allow the president to lift
the bail d it would infringe' on national sec uritv inter
esls
I he bill was designed to help rid the world of
chemical weapons through the use ol eremomi: pres
sure not military means Once powerful, lire bill is
now Hist a hollow shell, gutted by a c ynical udminis
trulion jealous ol any attempt by Congress to take part
m foreign polie y matters
There can be no doubt the bill yvas directed at Iraq,
who used chemical weapons oil Kurdish refugees sev
eral years ago. and sinc e* Iraq is currently under C \'
sanc tions for pretty much the same filing the issue is
one bn the hack burner But future i onsiderations y\ai
rani a strong measure like* flit* one* Congress proposed,
and Bush shot down
Ronald Reagan opposed a similar bill during his
administration, saying it would prevent him from
•denying support for Iraq during its l‘)Ht)-H8 conflict
with Iran Bush, with an eye toward the future, is say
ing the same thing
Remember Syria7 Hotbed of terrorism, scourge to
tin* United States7 Well, we’re friends now And Iraq,
file c ouiitry yve supported even after it killed .17 of out
sailors aboard the I'SS Stark? Well, we don't like
them any more
Persian Cult politics an*, at best, confusing. Bush,
with Ins cavalier altitude toward friends and enemies,
makes diem no betlei With Cenrge at the i ontrols. the
gull takes on the look of a schoolyard squabble "Let’s
lie pals" one day. "I hate you" the next
Willi Ins latest victory over Congress. Hush has re
served himseli the right to flip-flop C S relations on a
w him
‘Tammies" of the United States take heart II you
y\ant the (ireal Satan on your side just get in a nic e re
gional conflict and pop some mustard gas Uncle
Sam's cavalry will lx* charging over the hill before you
know it
LETTERS
Glorifies
What 1 want to know is -
why are greeks so offended hy
the Osuir thi< I'rrshtnan (()l)i,\
Sept. 2.r>) portrayal of thorn,
when so many of thorn wear
sweatshirts and t-shirts that
joke uUuit and/or brag about
thoir i)o«T busts7
Wanael's World lias presont
od much the sumo picture of
greeks, and so far i haven't seen
or heard any complaints about
it Could that be because Woo
snl glorifies the behavior (as the
sweatshirts do) rather than con
demns it?
Debra Day
Psychology
Fairweather fans
I was at tho Oregon-lJSC foot
ball game last Saturday night 1
was disappointed with the lie
huvior of some of the people in
the crowd
Near the end of the game, a
man behind me decided that It
was necessary to verbally as
sault the quartorback for his
"poor performance." He
shouted that Danny O'Neil had
"given tho game away" and
that he "should be benched,"
along with many other deroga
tory comments I don’t know
exactly how much O’Neil
heard, but the look on his face
suggested that he felt bad
enough alxnit the game without
the personal insults
I'hn unnecessary roughness
of this particular "fan" showed
a lack of sensitivity that embar
rassed me The players work
hard and don't deserve to be
cursed at for their mistakes, if
you. as a fan, are unhappy with
the performance of the team, or
if you are not ut the game to
support your team, win or lose,
then stay home and swear at
your television.
If is hard enough for the foot
ball players to play some of the
teams that they face — they
should not havo to play against
the fans, too. l’oor sportsman
ship makes the game an un
comfortable place for both the
players and the other fans.
To O'Neil and any other team
members who huve been curs
ed at by people at the games, I
offer my sincere and humble
apology I wish you all luck
throughout the remainder of
the season.
R.J. Gillespie
Eugene
Filth monkeys
After a joyous summer filled
with warm sunshine, loving
rainbows, brothorly love and
buzzing bees, I returned to the
University in hopes of spread
ing my internal joy to my fel
low people.
Alas, my dream has died and
my joy is now replaced with
rage and disbelief that our com
munity has allowed a gang of
irreverent vandals and hood
lums come back in an evil man
ifestation of a television shown
as Our Version of Hell
When I read of their expul
sion from the airwaves last Au
gust in the Kogistor-Guard, I
was overjoyed. Their poisonous
toxins and their politically in
correct filth was gone. Now
these filth monkeys arc; back
every Thursday night on Chan
nel 11. 1 urge you to watch at
least once and 1 guarantee you
foul as repulsed as I do when
ever I see one of their obscene
flyers.
Liberals unite! Disband these
festering termites from our
house of tranquility before they
destroy all of our society's mor
al fibers.
Jerod Hume
Student
Harassment
Why is the Oregon Daily Em
erald encouraging harassment?
A front page urtii le [ODE Sept
27) notes violent attacks hut
gives no description of the at
tui kers The Register-Cuard did
the same
Bob Jones
Freshman
*tu. I 'A SuKl wt (AN SutCESSRJUV SHt^tKP OUK WsN
Iblwt \*VLW COJU& £tLIGHTING VifANWHU-t
A' rut l Kji-KAiV ANTiCS *> TUtY IKV It) tJUXK us MAw )
v^r> Ti*tY Say ihi ws no »un in K>c^r vni*6 (oNSfKVAnvA
ANY NV»<1 ' MAKK'UfAKVI ). THAHKVOU LLAUrNCt
'liwZAJi
>^e3i
)
' uck*.
0* *k’ -V,
OTfiAHwi
A . kKMC ?
HtM-in cake 7
vA (jOsM
i w TmV.
LkMtCn*^*jT
‘Vtsiopsr
i*fcN 0OP'
»V< ’
«
•Af OW NO
6tW*rNlWt
EpUGtfiX
But Vju
(QUO) A*.
( I
Ml' JM
•jni'wi
thi DfiKr
MOK^
fasiOW’
Tf* HSX'sl ;
i:7
M£ 7 0M ' *
T4£ 6»6
PICTlXI
TR,Y mtf
taoKOCK
t*j<i