European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 22, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tuesday january 22, 1991 the stars and stripes Page 11 has i William f. Buckle nuclear arsenals threaten our very survival in his eloquent speech announcing the beginning of military action president Bush made another reference to the a new world order of which he proposes to be a major architect. A most of the visions of big thinkers have a Way of dissipating in the detritus of history but whatever it is that Bush has exactly in mind for the new world order it had better include machinery for curtailing the proliferation of nuclear weapons. Another Way to put it is this if we Are Correct in what we Are doing to Iraq and there Are those of us who Are profoundly convinced that we Are Correct it is As simple As this if Iraq were armed with nuclear weapons we would not have been Able to contest its invasion of Kuwait or any subsequent invasion say against saudi Arabia. The difficulty lies of course in taking the nuclear weapon away from the country that has got it. It is something on the order of taking the Black Belt away from someone who has earned it. We must suppose that India never intends to use its nuclear weapon but imagine exactly what would be involved in removing it from India. The problem is diplomatic but diplomacy has never been More urgently needed. And Bear this in mind that those nations that do not have the bomb Are anti proliferation advocates Only for so Long As Thev Are without it. The moment they become members of the nuclear club their position reduces to opposition to anyone Al Sci a getting the bomb theirs is different. Take Israel. How might Israel be persuaded to surrender its nuclear Arsenal Only by substituting for it an equivalent instrument of Security. But where do you find any such thing however earnestly the United states alone or the United states in combination with other countries guarantees the Security of Israel it is less than the Possession of the bomb disposable at the will of the government of Israel. Golda Meir told me that she happened to be in the Waldorf Astoria while the United nations was debating whether to condemn the invasion of East Pakistan. A in the time that that debate took the enemies of Israel could have conquered my country a she said. Affirmative assurances Given to countries whose nuclear weapons we wish to see surrendered Are insufficient exchanges. The Only Way to negotiate the question is to Promise Diapositive pressure on israelis enemies to prevent them from acquiring nuclear weapons. It would be one thing to say to Israel in the name of relative peace surrender your nuclear weapons. Another to say to Israel if you will surrender your nuclear weapons we guarantee that the inchoate nuclear Capa abilities of Syria Iraq Iran Egypt and saudi Arabia will be stillborn. Such an Exchange if it were realizable israelis Lead . Rosenthal ers might be willing to make after All a nuclear bomb in the hands of Israel does no to prove All that much if Israel found itself surrounded by neighbors who themselves had nuclear weapons. In other Heaters of the world the problem is different. Is there a Force this Side of Providence that could persuade the soviet Union to do away with its nuclear weapons in 1946, the United states offered to surrender our inventory of nuclear weapons in Exchange for enforceable bans against the development of nuclear Power by other nations. It was vetoed of course by the soviet Union whose transmission Belt from american and German agents was already Well lubricated a the communists had Only three years to wait before having their own bomb. What combination of exchanges would wrest from China its bomb or for that matter that of France or of England the scary experience with Iraq reminding us As it should How close we came to impotence reminds us also of the need to Wake up to the need for the development of our nuclear shield a Star wars a ski. But the years that stand Between us and the development of an effective shield against a limited flotilla of bombs Are greater than the years that separate us from a world in which another half dozen nations have acquired the bomb. This Means that although we should hasten National and International programs to develop a nuclear shield we should not postpone the evolution of a new world order that quite simply forbids the development of nuclear weapons. The instrumentation of such a policy is the heavy responsibility of farsighted diplomacy. In this Effort the United states should take the Lead. And with the Victory we will have won in the persian Gulf we will have acquired the indisputable authority to take that Lead. A a. C univ Oral press Syndicate a. A Bush running first class show in the first Battle was won brilliantly but hold the Victory parties. The War goes on. In and out of government people i respect and spoke to through the first night and Day of War said it looked like a Short War. But Saddam Hussein figured he would lose the air Battle. / he will have to lose More air or ground before he appeals to arabs and eur Pearis to throw Nim a political ladder out of the grave he has dug for himself he believes in martyrdom for others. But there a no sign that death appeals to him personally. So we can expect France and Germany to try to Rescue Iraq for future munitions contracts and Syria to help fight israelis. Some . Academics and hysterical left Wing radio outlets Are already telling us How bad it would be if Saddam were destroyed. You figure that one out. I can to except that maybe they All just like the Man. But away with them for a minute. For a minute lets give thanks to those people and countries that refused to continue on the Road of appeasement and turned out to be so right. Even if Saddam makes the War bloodier against americans and israelis already the lives of hundreds of thousands of men women and children have been spared. Saddam will not be around much longer to threaten death to Arab nations standing in his Imperial path. The missiles he launched against Israel will help destroy him. Israel will not accept this attack passively. And whatever the course of the War far More americans would have died if he had not been hit before he had nuclear weapons More chemical and bacteriological missiles better defences. For that gift of life to those who will escape this mass murderer the world. Owes its gratitude to George Bush. I voted for Bush and Ever since have been grumbling about him. I was disappointed in his Chu miness with the chinese communists his total embrace of Mikhail Gorbachev his readiness to appease Saddam before Iraq invaded Kuwait his unnecessary coldness toward Israel. I Wasny to so crazy about Millie either. But at decision time he faced Down not Only Saddam but democratic and Republican politicians who wanted him to follow a sanctions Only policy a and american journalism which tilted against him. That policy would have allowed Saddam to escape to kill another Day. There Are others who also have won morally or politically though the War continues. First among them Are american servicemen and women who not Only showed courage but technological talents the world no longer expects of americans. In one Day they wiped out the idea that Young americans Are not smart enough for the 21st Century. Their top Man Gen. Colin Powell showed himself not Only to be a personable and handsome but to have another characteristic important to a presidential possibility. He is a hell of a manager. Its time to Call general Eisenhower the White Powell. Dick Cheney the Secretary of defense is another Winner who could wind up on a National ticket. Decency of character straightforwardness clarity of mind what else could anybody ask for but humor a and he has that to rep. Stephen j. Solarz of Brooklyn is the Democrat to whom the country owes most. He fought against Vietnam but when he thought a War against Iraq justifiable he stood up against party leaders. I will never again Tell him he travels too much. An admiring word for sen. Albert gored Tenn. He did a difficult thing a changed his mind in Public to Back the president. A another tug Winner Henry Kissinger. Remember How they laughed and said Nasty things when he talked of surgical strikes that would hold Down  civilian casualties for the Mideast diplomacy ahead bring Back Kissinger. Abroad two countries showed themselves staunch and True from the beginning a Well of course Britain and Israel. Losers at Home chiefly the democratic party and All its current presidential dreamers. But maybe they can get George Mcgovern to run again. Abroad president Mitterrand of France showed himself no de Gaulle and also no Mitterrand a at least not the Mitterrand who once knew a fascist when he smelled one. And Germany which the United states recreated As a world Power was right behind us a you know How it goes so far behind nobody could see in anyhow soon probably tomorrow i will be Back instructing Bush on How to run things. But meantime i have just four words for him t Hank you or. President. 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