European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 28, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 10 the stars and stripes Friday december 28, 1990 a t Tom Wicker nuclear weapons testing should be halted the resignation of Eduard Shevardnadze probably will Harden president hush a determination to continue testing nuclear weapons. Hut continued testing will surely encourage the development of nuclear weapons by Saddam Hussein. Polls suggest that keeping such weapons out of Saddam a hands is one of the few reasons americans might support a War against Iraq. It s clearly an  goal of hush s policy in the Gulf crisis. Thus a United nations session next month seemed to offer the president a Good Opportunity to reconsider his testing policy in order to strengthen his opposition to nuclear weapons for Iraq. On Jan. 7 in new York 1 is nations will begin Deli orations to convert the limited test Han treaty Ltd of 1963 into a comprehensive test ban cab that would prevent underground As Well As atmospheric testing. Participation of the United states and the soviet Union in a Cut would greatly strengthen Observance of the non proliferation treaty not now in effect As Well As prospects for its renewal when it expires in 1995, International resistance to an iraqi bomb would be greatly enhanced if the superpowers were to restrain their own weapons development As Spurgeon Keeny the president of the arms control association recently put it a. A a Chi would create a worldwide environment that would discourage both new proliferator a and undo dared nuclear weapon states from pursuing their programs. Hut continued testing by the nuclear we Pori Stales underscores their belief in the importance and Utility of nuclear weapons.�?�. If therefore the hush administration insists on con Quot tinted nuclear testing in violation of a solemn . Obligation under the not it will continue to downgrade the importance of non proliferation jeopardize renewal of the not in 1995, cause More states to a go nuclear a and undercut its own arguments against development of an iraqi bomb. The connection Between superpower nuclear tests and non proliferation is Clear a at least to the my Riu Clear Powers. They see themselves As meeting their commitment under the not against horizontal proliferation More nuclear states they also see the ., Britain  soviet Union continuing vertical proliferation More nuclear weapons. Even after die Start treaty scheduled for signing in february reduces . And soviet strategic weapons by30 percent for example  will have Many times More such weapons than they had when the no t was signed in 1970, thus in the hardly Challenge Able View of non nuclear Stales the superpowers have ignored their not com min cents to seek a halt to the proliferation of nuclear weapons  moreover plainly creates two classes of slates a those with and those without nuclear weapons. Hut no moral or other justification Ever has been a Walter r. Mears Vance for  to possess these awful instruments while insisting that All others a including Iraq a May  a a a. A a a. A. To Ltd end of the cold War appeared drastically to weaken even the Power argument for nuclear testing a that the resulting weapons maintained the balance of terror hence an uneasy peace. Both the risk from soviet tests and consequently die need for . Tests seemed to be reduced a and vice versa. The soviet foreign minister Shevardnadze and Secretary of state Janies  Iii agreed in fact that nuclear proliferation was the major Security Challenge of the coming decade. Nevertheless at the not review conference last year the hush administration adamantly refused As had the Reagan administration before it to Jimree to enter negotiations to end All nuclear testing a the administrations purpose Vas transparent since Only new or improved nuclear weapons require nuclear tests. The argument that tests Are necessary to assure the safety and reliability of stockpiled weapons is Only an excuse for More testing non nuclear tests can achieve these purposes. Before Shevardnadze a resignation however and his warping that a a dictatorship in the soviet Union was a approaching a the coining . Session conceivably might have persuaded Bush that a test ban Wes in . A interests. A a a \ but if Washington takes the Shevardnadze warning to forecast a militarily More threatening .s, there Jill be the old familiar arguments that testing must continue a even if that weakens the Case against Saddam a quest for the   new York times. Washington in the Barracks or the locker room nobody thinks twice about threatening to whip kick or otherwise manhandle the oppositions rear end. Its different w Hen presidents letdown and graphic. That May make it an effective Way to Iurii up the volume when the Man in the White House does no to think somebody is paying attention. As in president Bush a Holiday message to Saddam Hussein a i we get into an Aenied situation he a going to get his ass kicked there Are certain am entities about the purposeful presidential use of such terminology for Public consumption. 1 its not done on t ipe or on camera except i advert Quot Cully. Better to have it relayed second hand leaving just a Little room Tor. Doubt that a Leader so eminent would talk that Way. A a. And it can to be done often or it would become Loo Ordinary to attract attention. Besides there a always a risk of a backlash. A former governor of Massachusetts Francis w. Sargent,1 once used the a word at a governors conference and said his Mother called to Tell him she was going to Wash his Mouth out w Ith soap. W then again its hardly an a rated term and it is right there in the dictionary  vulgar Slang the buttocks Quot Bush a latest usage was widely quoted Ort radio and television and in print. After Bush met with a group of congressmen on dec 20, rep Eltoft Gallegly r-culif., said the president had Lodi him that he does no to think Saddam Hussein understands that there really Wil be War if he does t got out of Kuwait. A a the greatest potential for preventing any kind of an armed confrontation is to make sure that Sadden Hus. Set be made really aware that to quote him that if we Cvet. No Cluj a a a a a a a he it going to get his ass kick dual Telly said. Although others confirmed the. Remark. Hush was circumspect. Asked later whether it was an accurate quotation the president arched his eyebrows and said Noth my. A. A. Lied been inure forthcoming alter accidentally nut Ting a similar observation on the record during the 19h4 Campaign when he was vice president. A we tried to Keek a Little ass last night a he said after a Cami Nien debate with rep Geraldine a Ferraro his Denny Aniie opponent. Hush made the comment while slip King hands with dockworkers at a Campaign rally in new Jersey unaware that there was a Boom Micro Luuie Quot close enough Lopek up his words. A a Hind it. I use it All the time. My kids use it everybody who competes in Sporis uses it a Ronald Reagan expressed some doubt about the Campaign comment saying he Wasny to inclined to believe is vice president had said it. Reagan himself did no to go beyond a Keister a As Slang. For �?orump.�?�. A a in 198-3 irked that information about his budget and other White House business was finding its Way into print Reagan ordered a crackdown. A a in be had it up w my Keister with these leaks a he told has sniff no such gentler euphemism would do for Jimmy cur Ter a Jen sen. Edward m. Kennedy was preparing of Challenge. A inv for the 1980 democratic presidential nomination. Quot a. A. K Kennedy runs ill whip his ass a Carter said at a White House dinner with democratic congressmen. La leu on he Lei j he was t apologizing a i Minui i was startled a said then rep. William a Brod cad . Quot i thought my ears were deceiving me. J said a excuse me or. President what did you say a and Cartel replied of Kennedy runs ill whip his  he did and Carter did. But Strong words agent enough Reagan won the White House. A a a. A the associated Pressa