European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 12, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sunday december 12, 1993 commentary the stars and stripes Page 15 imagine How much worse it will now be As the full Are saying at the following editorial excerpts Are selected from q Cross Section of newspapers throughout the United states. The editorials Are provided by the associated press and United press International. 1 los Angeles times imagine a meeting Between British prime minister John major and Gerry Adams head of sinn fein the Northern Irish political partner of the Irish Republican army. In place of the expected hard bargaining major capitulates immediately and totally Britain will. Unilaterally cede Northern Ireland to the Republic of Ireland. How does Ireland react Albert Reynolds the prime minister of Ireland said last month a the Irish taxpayer contributes already three or four times More to the Cost of Security related to the Northern situation than his or her British  Cost of Northern Irish Security is shifted from Britain a relatively Rich nation of 55 million to Ireland a relatively poor nation of 3.5 million. Major s decision has not reconciled 900,000 Ulster unionists to Irish. Rule. Reynolds is in panic Ireland cannot police so Large Ana hostile a population. Thus far the fantasy. Although Only 18 percent of the British Public insists that Northern Ireland remain a part of the United kingdom according to a recent poll ajor is not going to give Ireland Back to the Irish. But his official resolve aside the mostly protestant unionists of Northern Ireland now deeply troubled at the Prospect of a Deal involving the British the Irish and the mostly Catholic Irish nationalists of Northern Ireland Are in a far More secure position than they. Realize. Only if peace has come to Northern Ireland by some other path can Ireland even contemplate assuming political sovereignty there., the new York times Pablo Escobar is dead gunned Down by colombian Security forces As he fled a hideout in Medellin his Hometown and the base of his former International drug Empire. Regrettably however the demise of one powerful drug lord will not bring much Relief to societies victimized by the drug Trade. Market control in cocaine has already passed to a Cartel based in Cali another colombian City. Even if the suppliers identities have changed demand from users remains insatiable. The Washington Post since october when the trial of those accused of the Wanton brutal beating of Reginald Denny ended in los Angeles there has been confusion and no Little consternation in some quarters Over the mixed verdict rendered by the jurors. Many people a we have been arguing with them in print for weeks now a appeared to believe that Damian m. Williams the ringleader in the assault had been found innocent of committing any crime and was free to leave the courtroom with the symbolic blessings of the jury. He was getting off the critics insisted Scot free. That was of course a distortion of what the jury had done As even the most the most pol Mically committed critics of the so called a acquittal must realize. Williams was acquitted of attempted murder presumably because the jury did not find the requisite intent to kill on his part. But he was convicted of felony mayhem in the attack on Denny and four Misdemeanour counts of assault on others he had beaten the same Day. The mayhem charge carries a maximum sentence of eight years and each of the assaults a maximum of six months on tuesday los Angeles Superior court judge John w. Ouderkirk confounding the commentators almost Universal prediction that he would come up with a Compromise six years or so imposed the maximums for a total of 10 years. Williams will be credited for time served and Good time earned since his arrest and he will be eligible for parole in a few years. But the full sentence is a reasonable one Given the awful violence of the crimes committed. The Blade Toledo Ohio occupants of the office of vice president have from time to time made an Effort to enter the National debate on issues of some importance. They All too often fell Flat on their faces. Spiro Agnew and Dan Quayle Spring immediately to mind. Otherwise there has been a tendency for the vice president to be seen but not heard rather like Good children at the dinner table of decades ago. Up what Are we to make of vice president a Gore to set. I a Cost c at first it appeared As though Gore was a bore his. Earnestness Nis sincerity making him appear to be Gray and rather humourless. He was clearly a very Bright Man but in the Early Days of the presidential Campaign he often gave the impression that he had left his personality at Home. 4 that View is changing. As the administration of president Clinton nears the end of its first year Gore has emerged As a vice president of considerable stature and an acquired Knack for pulling Irons from the fire for his Bossy. The Sun Baltimore since syrian president Hafez Assad cannot go first in making peace with Israel his Choice is Between going last or not at All. He is making the most of it. Secretary of state Warren m. Christopher has made the journey and orchestrated a series of gestures by Syria toward Israel and by the United states toward Syria that prepare the Way for a serious negotiation. Albuquerque . Journal the effect on the Public of the presidents proposed health care plan will be. Indistinguishable from that of a new tax regardless of whether the Clinton. Administration succeeds in keeping it off the Federal budget. With apologies to William Shakespeare a tax by any other name still smells the same. This one would profit from As much oversight As Congress gives anything in the Federal budget. Sun Sentinel fort Lauderdale Fla. When a woman visits a clinic to get a Mammogram she expects the equipment will be nigh Quality the technicians will be properly trained and the results will be accurate. Unfortunately that has not always been the Case at All 12,000 clinics that perform mammograms. That a Why the food and drug administration decision to require stricter clinic standards is so important. Breast cancer kills tens of thousands of Womert each year. Accurate testing is a necessity because it can help save precious lives. The Charleston . Gazette among America s Many contradictions is this one the same zealots who oppose abortion also oppose the Best method to reduce abortions a giving condoms to High school students to prevent unwanted pregnancies. Those same a bag Inners Quot also advocate censorship and denounce homosexuals so its dear they re repelled by anything involving sex. Now  probably go on the Warpath against. Surgeon general Jocclyn elders who called for More effective sex education in Public schools to reduce America s plague of children born out of Wedlock. Dally press Newport news Hampton is. Americans have had a curious relationship with Energy conservation. Two rounds of waiting in Long lines at gasoline stations in the 1970s led to car Pool lanes on the interstate More efficient vehicles and lower Speed limits. But As the 20th anniversary of the Arab Oil embargo of 1973 passes people remain heavily dependent on cars and As a consequence dependent on imports of foreign Oil. We Haven to Learned much. The Boston globs a combination of the cold War s end and president Clinton a attempts to Cut the budget deficit has accelerated the Pace at which the United states is altering its policy voice. The United states information Agency which in other countries might be described As a propaganda machine is in the Early stages of revamping its Mission and its Mode of operations. The Effort is entirely appropriate. A revamped us1a still has significant responsibility Tho Plain dealer Cleveland television networks probably feel As though they re the villain in a wrestling show and the audience is screaming for the amp hero to toss them out of the ring a head first. First legislators twisted their arms and forced them to agree to put warning labels on violent shows. Now . Attorney general Janet Reno is advocating a Boycott against advertisers of television shows laced with violence. Stop buying batteries diapers and other items hawked on objectionable television shows and the violence will dry up she predicts. But Why use a sword on television networks when a pen or a fax will do a look citizens concerned about violence on to or sex for that matter can write Call or fax letters to television network owners. They can Harangue the shows writers and producers