European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 27, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse Thursday june 27, 1991 the stars and stripes commentary Rosenthalis the Parade of British troops who fought in the persian Gulf was Brief. It took them about�?T45 minutes to March past the Queen. Immediately afterwards Lon Don went about its business and the Queen went off to the races. A a nobody seemed to need an explanation about Why the Celebration was Swift and subdued. But for those who might have the anglican Bishop of Portsmouth gave it in one sentence a it cannot be a Victory when a wicked dictator remains in Power.�?�. That about summed it up. Later in the Day members of parliament from All major parties announced that together w Ith some american members of Congress and iraqis in London they were setting up a committee for a free Iraq based on the principle that the dictatorship must end. Committees will hot eliminate Saddam Hussein. But every Day deepens1 the conviction of iraqis who de. Voted up to 20 years of their lives to fighting him that nothing but his elimination will give their country either peace or the Chance of Freedom. A for most of those years London has been the City of Refuge for iraqis who could no longer risk staying at Home waiting for Saddam s police to reach them on the killing list. Most of them Are professionals and business people who fought the dictatorship from the beginning. A few Are former supporters of Saddam who ran before they paid with their lives for annoying him the iraqis still do not understand Why president Bush knowingly permitted him to put Down the uprisings by kurd and shiites. They tend to say that the saudi arabians Werc afraid of any change in Iraq that might Lead to democracy. But Why an. American presi a Dent Souid accept that or any 01 her reason for deliberate in rescuing Saddam from swiftly approaching oblivion they cannot comprehend. I guess they never will. But at least in dealing with americans. They feel they cannot afford to concentrate Oil grievances hut on Hying to attract the United states attention. A. For a year right through the persian Gulf War american diplomats were forbidden even to talk with the exiled iraqis in London hear that there will be a change in the leadership of the state departments Middle East Bureau. That will not Sadden them. A a a a f a a a a a a among the iraqis in London Are kurd arabs both shiite and sunny a and a few christians if they have any belief that a kurdish agreement with Saddam wih last after the world takes its Eye off Iraq they certainly know How to keep it a secret. A but they now believe or say they do Liat Bush w ill keep up the pressure on Saddam until he flees or is a of Cru Tait. U a the gang that could t shoot straight talk straight or Deal straight King Hussein Aua Quot the ua6hemite mite in Nam Hussein. Alias. A Quot the my thereof All Yasser a amp fat Allag. Quot the de9ert pm time re Seq in a furriers it a. A a punch. The to vie rus Liri Jyi pulling the in at it Quot 4 killed. They have a. Fairly modest wish list. A. A they \v1sil that file United nations would seize the assets of Iraq that were Frozen abroad during the War and use them to buy food and Medicine to distribute in Iraq. It would be a mockery to allow Saddam Hussein to escape the embargo by Selling . Theta Parcelin out. Food and Medicine the giver of Balm soothing the suffering lie brought on his people. They wish the United nations would scoop up the personal billions that he sailed away around the world. They say he is laundering that Money through jordanian Banks to buy metals and spare parts that he smuggles from Jot Dan into a req in jordanian trucks and buses. They wish for a real radio free Iraq instead of the saudi controlled station that iraqis swiftly Learned to distrust. They think they will get that. Andt Hewish americans would remember addition to kurd millions of shiites were driven out of their Homes and live in -misery.-they. Wish for guns and supplies for the thousands of iraqi rebels still in the Field. All put together what they wish for is the Chance to achieve the democratic government thai the West preaches Lor the rest of the world but obviously believes is beyond the capabilities of the. Muslim Middle last and. A did terrify the dictators and monarchs Olio Are its allies. Quot to. They believe that Chance will never come As Long As Saddam Hussein is alive and in Power. They know that until he is Des Royell their War goes Onno parades. And they Pray that one. Day they will hold their own Victory Parade in Baghdad. Perhaps they will c the now York Olmos. A a a David s. Broder won Mark Cowan the former Reagan administration official. Who now Heads the government relations firm called the Jefferson group with offices in Washington and Moscow has a 10-Point plan for to the russians. He tried it out last week at a heritage foundation seminar for eight of newly elected russian president Boris Yeltsin Stop aides and Learned that part of it has to go Back to the drawing Board. / after All. The academic experts at the 1 conservative think tank had finished their discussions of the technical problems of privatizing the nearly ruined russian Economy Cowan came in to talk about a Selling privatization to the he was sailing smoothly until he us g. Tested that the russians might want to of 1 Low the american practice of hiring a big a sports celebrity to deliver their message. Y log a chess master or a soccer Star Ped me the idea that capitalism and Are not the evils the communists say a. Night be just the ticket Cowan said. Sitting in As heritage a guest i the russians exchanging glances As eos Van urged them to find their own Michae Jordan or to Jackson. . Shii Hiriko. Deputy chairman of the commit Tec on economic Reform and ownership responded a if a soccer player starts mouthing off about privatization people would be very indignant. They a say a what the hell do you know about ?�?T a this incident was a reminder of How different. Russia is from the United states and. How enormous is the task and his followers Are undertaking. In trying to erase the legacy of 73 years of communist Rule. A. Even if he has the cooperation of Soyi. It president Mikhail s. Gorbachev Ras he seems to have for the moment a the Challenge of bringing free Enterprise to the vast Terril Orv and population of the russian Republic is All but overwhelming. When 1 saw Yeltsin last week at the National ,.answering personal Priit Noi Irv questions with a directness arid policy questions with a few american politicians could match., it was easy to see Why he has built a huge. Popular following. But sen. Richard Lugar r-lnd., sounded a properly cautious note when i talked to him after his meeting with Yeltsin. A on every question he went out of his Way to Case. Americans anxiety a Lugar said. A but it Calls for extraordinarily adept leadership to do what he outlines. And he has very Little track record on administration or the / a a at the Yeltsin set an extremely Light timetable for demonstrating Quot a Success. A the people of Russia have Given us their Trust for another 18 months or two years Quot he said and now they must see improvement in their woeful living standards. A we must achieve results by the year 1992. If we done to succeed the people simply will not be Able to stand it any longer.�?�. /. A at heritage Shumaiko said Yeltsin has a running Start because of the �?o140 Laws already prepared and passed by the russian parliament to move to a Market system. But the candid heritage discussions confirmed Lugares Point that. Even the. Reformers in Russia Piave a struggle converting to their own language and concepts the ideas we think Are at. The Root of capitalism. A t take wages for example. Part of Shu Miciko s response to Cowans plan was to Point out that russians have been subjected to seven decades of communist sloganeering. This is evidenced even in the words workers use. A russian workers done to use the word a earn a a he said. A they say a How much do you get a they expect to be paid for just showing profits and wealth two other Basic capitalist concepts a present even More formidable barriers . Re Borikov. Another member of Yeltsin s team said plaintively that even the first Steps in the. Transition from state control of the. Leon Only to private property have brought de mands for against entrepreneurs a a a a How can we keep people froth saying a this millionaire is a crook.�?T. ,. How do them that wealth be ?�?� he asked. a critical question a said Crit age a Burton , a and in a we have an answer. A the russians nodded gravely in act of the conflict Between the efficiency of the in Aiken system and the inequality it produces. I lie United. not solved that dilemma in All its history. And the russians have Quot Given themselves Only two years. A -. A a a / the earnestness arid intelligence of yell sins Are As impressive As his Cion Candor and compelling personality. Their courage in Recagni ing that their nation has been run into a ditch by com monism gives them an extraordinary impulse to act without delay. But it is going to take a than soccer stars Selling privatization to make this work. A a c the Washington Rosl. A
