European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 07, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sunday August 1994 commentary the stars and stripes Page 15 a what newspapers Are saying at Home the following editorial excerpts arc selected from across Section of newspapers throughout the United states. The editorials Are provided by the associated press and Scripps Howard news service. Los Angeles times the huge and growing commitment of . Troops logistical support equipment food water and millions of dollars to shattered Rwanda is particularly laudable in the aftermath of the bitter . Experience in Somalia / after Somalia the Clinton administration could have walked away from Africa without sacrificing much Public support. But the United states is the last superpower with the clout to help on the scale needed in Rwanda. T that Washington has done so Speaks Well of the administration s efforts in this part of the world. Current Argus � -. Carlsbad . The message anti abortionists purvey is an honorable one but the tactics some factions of the group employ Are  not violence is the most effective Way to present any message. Star Tribune newspaper off the twin cities Man Neapolis St. Paul so this is what the abortion debate becomes 12 l gauge Shotgun blasts to the head for a 69-year-Olddoctor and a 74-year-old clinic Volunteer. How Noble How courageous. Anti abortion activists have blood on their hands from the shooting. In Pensacola Fla. It will take More than a few High sounding words to Wash that blood away. Morning news Tribune Tacoma Wash. I a for a movement spurred by people who profess to be pro life the body count is starting to get pretty High. � when protests turn to murder it becomes apparent that the Radical Arm of the pro life movement is not _ about life at All. Control intimidation and terror yes. But not life. _ _ St. Petersburg Fla times one violent incident can be an aberration. Two violent incidents can be a tragic coincidence. But the zealots on the fringes of the anti abortion movement have systematically committed a series of violent crimes for which the leaders of their terrorist organizations Bear responsibility too. Terrorism s Victory would be democracy s  of women along with dozens of courageous doctors clinic employees and volunteers now look to. The president and Congress to protect their constitutional rights and their lives in the face Ofa National Campaign of terror that claimed More victims last week. _ _ _ _ Washington Post the alleged assailants in abortion clinic shootings Are often quickly identified taken into custody some even surrender themselves and successfully prosecuted. Responsible abortion opponents condemn the act and emphasize they strongly oppose the escalation of protest into murder. The More difficult problem is not prosecuting these ases but preventing them. New York times the Kil Hng of a doctor and his Security escort at a abortion clinic in Pensacola Fla., was not just a coldblooded murder. It was an indictment of those inthe anti abortion  have looked the other Way As violence has escalated and a Call to arms for responsible government officials to crack Down on what president Clinton aptly described As a form of Domestic  violence reprehensible in itself is also apolitical act depriving women of their constitutionally protected right to an abortion. It requires a Strong Federal response including deployment of Federal marshals to protect people at clinics known As trouble spots. It is sad enough responsible anti abortion leaders seem unable to Nead off mayhem ,. But it i deplorable ,. Many seem reluctant to denounce it. State _ Columbia . Congressional democrats have accepted reality and agreed to ditch efforts to pass the so called Clinto health care plan. Now they re talking about a phased in approach thatis less bureaucratic and More voluntary but any Rush to pass a health care plan is fraught with dangers the Congress and the Clinton administration can agree on a plan Only if they also agree to a Compromise that we can afford and that moves us closer toward health care for everyone. Columbus Ohio dispatch this nation s health care is prohibitively expensive eating up one seventh of the Gross Domestic product while leaving 40 million americans without medical. Insurance. Even so it would be Folly for Congress to Pas legislation that would not really help the situation just so president Clinton and the democratic leadership could claim political credit in the upcoming election. Providence . Journal bulletin a generally useful .$32 billion crime Bill has just Bee approved by House and Senate conferees and will _ presumably soon make its Way to president Clinton s desk. _ _ and it  said there Are Good things in this Bill. Now to the fatuous Ness in this legislation. For instance Congress wants to impose the death penalty for a few More crimes that can be More efficiently handled at the stale level. And there s a ban on making and Selling certain assault weapons aban that we support. But the worst devils Are the fully automatic guns already illegal but readily available and handguns.". I _ Vicksburg miss evening Post consider the following leading the Way to save funding for Rural  helping dislocated  testifying in support of flood control funding.". Making our communities  now Are those words from a Campaign literature or b an elected representative s response to constituent concerns _ _ " the answer is that technically they May be both but the Issue is that a congressman seeking re election sent the mailing containing boast after boast commending himself to you at your expense. There was a time when the franking privilege served a real need. But today with House members being paidabout$150,000 per year receiving staff and expense allowances in the millions of dollars and having re election treasuries stuffed by pics is it too much to ask that they buy their own Stamps Sun Baltimore prudent governments will take urgent preventive measures against terrorism wherever there Are convenient jewish targets. What appears to be a worldwide bombing can Pajgin protesting the increase in recognition of Israel by Arab governments is in practical consequences classical anti semitic violence. These acts of terror which do not Dent the relations that Israel is forging with the Plo and Jordan Are testimony that the peace process is succeeding. Chicago Tribune when chicagoan complained last Winter about tardy mail postal officials tried to put a Good face on the problem. J after All some said things could be worse. Yes As it turns out they could. Chicago s _ _ longstanding claim to having the worst customer satisfaction of any Reidh in the nation has been _ eclipsed. A Survey by the Price waterhouse accounting firm now has awarded the title of worst mail delivery in the United states to the nation s capital. After  audit found millions of letters that had been mailed last Winter still were stalled in Washington area postal facilities in mid May. Chicago has a ways to go to beat such Enterprise. But it must be remembered Washington s mail slashers have extra incentives after All Congress is snoozing nearby. Christian science Monitor Boston t he second week of Whitewater hearings have not brought out the Best in any party involved. The Case is choked with partisanship l and americans tuning in to the hearings a Virtu not have been impressed. So far no criminal Laws or Federal ethics have been shown to have been breached in this q of v the Cost. Is act on the nation s civic business. Constitution Atlanta the . Vote to authorize an  hat Flo re establish the lawful government of president Jean Bertrand Aristide is a coup for determined american diplomacy. To do nothing is to acquiesce in the strangling of democracy and a flagrant Rule of terror practically on our Doorstep. -._. .