European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 5, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 b the stars and stripes thursday March 5, 1992 at a glance it a Ltd it a a a Ltd a is xxx a X&Lt&Lt�xx&Gtx-x-x-xxxnx�?~xxxxsxxx<sw0c� Many of the greatest wonders of ancient Egypt Are clustered around Luxor on the Nile River. Stories on the monuments and archaeological research being conducted in the area arc in today a stripes  food Stamps buy food Stamps have become a form of underground currency they Are traded for Cash crack cocaine appliances guns and cars officials said. A Pago 5senator not sorry sen. Ernest f. Hollings says he wont apologize for telling South Carolina workers they a a should draw a mushroom Cloud and put underneath it a made in America by Lazy and illiterate americans and tested in  a a Page 7selling your skills service members leaving the military have something going for them says the author of does your r6sum6 Wear combat boots Bill Fitzpatrick spoke at a Job seekers workshop in Heidelberg Germany. A Page 9is Economy turning around reports of a big jump in the governments main economic barometer and a surge in new Home sales suggested tuesday that the Economy is perking up. A Page 18 Index Abby Ann Landers. 15 comics. 15-17 commentary. 13 crossword. 15 faces a no places. 14 letters. 12 Money matters. 18 sports. 19-24 to listings. 23 weather. 11 race from Page 1 that a people Are indignant they think they re getting ripped  the former California governor called Clinton a essentially a regional candidate fuelled by huge amounts of Money from the same people who got the country into the mess its  Brown said Nebraska sen. Bob Kerrey and Iowa sen. Tom Harkin were a changing by their fingertips and predicted that his own Campaign was in the process of a a relentless  Harkin won caucuses tuesday night in Minnesota and Idaho. Kerrey finished the night without a win. Tsongas exulted tuesday night As he claimed victories in the Maryland and Utah primaries demonstrating strength far from his new England base. He also was leading in Washington state Cau Cusco. A a funny thing happened on the War to oblivion a the message took hold Tsongas declared. A they said that i was a regional candidate. They re right North South East and West a said the former Massachusetts senator who espouses a pro business economic policy and Liberal views on social issues. But for All Tsongas boasting Colorado a a state where he led All week in the polls a was the one primary that got away. The Surprise Winner there was Brown. Brown said his win showed that his Low budget candidacy could take hold the longer the primary season goes. Clinton a Victory in Georgia was the most predictable coming As it did in the governors Southern base. Even so he swiftly characterized Georgia As the leading Edge of a Strong super tuesday showing next week when Texas Florida and several other Southern states join Massachusetts on the ballot. Clinton sought immediately to recast the Campaign debate As a Choice Between himself and Tsongas a particularly on economic policy. A we go on to embrace this whole country with the message of change a said Clinton who depicts Tsongas As the architect of a a a coldblooded economic policy that favors businesses Over  from Page 1 won to give us our  the word from the White House on tuesday night was one of optimism about the presidents Long Range chances despite the protest voters. A president Bush is going to win the nomination a said spokesman Marlin Fitzwater. A the is going to win the election. It does no to make sense for them to make it More difficult for him. Its not helpful to have this kind of discontent being served by members of our own  but Buchanan pollster Frank Luntz said republicans need a Choice of candidates at their August convention. He said Bush is As weak As Jimmy Carter was in 1980, and a this time Well be the big loser if the gop renominated the president. Buchanan claimed one of his symbolic victories tuesday in Georgia although arduous Back roads bus Tours and vicious television ads failed to lift him above the 37 percent Benchmark he achieved last month in new Hampshire. Buchanan garnered 28 percent tuesday in Colorado and 30 percent in Maryland without campaigning there. In Georgia where he spent considerable Money and time he was at 36 percent. A the Battle of Georgia is now Over and its won. The Battle of the South begins now a Buchanan told supporters. Bush advisers anticipate major Buchanan pushes in South Carolina which holds a primary saturday and in super tuesday primaries next week in Louisiana Texas Oklahoma and Mississippi. Other states holding gop contests that Day Are Florida Tennessee Massachusetts and Rhode Island. Bush was flying to Miami and Tampa fla., on wednesday on the first leg of a six Day trip taking him to most of the super tuesday states. One of the Tampa events was a fundraising lunch featuring an introduction of Bush by the commander of operation desert storm retired army Gen. H. Norman Schwarzkopf. Bush has been criticizing Buchanan for opposing the persian Gulf War. Buchanan was visiting Shreveport Baton Rouge and other Louisiana towns wednesday before flying to Tulsa okla., on wednesday evening. No one on either Side was predicting Buchanan would win South Carolina or any super tuesday contests even in Louisiana where the renegade gop chairman has endorsed  from Page 1 tween support for nato and support for . Forces there a Nunn said. Galvin acknowledged that certain results from the poll a seem to indicate a fair amount of opposition to . Forces in  but he argued the results Are a greatly affected by responses from the five provinces of the former East Germany whose citizens were told for four decades that a Onato was a  the poll said about 84 percent of people in those five provinces oppose a . Presence in Germany while 49 percent of Western germans held that View. Saint wryly observed that a the East germans have a skewed perception of How a foreign army should  Galvin said the poll included responses from people in parts of Germany that have not traditionally played Host to . Troops which Are concentrated in Southern and Central areas. While meeting with bavarian officials recently Galvin said one told him that a if the other provinces done to want american troops then Send them  with regard to . Troop strength in Europe sen. Carl Levin d-mich., pointed out that the Pentagon a current Benchmark of 150,000 troops in Europe was devised before the soviet Union  also noted that the splintered Exso Viet republics while still possessing formidable military forces seem to have Little interest in furthering the arms race. He cited the Friendly overtures made by Russia and Ukraine to the West to obtain Aid for their battered economies. Galvin argued that the absence of a threat powerful enough to make europeans forget about regional rivalries and unite in collective Security arrangements May serve to unleash those tensions again As is happening in Yugoslavia. Galvin reiterated that the . Force Structure must be tailored to the capabilities of potential adversaries rather than their supposed future intentions. A we can to predict the future a year from now much less 1995,�?� he said. A maybe libyan Leader Moa mar Qadhafi and iraqi Leader Saddam Hussein will get together to talk about the peaceful Pursuit of nuclear Power a the normally staid Galvin joked. A we have ethnic instabilities we have nuclear scientists of the former soviet Union running All  Boorda added a there have been 26 Navy operations crises that have made the front pages of the newspapers Over the past 10 years. Not one of them involved the soviet  Galvin also emphasized that . Forces in Europe have taken part in eight major deployments in the past 18 months including operation desert storm and the kurdish Relief Effort. There is no reason to believe others wont come along during the remaining three years of the draw Down he said. Galvin re emphasized that the United states should avoid the sort of mistakes made when the nation disengaged militarily from Europe after both world wars. A it is through our commitment to Europe that we now have a seat at the table and a Chance to influence future Security arrangements in Europe a he said. A we need to stay committed during Europe a  the european come Force Structure plan is based on the . Army Europe a remaining corps. A corps sized element was selected because it is the smallest entity that can wage an operational Campaign. Supporting that corps requires about vhf air Force tactical fighter wines As Well As one Navy aircraft Carrier Battle group. When All other required support forces Are added in the total package comes to about 150,000 troops Galvin said. A that Force allows us to say we Are capable of orchestrating a military Campaign in Europe if necessary a he said. Much of the debate Over Force Levels in Europe centers on just How much those forces Cost the United states and How much would be saved by reducing them. Traditionally analysts have said that about half the entire . Defense budget a $280 billion for the current fiscal year a is devoted to defending Europe. But that includes costs for All the stateside reinforcements that would move to Europe in a crisis. The actual operating budgets of the commands Are minuscule in comparison. Excluding personnel costs and procurement investments in weaponry the my operating budget in Europe is $3.8 billion this year. The . Air forces in Europe a operating budget is about $3 billion while the . Naval forces Europe a budget is $270 million. A if it costs less than $10 billion to maintain the Forward deployed forces we have now i can to imagine that the total portion of our defense spending on Europe would be $150 billion a Galvin said. A that is a wrong  a a it a Clear that cutting our european Force in half is not going to save us $75 billion a Nunn agreed. Various Cost analyses have shown that . Forces on average Cost 10 percent More to maintain if they Are located overseas rather than in the United states Galvin said. Based on the component commands combined operating budget of slightly More than $7 billion this year bringing Home All those troops theoretically would save Only $700,000, Nunn observed. But he said the numbers change depending on the comparison being made. A what Are the figures if we have no commitment in Europe at All a Nunn said. A what if we bring those forces Back to the United states what if we Cut those forces from the Structure completely we need to compare the numbers in every