European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 9, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 10 a the stars and stripes tuesday october 9,1990 columns William Safi re Japan s contribution in Gulf crisis not enough Tokyo a the coid War was the economic heyday of Japan. The soviets spent 24 percent of their National product on armaments and went broke. The . Spent 6 percent of its larger Gnu on defense and ran up a debilitating debt. Japan enjoyed the full Protection of our nuclear umbrella while spending a minuscule percentage on defense a and prospered. That was its competitive Edge. More than any management technique or protectionist Industrial policy that Long free ride enabled Japan to become an economic wonder. Now in the first Battle of the pre peaceful world Japan is again willing to old americans coat while we Bear the Brunt of stopping aggression. At first it offered a $1 billion tip for our trouble when that was deemed too Little the japanese begrudge $3 billion More. In this Way they appeared to be willing to defend their Oil lifeline by putting As Little As possible in the Kitty to remain in the game. This habit of running from the responsibility of Power invites International scorn moreover Japan a self serving anguish is stirring resentment in those who look beyond the Supply of Oil to the need to Stop an aggressor from acquiring nuclear weapons. Why does it happen Here is a nation of hard driving people with the third most powerful armed Force in the world. Like Germany it hides behind a web of legalism left Over from defeat in world War ii. The excuse offered is that any contribution of forces to world police action will revive fears of a rebirth of militarism. The real reason is a desire to Duck the risk by offering to pick up As Little As possible of the Cost. Is All the above to be dismissed As Japan bashing Subtle racism or insensitivity to cultural differences i see it As a natural reaction to a display of National irresponsibility. The current non Leader prime minister Kaifu will not hear such straight talk from president Bush when they meet in new York this week. The White House traditionally pats Japan on the Back for its promises to re it Ftp japanese minimalism this is a japanese poem. Blossom of chrysanthemum on wintry wind fingers fall Down go Boom this is a co Yearm japanese tree. This is a japanese car and. This is a japanese Trade Concession move structural impediments while Congress is left the task of threatening the marriage of True minds. What caused Japan to cough up the extra $3 billion was neither morality nor responsibility but the deadline of the end of the . Congressional recess. Our knee Jerk reaction to Japan a attempts to play the Check Book ally is to demand the reinterpretation of the pacifist article 9 of its Constitution thereby enabling Japan to use not Only minesweepers but a Squadron of f-15�?Ts in a . Action. Pentagon ans want Japan to beef up its defense forces with a larger Purchase of . Military equipment. But let us pause before invoking that Patella reflex. Maybe the self doubting hand wringing japanese know something about themselves that we done to know it could be that the historical impulse to control neighbors still lurks beneath the surface and we should respect their reluctance to develop a Mobile Long Range striking Force. How then to Deal with an economic superpower that a in the coming bloodletting a is a conscientious objector pacifism has moral standing Only when it involves compensating sacrifice How do we and they keep Japan a pacifism from being so profitable first Japan should get serious about getting involved. A contingent of 3,000 combat medics and nurses should be assembled with no delay and Hospital ships dispatched to the persian Gulf on an emergency basis. These japanese citizens will be putting their lives on the line reflecting Honor on their nation. Next Japan should Stop confusing pacifism with passive ism. Sending a bigger than expected Check to the United . Appeal is not enough japanese Banks and insurance companies should come up with creative ways to finance trusts for families of hostages and subsidized rate policies for every service person in the hazardous zone. If Japan does not Rise to the occasion the world should give it a Back seat at iraqis surrender ceremony and the . Should grimly Gramm Rud Manize its Trade deficit. To equalize the Burden a Standard of 6 percent of Gnu should be set for Japan to contribute to the poor and War ravaged. Better this Effort should come from within than be imposed by a resentful world. Isnit there one political Leader in this Rich land who can articulate a National conscience new York times William f. Buckley  Are off base in Dartmouth Case i was practising my Scales in North Carolina a couple of Days ago called m to my office and received word that a the Boston Globe the new York times the Washington Post Abc lbs and Abc wished to talk to me. It flashed through my mind that my wife had defected to the Khmer Rouge or that my Magazine had in my temporary absence come out for Teddy Kennedy for president. No no i was reassured it was the Dartmouth situation they All wanted to talk to me about. What was the Dartmouth situation As everybody now knows the latest Issue of the Dartmouth review appeared not with the traditional logo from Theodore Roosevelt giving a the review Credo a but with a supplanted stretch of text that no one happened to notice for two Days. What the sick computer Hacker had done was to insert a couple of lines from Adolf hitlers a mein kampf a calling for the persecution of the jews. What was the reaction of the editor of the Dartmouth review when he discovered the editorial vandalism he recalled every Issue that Hadnot already been distributed publicly apologized for what had happened and promised to conduct an investigation in an Effort to discover who had been the malefactor. You would not think that that episode would become a National Story but wait. Official Dartmouth decided to explode. There is nothing Dartmouth president James Freedman is better at doing than calling the attention of the whole world to the putative delinquencies of his own College. Now the question is reasonably asked is it possible that the editor in chief of the Dartmouth review himself injected those lines from Hitler was frightened by what he had done and pretended it was the work of someone else Well that is a hypothesis Worth a moments attention. It does struggle however against the Odds. Kevin Pritchett is a Black student rather sensitive to race prejudice. For three Summers he has worked at the Wall Street journal distinguishing himself As an intern. Nobody has Ever heard him utter an anti semitic word. Nor for that matter has the review which revels in controversy Ever been charged with anti semitism. It is instead charged with sexism homophobia and non anti semitic racism the latter primarily because of its defiant defense of a continuation of the use of the Indian Symbol plus one column using Black Doggerel to make fun of extremes of affirmative action. Homophobia is of course defined As a belief that homosexuality is aberration Al and sexism Means you did no to come out for a woman for president or for coeducational fraternities. But so anxious was president Freedman to give the impression that the Hitler quote was the collective responsibility of All the editors of the review that he called an anti hate rally in which a thousand or so Dartmouth students convened to prove that they hated hate More than anybody since St. Matthew. But the hate haters Are going to have to practice a Little As witness the treatment of one writer for the Dartmouth review. Outside his dormitory students gathered to chant a Sieg Heil a and outside his door a Large Swastika was placed decorated with the phrase a nazi  Andrew Baer �?T93, was not amused. Perhaps because As he put it in a Public statement a i am a staff writer for the Dartmouth review and a descendant of holocaust survivors. More than 30 members of my family perished in ways so horrible that they defy description they died for one reason and one reason alone a because they were  it is an old temptation to fool just a Little bit with the mornings text or headlines. Thus the London times Early edition reported that the Queen on returning from her Coronation a paused at Westminster Bridge and peed Over the City of  the new York times never caught the Hacker who would certainly have lost his Job for inserting the single comma in the headline on the social Page a Jacqueline screws a becomes  or. Pritchett thinks he knows who the malefactor is. If he will just identify himself he is guaranteed to receive an honorary degree from president Freedman. Universal press Syndicate