European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 23, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Saturday february 23, 1991 the stars and stripes a Page 13 commentary William f. Buc Kleywe should Tell soviets to butt out of Mideast the soviet Union under the leadership of who the hell knows is getting into the persian Gulf act big and the time to Stop this effrontery is right now. Unfortunately in order to do so George Bush is going to find himself running into himself having in Days gone by attached such great importance to the vote of the United nations Security Council. As a formal situation this is what we i arg facing ,. A. A the Security Council after several resolutions leading up to the final one authorizes member nations to a use All necessary Means As Are required to compel Iraq to abide by its several resolutions that it get out of Kuwait. The Security Council was not foolish enough to suppose that it could describe exactly what military Steps were or were not appropriate to the realization of its objective. But the whole process had to do with the distinction pet Ween sanctions which began in August and Mili a tary action which was sanctioned by the United nations to begin on Jan. 15 if Iraq Hadnot by then complied with the directive to get out of Kuwait. An entire week before our bombs inflicted casualties on 500 civilians who were taking shelter in a military installation the soviet Union began some heavy breathing on the matter of civilians dying in the War. Yevgeny Primakow was sent by the Kremlin to Baghdad to discuss with Saddam Hussein peaceful alternatives to the existing conflict. Can showed the two gentlemen hugging each other. Indeed we must assume they have a great Deal in common since Primakow is represented As a figure in what is so unfortunately and confusingly referred to As the a a conservative Wing of the soviet government meaning the stalinist Wing which makes Stalin a conservative but then that a the Way it goes. Primakow returned to Moscow and foreign ministry spokesman Vitaly Churkin has Given us the solomonic judgment of his superiors. A we have no strategy that would go beyond the . A Solu Lions. Our objective is As we see it to persuade Iraq to withdraw from  Well that is indeed the essence of the . Resolution backed by the United states with this gloss that m order to secure the safety of Kuwait it will be necessary to gut the aggressive potential of the gentleman Primakow was hugging c p jyc1k-z%l / a. A a. The worlds largest ecological disaster. During their interview Early in the week. Thanks to vigorous action by the allies led by the United states this exactly is what is going on. The motives of the . Are not difficult to penetrate. It desires to be the superpower that at the great moment of confrontation leaned just enough on the other set Krup attract the devoted attention of the moslem brotherhood who Are aroused by the Monseque vices of a War in which most of Hei leaders Are engaged Side by Side with the United states. The soviet Union counts on a backlash and such a thing is entirely conceivable not Only in the moslem world but also in the Christian world. The clerics at the world Council of churches at their meeting in Canberra denounced the military action. It is non doubt a coincidence that total . Casualties to Date Are just about As Many As the number of mexicans who were trampled to death worshipping at a mexican shrine several Days ago suggesting that gods designs Are Seldom so particularized As to Call Down moral Thunder on Well motivated acts that result in human suffering. Our intentions in the Persia Gulf Are Clear and unimpeachable. The soviet unions experience with that part of the world took on an aggressive salient against Afghanistan in which it managed to kill 1.2 million afghans before retreating with 100,000 of its own dead. The . Resolutions objecting to soviet behaviour throughout the period went of course unheeded. As indeed Saddam who looks now to the United nations for Relief ignored its reproaches throughout the fall. What Bush needs to do in very Plain language is to a inform the world that the soviet Union has not been retained As a peacemaker perhaps because it will take a generation or so of expiation for its car Livit Mesover the past to qualify it As a peacemaker. If the soviet government wants to reduce human suffering it can do this overnight in the Baltic and in the Long term by renouncing soviet conservatism at Home. Meanwhile we should strip Moscow of its beguiling headlines As attempted peacemaker and Bear in mind always As entirely appropriate the image of the soviet envoy and Saddam Hussein embracing the Celebration of affinities. C Universal press Syndicate Joe Murray it s hard to figure an evil Genius like Saddam Angelina county Texas a a fellow called yesterday to ask me what i thought Saddam was thinking. Quot you be been to Baghdad a he said a you ought to know How those people  i told him i had no idea. A Saddam thinks in arabic a i said. Quot i done to understand  after that he left me alone. But there a More to it than just that. Saddam in my opinion is an evil Genius. I done to know How an evil Genius  Best As 1 can Tell the thought process seems to be either or. Either everything he thinks of is evilness or everything he thinks of is Genius. If he happens to be using the right Side of his brain a As opposed to the wrong Side a there a Only one thing that he can be thinking a lets get the hell out of Dodge. Kuwait As it turns out is the arabic word for Dodge a a. Iraq has but two choices 1. Stay in Kuwait and be destroyed 2. Leave Kuwait and not be destroyed. It does t take a Genius to pick door no. 2. But it does no to take an evil Genius to see that the Best Choice for Saddam could be George Bush s worst Nightmare. Consider the possibilities. In pulling out of Kuwait Saddam leaves with much of his military machine a infantry tanks and aircraft a battered but still formidable. Most important for Saddam he is left in Power. Throughout much of the Arab world Saddam remains a Tiero the Man who stood up to the combined might of the Western infidels and who is still standing Best of All for him Israel feels betrayed by the United states. Stay out of the War we told Israel. Ignore those nightly missiles into your cities. Leave Saddam to us. Well take care of him. Never mind that the coalition will get what it wanted. Saddam gets out of Kuwait but also he gets off free and Clear. There May be demands that Iraq pay for the War damage its caused to Kuwait. But once he has withdrawn what Are we do a invade Iraq As Bill collectors a meanwhile the soviet Union reestablishes itself in the Middle last by coming to Iraq s Aid during the postwar period of rebuilding. Alter All it was the ., not the ., that rained bombs on Baghdad. Lest we forget Iraq is a Rich country second Only to saudi Arabia in Oil resources. Saddam will have plenty of Money to but whatever he needs even thing from bricks and mortar to bombs and mortars. Before we know it the new world order will look a lot like the same old mess. With one possible exception in a stroke of evil Genius,.Saddam hums a Mutual defense pact with Jordan and moves a couple  divisions to the Jordan River looking Down the throats of the israelis. Next Lime around those scuds  be such a Long shot. Saddam does no to have much of a Choice. But we May have even a wors Choice. War we win. A. Peace we lose. A Joe Murray editor publisher Emenau of the Lufkin Texas daily Newt is senior Wriler Tor Cox newspapers. Tilt opinions expressed in the commentary and tar Toon on this Page , of the authors and Art in no Way to he considered As representing the views of the stars and stripes or the i United states government