European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 29, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Wednesday May 29, 1991 the stars and stripes Don Oberdorfer Page 13 commentary searching to define a new world order on the morning of aug 23 last year president Bush and his National Security adviser Brent scowcroft went fishing for bluefish in the Atlantic near the president s vacation Home in Kennebunkport Maine. They returned to Shore four hours later with three fish and a for Quot eign policy concept that would dominate Bush a rhetoric for months the quest for a a new world  scowcroft had suggested the Long fishing expedition to talk Over All aspects of the three week old iraqi invasion of Kuwait. As the former air Force general described it later the a searching discussion _ went Well beyond immediate . Options to a the broader ramifications of what we were doing and what it might  the United states and soviet Union a at Odds on most International issues for decades a had issued a joint declaration opposing the invasion. In the United a Tio Sythe two big Powers were working together with the three other permanent members of the Security Council a Britain China and France a to reverse iraqis military action. With the main players in world politics cooperating instead of confronting one another Bush and scowcroft concluded there was a Chance for the first time since a bold War ii for the International system As a whole to function As a Barrier to aggression. A we believe we Are creating the beginning of a new world order coming out of the collapse of the .-soviet antagonisms a scowcroft said later that Day. A we want to use the crisis to build support around the world that the behaviour of Saddam Hussein and the iraqis is unacceptable. If we can do that it could be very very important As we look to the future. We re trying to build an order beyond this  the Bush administrations embrace of a a new world order a which began on that sunny August Day has touched off intense speculation at Home and abroad about . Policy in the Post cold War world. The Bush White House originally adopted a beyond containment As its foreign policy watchword in 1989 and switched last August to a new world  in recent weeks however the official use of that phrase has declined sharply and officials expressed worry that far too much has been read into it. Several attempts to define it broke Down a m. Rosenthal and a number of officials acknowledged that they Are unsure just what it Means. Bush actually had spoken of a a new world order at least once before in a february 1990 political speech hailing the crumbling of the Iron curtain. By aug. 30, the phrase became a Central feature of Bush a Public oratory including an address to the . General Assembly and three speeches to joint sessions of Congress. According to a search of presidential documents published by the White House Bush referred publicly to a a new world order at least 42 times from last summer to the end of March. The arguments Over the meaning of the a new world order Are part of the struggle to redefine . Foreign policy in an Era when the world has changed in fundamental ways politically As Well As militarily. But so far no Bush doctrine or summary statement seems to capture the new Aims of . Policy. New York times columnist William Safire traced the a new world order concept Back to Alfred lord Tennyson a 1842 poem about the death of King Arthur where he wrote a the old order Chang eth yielding place to  the phrase a new world order was used occasionally in the 1980s, notably in soviet president Mikhail Gorbachev a address to the . General Assembly in december 1988. C a a a a a a a /. A scowcroft recently complained that it was just a a catch phrase that had become endowed with grandiose meanings beyond anything that he or Bush originally conceived. In a speech april 13, Bush said the new world order a refers to new ways of working with other nations to deter aggression and to achieve stability to achieve Prosperity and above All to achieve  with new world threats emerging he said it is a a Challenge to keep the dangers of disorder at  he added that a the a new world order really is a tool for addressing a new world of possibilities. This order gains its Mission and shape not just from shared interests but from shared  whatever the a new world order is the administration has not formulated specific plans or policies for bringing it to fruition. Several decision makers said the concept is rarely if Ever discussed in policy meetings. A a we be heard less about the a new world order since the Gulf War Quot the War War a yes there was that Pew of  atm Buff the was Over a said rep. Lee in Hamilton a ind. A a a a a a a. A a. Quot Bush in his Many and varied remarks on the subject in recent months applied a new world order language to Many different situations. Among other things he said the a new world order must include the peaceful Resolution of the division of Lebanon sept. 24that it was signalled by the signing of the treaty limiting conventional arms in Europe nov. 19that it offers a much better Chance for peace in the Middle East nov. 23 and that it depends to an important degree on China a cooperation in the . Security Council feb. 6. The most consistent theme in the remarks of Bush and senior administration officials is that of an expanded role for the United . Pickering the . Ambassador to the United nations defined the a new world order As a using the United nations and Security Council in regional disputes and said this is part of a a Long progression of change that began before the Gulf War and accelerated in its Wake. C Tho Washington pos the suffering of Tibet must be remembered once upon a time but not Long ago there was a species of Turtle soft yellow and Tan that could Only live in Mountain and High  few people knew much about them because they existed so far away but those who did travel to see them came to love them for their Beauty and their Way of neither attacking other creatures nor running from them. Then along came some cruel and stupid Hunters from the Plains who slaughtered a great Many of the Beautiful Mountain turtles stole away Many others caged the rest and treated them viciously. The world heard about it and began to fear that the species might die out. But the Hunters said angrily that it was All a lie a no turtles had been killed except those bad turtles that would not follow the Hunters into the cages. The Hunters said that those who survived and behaved themselves were very Happy being protected by the Hunters and had come to love their cages. So the leaders of the world said of that s Fine and 1 Hope we have not Hurt the feelings of you Hunters by asking about the turtles. Quot. But of course that kind of thing does not happen in the real world. Just Days ago the United states told the japanese to Stop buying Hawks Bill turtles from Hunters in the Pacific and Indian oceans. The japanese were making expensive Combs and things from the turtles Tawny shells. And wildlife protectors quite rightly were afraid the species would vanish. The Republic of the United states said to the Empire of Japan Cut it out or vat won to buy your pearls or goldfish anymore. So the japanese Cut it out. Is anybody protecting please another of gods endangered species which happens to be human the tibetans not  neither the Republic nor the Empire nor any other nation great or Small does anything about the tibetans except India which gives them Refuge when they can escape from their Cage. Would it help to say that just As there Are Laws against slaughtering Hawks Bill turtles there Are International Laws against genocide a the elimination of nations and cultures probably not. Of course from time to time human turtles do have minor use and do get some attention while it lasts. Like the kurd. We May forget them but they and other Turtle populations will probably remember us and How we told them to go fight the Turtle killers. There was also a time a few decades ago when even tibetans were considered potentially useful. The United states trained hundreds of them in Colorado in Case they were needed to be parachuted against the chinese army. The tibetans would do anything to try to open the Cage for their parents and children inside. Then Washington and Beijing became great friends. Tibet was not Only dropped but also boycotted. Someday perhaps history will forget that shame. Not soon. Last month president Bush did agree to meet the Dalai Lama Tibet a exiled Leader for the first time. That act of disobedience by the president infuriated Beijing. But exhausted by its bravery the administration is resuming its appeasement posture. With the passing years Beijing becomes Ever More idiotic with anger when the world does pay attention to Tibet. Beijing knows it has other caged populations waiting to break free. So Beijing tries to brainwash important visitors and a few succumb too Sweet to resist their hosts. Everywhere chinese propagandists try to eliminate Tibet and its population from history. They say it cannot be True that More than j million were slain ask the Dalai Lama says because there never were More than that number in Tibet. They demonstrate this by counting Only a third of Tibet wiping out the rest swallowed by outright annexation and therefore not supposed to exist at All. If an endangered species cannot be visited or counted does it really exist Beijing says no. Tibetans say we do a remember us. C the now York times