European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 20, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 10 columns the stars and stripes wednesday january 20.1988 Arnold Sawislak How can candidates train1 for Oval office in their spotting Over who would make the belter president. Vice president George Bush and Senate re publican Leader Robert Dole have raised an interesting bin not new question about Job training for the Oval office in declaring that he has a record not a resume Dole was rebutting Bush s frequent claim that his exceptionally Broad and unusually varied experience in government and politic makes him uniquely qualified to be president. Dole has served in the House and sen ate for j6 years and his views in the form of hundreds of Bills introduced and thousands of votes cast is on the Public record. He has repeatedly suited his Job on Hal record and his Only election loss was is Gerald Ford s vice presidential running mate in 1976, Bush served four years in the House in the 1960s and Hen lost iwo races for a Texas Senate Seal. After that he served in several important appointive jobs including Cia director and ambassador to the United nations and to Chi before he was elected vice president with Ron Ald Reagan in 1980 and 1984, in All but hit congressional service. Bush has Cre ated or carried out policies for which other officials have been ultimately responsible. Interestingly Dole and Bush have had one Job in common Republican nation Al committee chairman. In that Job both were responsible to the committee and to the presidents then in office Richard Ninon and Ford. Dole s comment actually was a double Lentendre first that Dole has had to stand or fall on his own decisions Dur ing his Long Public career while Bush was a hired hand during most of his and second that Dole has proven his ability to win elections while Bush has at Best an Only mediocre record As n campaigner. Whether Dole s Zinger will hit the Mary Mcgrory Mark it a matter for the republicans who will select the gop nominee to de cide but it has to be noted that history does not always support the premise that the presidency requires a specific kind of prior experience. Dale s theory that Veteran legislators make Good presidents con be supported but Many including Thomas Jefferson Woodrow Wilson. Theodore and Frank i in Roosevelt Dwight Eisenhower Cal Vin Coolidge Herbert Hoover Jimmy Carter and Ronald Reagan never Drew a congressional paycheck. Bush s Contention that High level jobs in inc executive Branch Leav ing aside the vice presidency and inc ancient argument Over its Potency Are the Best presidential training might be applied to some of the men just mentioned but it docs leave out men who built their Careen on Capitol kill such u Harry Truman John Kennedy Lyndon John Ion. Richard Ninon and Gerald Ford. The Point Here is that we have had presidents whose careers have followed the paths rave led by both Bush and Dole and there is no Clear evidence that either exclusively leads to Success in the while House.  silence on israeli West Bonk brutality appalling you could comb the pages of inc congressional record for the last 10 Days of the session and not find a single reference to the shameful events unfolding in Israel. On the West Bank israeli soldiers have been club Bing unarmed teen age Arab demonstrators to the ground. The week before Christmas having terrorized relatives of patients who were wailing in the courtyard. They stormed into an Arab Hospital in Gaza and beat up doctors and nurses. If the 36 killed and scores wounded had been israe Lis you can imagine he outcry. But casualties were palestinians who arc voiceless heir. And the silence was awful we were awfully Busy gelling out of there said one member of Congress at a Holiday party. You know we bad Contra Aid and fairness and All  but another said More forthrightly of course no body spoke Oul we Are too intimidated. We arc afraid of the israeli lobby. We Are afraid of our jewish constituency. Some of my jewish voters Are As appalled As 1 am at what s going on but they Don t dare speak out for fear of the  of the presidential candidates Only Jesse Jackwyn has spoken out. Citing a betrayal of  he spent much of hit 1984 Campaign fighting charges of Anli semitism and is not he idea. Sen. Paul Simon said he would not hesitate to speak out on policy differences with Israel but failed to do so in the present instance gov. Michael Dukakis who is often More sensible said i think the israelis can Deal with these problems themselves that is manifestly not True. Israel badly needs help from her friends friends who care enough a Tell her she is doing everything wrong with die palestinians beginning with a refusal to acknowledge thai the coun try will never have peace until it deals with the prob Lem of people who were there when the jews claimed their own Homeland. The Reagan administration which is As permissive with Israel As its predecessors fell obliged to condemn israeli la clips calling them to acceptably  but inert was no in real to do anything about them. The president was even handed in condemning both sides and said Noi Hine about withholding any of the . Weapons and funds on Wlinich Israel depends for its survival. Israelis made it official policy during their brutal invasion of Lebanon thai words will never hurl them. Inside Israel there is silence. Those israelis who protested the 1982 Lebanon adventure and its Atten Dant barbarities have rallied round their weak leaders Abba Eban Long ago warned his countrymen thai the occupied territories give Israel the Choice of either ceasing to be jewish because the arabs Wilt soon out number them or ceasing to be democratic because it darn not Confer citizenship on an Arab majority. In the . Jewish Community which was Lorn apart Over Lebanon the Hardshell loyalists Are saying that the demonstrations Art the work of Ouide agita tors and thai the unmasked teen agers a terror  the moderates urge israelis to admit that they have a fundamental problem of Justice and decency. The one thing that Lias caught the attention of the israelis was a massive strike by arabs living in Israel. Ii was As a resident Arab Cupert told the new York times probably a  israelis who do not talk to arabs much found it hard to believe thai arabs who had been living quietly among them care More about i hair brother arabs than their paychecks and their Security. The condescension