European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 25, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 4 a the stars and stripes Friday october 25, 1991schwarzkopf says capturing Baghdad would have been Vietnam sized error by Cox news service Washington a retired Gen. H. Norman Schwarzkopf said wednesday that his troops could have marched into Baghdad a in two Days a but insisted that would have been a mistake rivalling the Vietnam War. Previewing themes he is Likely to trumpet in his memoirs next year Schwarzkopf said the american led Alliance a would have fallen apart in a heartbeat if he had been ordered to capture All of Iraq. He said that would have put american soldiers in the same bind As their compatriots in Vietnam who a generation earlier had fought without International ebullient As Ever with his 240 pounds tailored into a charcoal Gray suit Schwarzkopf told 2,000 trucking executives that american taxpayers saved billions because of president Bush a decision to Stop the ground War without trying to seize the iraqi capital a once you take Over a country you Are responsible for everything a he said. A the school system the government the sewage a you name it and you Are responsible. And i done to think the United states of America is prepared today to come up with the amount of Money it would have taken to occupy he said his troops could have fought on for another 24 to 48 hours and inflicted More destruction on iraqi forces fleeing from Kuwait. A it have made a bit of difference in what happened later on in Iraq a he said. He did not repeat the hint he dropped in a television interview seven months ago that he recommended to Washington that the War should go on for another few Days so that iraqi Republican guard units could be crushed. But he left no doubt that he Felt iraqis capital was within his grasp at the end of operation desert storm. A should we have gone on and marched into Bagh to r frankly if Saddam Hussein leaves i am not too sure who he is going to be replaced with. We might be worse off than we h. Norman Schwarzkopf dad because we could have been there in two Days a he asked rhetorically. A the answer is absolutely the general said that a it have broken my heart if president Saddam Hussein had been killed in one of the 126,000 Aerial sorties of the air War. But he once again defended his decision not to a a target Saddam As an individual saying this country has never fought this kind of a War. A i say we kicked the bully a Teeth in a said Schwarzkopf finishing his talk with a Tough Guy phrase As if to justify his nickname a a storming but through most of his 90-minute appearance the 57-year-old retired general seemed intent on softening his wartime image projecting himself instead As a Wise old football coach after a global super bowl. A do you think the arabs would be coming to the peace table to work out the palestinian problem with Israel if Saddam Hussein still had any Sway Over modern arabs a he asked. A a of course Schwarzkopf added a frankly if Saddam Hussein leaves i am not too sure who he is going to be replaced with. We might be worse off than we the american trucking association a lobbying group that represents Long haul truckers in their perennial Battle against the railroads paid Schwarzkopf an undisclosed honorarium to draw him from his $420,000 rented retirement Home in a luxury Golf course Complex near Tampa Fla. Herbert r. Matthews chairman of the association declined to say How much the truckers paid to schedule one of Schwarzkopf infrequent appearances but added a the Wasny to Schwarzkopf Drew belly laughs when he told about the a traumatic experience of changing from a four Star general to a civilian aug. 31. A seven months ago i could give a single command and 541,000 people would immediately obey it a he said. A today i can to get a plumber to come to my proposal would shift $80 billion from Dod to finance tax break by the Washington Post Washington a the chairman of the Senate budget committee has proposed scrapping key sections of last years budget agreement to allow Congress to Transfer nearly $80 billion in defense funds to finance a tax Cut for Middle income families and to Spur business activity. A last years budget agreement is no longer an adequate blueprint for this country a economic future a sen. Jim Sasser d-tenn., said wednesday in offering his plan. A it requires at least a midcourse correction and possibly a major Sasser joins ranks with Senate finance committee chairman Lloyd Bentsen a Texas who has proposed a similar shift in defense funds a a violation of the budget agreement a to pay for a $300-per-child tax credit for mostly Middle income families and to make everyone eligible to deduct up to a $2,000-a-Ycar investment in individual retirement accounts. Sasser who did not offer a tax proposal for funnelling the funds to Middle income families said action is essential in Light of the country so a grim economic decline and the reduced threat from the soviets. A a it a time to redraft the budget agreement to halt that economic slide and to help those americans who have suffered most a he said. Sasser a plan is the latest in a wave of proposals for cutting taxes and stimulating the Economy that have hit Capitol Hill since the White House indicated that it might offer an Quot eco nomic growth package. At the White House though prot Secretary Marlin Fitzwater sought to Cool expectations that president Bush would soon embrace a new package of economic legislation. A a there a been no strategic decisions made at All about How to Progress a he said. Sasser a plan Drew immediate opposition from House budget committee chairman Leon e. Panetta d-calif., who contends that the budget agreement is the Only remaining restraint on Federal spending. A obviously id be very concerned about any proposal that breaches the budget agreement a he said. A a in a not sure you Nave to do that to accomplish the goals Sasser is interested . Inspectors to help . Push work safety by the new York times Atlanta a More than a month after 25 people died in a fire at a North Carolina Chicken processing Plant the department of labor said wednesday that it would Send Federal inspectors to augment beleaguered state inspectors in enforcing workplace safety Laws in North Carolina. At a news conference in Washington labor Secretary Lynn m. Martin said 14 Federal inspectors would supplement the state s procedures for investigating and responding to complaints. Martin and Federal labor department officials denied suggestions that the move amounted to a direct criticism of the North Carolina workplace inspection program. And the North Carolina labor commissioner John c. Brooks rejected any characterization of the announcement As a takeover of the state program. But labor Union officials and experts familiar with the Agency a procedures called it a Clear rebuke of the state program and a highly unusual move. They pointed out that the Federal of Martin fort would not be integrated with that existing state program but would be it separate parallel program. Federal safety inspectors Are general considered More knowledgeable efficient and tougher on enforcement than inspectors for states that run their own work place safety programs they said. A a today a action was necessitated by North Carolinas abysmal inspection re Cord a said Lane Kirkland the presiden of the Al Cio which last month asked the department of labor to withdraw approval of the states safety program Anc bring in Federal inspectors. A Yosha Hai at last taken the right step to help protect workers in North Osha or the occupational safety Anc health administration is part of the department of labor and enforces federa Laws and regulations on health safety in the workplace. After the Chicken Plant fire local Anc state officials acknowledged that the fac tory had never been inspected for safety violations in its 11 years. Surviving work ers said that fire exits were locked routinely that there were no alarm Anc sprinkler systems and that no fire drills had been conducted. Donald Savelson a new York lawyer who has written textbooks on workplace safety Law said that the action by the Federal Agency was without precedent in the 20 years of Federal legislation setting standards for workplace safety. Sex mayor Barry loses bid to delay prison sentence Washington a a Federal appeals court wednesday refused to let former mayor Marion Barry delay serving his six month sentence for cocaine Possession. A three judge appeals panel said in a Brief order that Barry has not shown that the Appeal of his sentence is Likely to result in a Shorter term or no prison time. The former mayor is scheduled to report to a minimum Security prison in Petersburg va., on saturday. His attorney r. Kenneth Mundy was not immediately available for comment. Barry was convicted of a single count of cocaine Possession in August 1990. . District judge Thomas Penfield jacks a i re sentenced him to a six month term in september. The original six month term was thrown out by a panel of the . Court of appeals for the District of Columbia circuit on the grounds that Jackson did not explain How he applied Federal sentencing guidelines. Barry is appealing the new sentence contending Jackson is biased against him Barry has said Jackson showed Bias during an october 1990 speech to Harvard Law students. In the speech in which the judge said he believed Barry was guilty of perjury and o her crimes but that some jurors would not have voted to convict him on most of the charges under any circumstances. The jury at barrys trial acquitted of one count of cocaine Possession deadlocked on 12 other charges incl three felony counts of lying to a g jury. Barry has attended a substance a recovery program. He has admitted t co holism prescription drug addiction occasional cocaine use. He made an unsuccessful bid for a Council seat last year
