European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 13, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Wednesday february 13, 1991 the stars and stripes Page 13 commentary Leon Daniel critic of Arnett reminded of his own record Dhahran saudi Arabia a the record discloses that sen. Alan Simpson who called can correspondent Peter Arnett an iraqi a sympathizer a last Spring demonstrated his own sympathy for Saddam Hussein. The Republican whip from Wyoming pitched up last april in the iraqi capital where he sympathized with the Butcher of Baghdad telling Saddam that his problems a lie with the Western Media and not with the .  As Simpson would have it the Media mob had the effrontery to pick on the misunderstood and under cherished Saddam. Simpson is blessed with a sense of Humo but afflicted with a hot temper. He often is amusing but when his Dander is up he sometimes sputters nonsense. Simpson broadside Arnett for his Baghdad broadcasts which the pulitzer prize winning correspondent s Cable television network clearly labels As censored. Branding Arnett s reporting a repulsive a Simpson charged he is a what we used to Call a  in the kind of attack that used to be called a mccarthyism a Simpson claimed that Arnett was married to a vietnamese whose brother was Active in the Viet Cong claiming his award winning coverage during Vietnam was thus slanted. A member of Arnett a family said that was a completely  demonstrating that the administration does not object to cheap shots fired at those it perceives As opponents White House press Secretary Marlin Fitzwater praised Simpson. A a a he a a very candid Man a said Fitzwater adding that Simpson spoke a from the  is to be hoped that Simpson was not speaking from his ticker when he toadies Qvick m <5t? scoop a amp in on w  mothers of 1hz6rsat h in the Golf too Long. To. Jews to Saddam in Baghdad. The senator muffed his Chance to take a Tough line with Saddam. Now be is Tak ing Cut rate shots at an honest correspondent who is reporting from a City under Segic at considerable personal risk. As for the charge that Arnett is an iraqi a sympathizer a who could not sympathize with a people so grievously wronged by their own Leader a it was inevitable that innocent iraqi civilians would be killed and maimed in the bombing although All Allied targets Are military. The iraqis must be counted As victims of the dictator responsible Lor the rape of Kuwait. Western journalists coming out of Iraq confirm the civilian casualties in no a cameras have recorded. _ Arnett remains Oil the Job in Baghdad reporting As Best lie can us Klyr tight restrictions. The iraqi govern me Ivic Jan try decide what  report Muc Lyas the . Government decides what the Media May re port from the other Side of the War. Since both governments so tightly manage news coverage of the War it is import. Tant to have journalists of integrity such As Arnett at every possible Vantage Point. All viewers including Simpson Are lice to decide Lor themselves whether to watch Arnett. Report from Baghdad and How much credence to give  oct press International Mike . Troops Well focused to win Square War saudi Arabia a in the last War it was cambodian red t Nai stick Park Lane joints and Cholon opium Dens. Bam me Bam Beer. Pm clubs with filipino bands lip syncing the wars top song a we gotta get outta this place.�?�. Neq clubs twanging country and Western through Ever longer Happy hours. There were donuts dollies tudo streets Numbat 1 Silicon enhanced baby sans and government inspected steam and Cream a Massage Sauna Baths near every firebase. K that was the last War. The one we lost. This time for this generation its the Square War. From desert shield through desert storm there has been no Beer let alone dope. Sand burned soldiers Pound mousses or Sharps or half a dozen other malty beverages with Zero alcoholic Content and a habit of coming Back to haunt you after your sleeping bag is zipped. If tobacco is a drug then there a a drug problem in saudi Arabia. A pack of Marlboro goes for less than a Buck and a lot of tents Are permanently hazy from cigarette smoke. Many a grunts Cheek is swollen Squir Rcd Quot life by Ayvad of red Quot Mah sry Rofo m Nodi Jaife Quot Sas Coffee cups and Cusp Dors for dippers of Copenhagen and Skoal mild but Legal Speed. Snuff aside caffeine and combat go hand in hand. A couple of combat engineers Chew instant Coffee straight from the Jar. Quot cooking it takes too Long to hit you a explains sgt. Darin Hardwick c24, of Monroe Mich. A we Wash it Down with water and it keeps us squared away. Squared away. A huge difference fro where everything seemed crooked tilted then As now language reflected reality. A i were a messed up for most of their 364-ni booze or crass or both. And if people car Vietnam to of joint of troops t Tours on things got messed up it was a Axin Lois a so what big Deal who cares a what Are they Gonna do Send me to Vietnam in ska kingdom of saudi Arabi atry a a Hookah a of unknown origin and imprecise meaning the word captures an enthusiasm Seldom seen in Indochina after tet. Two other phrases never heard 25 years ago in Asia now military mantras in ska a not a problem and a a in la make it  Ernie Pyle a generation called it a a can do attitude they re the Standard replies from a lower ranking Soldier to someone he salutes. Often As not in Vietnam the responses were a sounds like a personal problem to me a or simply a Short a the Aviti War cry of soldiers counting backwards from 365, until their Deros Date of estimated return from overseas. Then it was Fini Vietnam. In saudi there is no Deros. There is Only for the duration. They wont be Back till its Over Over there. Which is As it should be say the lifers the military careerists. A a it a a pleasure to walk from tent to tent and see soldiers without glazed eyes a says sgt. Maj. Lincoln pm a 11 is Ham 46,-w to w a s i no Iet Nam in.l56-9-7. A there the adrenalin is flowing. That a the strongest drug we 8ot�?�. Ninja women the i phrase for Black veiled saudi females suggests the unavailability of another distract patches a was the first Rock to Roll War. The stones doors Temps credence and others provided background percussion and vocals Over Avn which blared from the Doz to the Delta. Djs like Adrian Cronauer of a Good morning Vietnam added to the radio wildness. A v by Quot a a a musically the Square War is a Qujet War. Military stations broadcast reliably Only in a few rear areas and dozens of units arc on the move out of Range on any Given week. When they listen to music soldiers tune in their Wal maps and try to tune out the desert. As a result there is no Anthem no musical score for this War. A they play our music from 1 to 2 p.m.,�?� says one Black Soldier. A one  the Bottom line Dranson in the Sand is this american troops Are preparing for their first big ground combat in nearly 20 years and they re going into it straight sober a and focused. A it May be an inelegant illustration of their sense of purpose but a compelling reason Why the United states will win the Square War is that american soldiers Burn their it Waji Uman waste. In Vietnam americans hired vietnamese women children arid old men to Burn it. In saudi Arabia they do it themselves. Somebody a gotta do it a shrugged one Soldier As he a Tharp of  news and world report is with a Pentagon Media Pool with the troops. A. Tion. The koranic culture precludes any  a tub from under a Field latrine tween local women and foreign men. And although the new army has females scattered throughout most units the near total absence of privacy in the desert makes that temptation much easier to resist. A a no sex. No drugs. Rock a Roll the opinions expressed in the columns and. Cartoons v Vietnam was the �?T60s, the craziest decade of the on this Page represent those of the authors and Are in no Century All around the planet. Music helped change the Way to be considered As representing the views of the world and Vietnam As Michael Herr observed in a Dis stars and stripes or the United states government