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University
student Ryan
Long studies
for a finance
final Friday.
He is
preparing to
be sent
overseas as
an army
national
guardsman
within the
next two
months.
Roman
Gokhman
Emerald
Students voice opinions
about Iraq war, Hussein
Many students are concerned
about the actions of Saddam
Hussein and George W. Bush as
the threat of war in Iraq lingers
Roman Gokhman
Campus/City Culture Reporter
Most students at the University
may agree that Iraqi President Sad
dam Hussein is a threat to the Mid
dle East, but few see eye-to-eye on
what to do about him.
University student Mona Zubair,
a native of Saudi Arabia who wit
nessed the effects of the Gulf War
in 1991, said that while no one in
the Middle East loves Hussein, she
hopes the United States stops pur
suing war with Iraq.
Army National Guardsman Ryan
Long — a University student called
to duty last week who will probably
be sent overseas in the next two
months — didn’t share the same
opinion. He said Hussein is a mad
man who must be removed from
presidency in Iraq.
Other students said they would
not be personally affected by a war,
which could begin before classes
start for spring term, but most said
they think war is not necessary
right now.
Zubair, a graduate student ma
joring in public policy and manage
ment and a council member for the
Muslim Student Union, said the
Gulf War and the current conflict
are two different crises.
“Saddam was an aggressor at
that time and had to be stopped,”
she said. “War is not necessary at
this moment.”
Zubair said because she had
lived in both parts of the world,
she saw the many views of people
from both regions. She said the
media was partly responsible for
the gap between cultures.
“War is definitely ugliness (and)
destruction,” she said. “It’s going
to generate more hate in the re
gion. It is not that simple.”
While Zubair said she believes
war is imminent, she still hopes it
can be averted because weapons
inspections are working.
“We can make it very hard for
(Hussein) to breathe right now,”
she said. “I’m really happy to see a
lot of people (at the University)
not accepting this war.
“It’s going to be totally a distress
ful time — I’m really worried about
that part of the world.”
Long is worried about “that part of
the world” enough that he is ready to
take part in an intervention.
The army national guardsman
reported to a Salem training facili
ty over the weekend, and will re
main there for a week before being
sent to Fort Lewis near Tacoma,
Wash. He said his battalion will
spend 45 days training before be
ing deployed overseas — probably
to the Middle East.
“We’d probably get over there
by the time ... the conflict was
ending,” he said, adding that his
engineering battalion, which is
equipped with trucks and bulldoz
ers and humvees, will probably be
responsible for cleaning and re
building Iraq.
Long said he is a little nervous
about the length of time he might
spend in the Middle East but is
mostly excited to fight for his fam
ily and friends.
“I’m looking at this as a way to
protect the nation’s interests,” he
said. “I agree with the cause —
(Hussein has) inflicted a lot of harm
on his nation and people, and he’s
scared the whole world with his bi
ological and chemical weapons.”
While some University students
are not as optimistic as Long, they
don’t think the University will be
directly affected by a possible war.
“At a time when the economy is
faltering and the state is facing
massive budget deficits, the presi
dent has decided to lower taxes
further and push forward with a
war, the cost of which is unknown
and projected to be #100 billion —
that’s just irresponsible,” said Pe
ter Sur, Asian and Pacific Ameri
can Student Union outreach co
coordinator. “I don’t like the
manner in which the administra
tion has pushed for war.”
ASUO Student Senate Treasurer
Mike Linman agreed with Sur, and
like Zubair, said weapons inspec
tors in Iraq should be given more
time. Linman said that the war
will probably damage the United
States’ international relations.
“If we go into Iraq without inter
national support, it will be detri
mental to foreign relations,” he said.
Linman said that if a war began,
student protestors would be out in
force and in larger numbers.
Contact the reporter
atromangokhman@dailyemerald.com.
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