European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 18, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sunday september 18, 1994 commentary the stars and stripes Page 23 what newspapers Are saying at Home the following editorial excerpts Are selected from a Cross Section of newspapers throughout the United states. The editorials arc provided by the associated press Scripps Howard news and other stateside Syndi Cates. " " ,. -. / v los Angeles times president Clinton s speech explaining Why  forces May soon have to invade Haiti was effective but Only up to a Point. Clinton offered apparently Heartfelt arguments to convince the american Public that the military clique that controls Haiti is a threat not just to its forlorn people but also to this country. He painted a vivid and grisly picture of the military and police there after ousting Haiti s first democratically elected president Jean Bertrand Aristide three years ago the Cedras regime instituted such crude brutality that thousands of haitians have fled to the United states As illegal immigrants. Clinton also pointed out that the United states and other nations have tried peaceful Means to get Haiti s illegitimate rulers to leave so Aristide can return.  a " but the president did not say enough about what will happen after the haitian Junta is gone especially if it is forced out by . Arms. In that Case will this country be faced with a new Burden rebuilding Haiti s democracy and Economy so that a . Intervention there will never be necessary again. Greenville . News How circumstances do change. In 1990, after Iraq had committed Brazen aggression and threatened world peace and when american interests clearly were at risk congressional democrats insisted that president Bush had to have approval from the House and Senate for the persian Gulf War. And he almost did t get it. Now in 1994, when Haiti s internal affairs Are the Issue when Haiti poses no threat to International Tranquility when there s no serious american interest anywhere on the horizon a number of congressional democrats Are telling president Clinton he does t need their approval to invade a Sovereign nation it plainly is political and before committing american troops Clinton should have to , a. Washington Post the crash of a Small plane on the White House grounds during the wee hours of monday morning was a bizarre incident that cries put for explanation. In acuity that attracts More than its share of unusual and absurd events this latest incident is both stunning and unnerving in its implications. The inter Agency investigation and review now under Way should be conducted without a search for scapegoats. But above All it must be candid and thorough. Sun v Baltimore no More baseball this season no world series for the first time in 90 years. And quite possibly no baseball on opening Day next year either. And to what end. After All the owners bid up those salaries they complain about so bitterly. If they just said no once in a while and made it stick their salary costs would stabilize. But that s not what the strike was about. It s about the imbalance in revenues among the baseball clubs. That s a management problem but the owners flaunt their collective incompetence by insisting that their employees solve it for them. Somehow the Large Market teams must ease the Burden of the Small Market teams. Monroe Mich evening news even though it s Long been obvious that the ,Legal system to being used like a lottery the recent $2.9 million jury award to an 81-year-old woman scalded by Mcdonald s Coffee has burned up Many americans. And rightly so even though a judge reduced the damages to $640,000 this past week. Even so the risk of even More hot Coffee judgments might Lead companies to revise their policies to the detriment of customers who like their Coffee hot. And we re invading America. Lukewarm Coffee will hardly be the worst result of a litigious system that every Day enriches lawyers downplays Consumers responsibility and puts most of the blame on evil old big business. Parkersburg . News amid euphoria immediately following the fall of the Berlin Wall and the collapse of soviet communism the Bush administration looking for ways to economize on defense spending retired the air Force s sr-71 Blackbird High Altitude surveillance aircraft. But the Post cold War world has turned out not to be such a Blissful place suddenly the United state finds itself utterly without any manned airborne surveillance capability. Responsible members of Congress realize there s a need for the Blackbird s unique capabilities let s Hope they get it off the ground. Milwaukee journal like two caged animals the last remaining stocks of the deadly smallpox virus exist in two closely watched freezers one in Atlanta the other in Moscow. A 10 member committee of the world health organization has recommended unanimously that these two specimens be destroyed. There is Little or no Point in taking the risk that the samples could escape from the lab of fall into the wrong hands. It is time to strike the final blow. Times Herald record Middleton . The los Angeles a says he will recommend life without parole for . Simpson should he be convicted of the murders of his sex wife and her male Friend. That s because the a fears that asking for the death penalty could Lessen his chances of convicting the popular sex athlete actor sports announcer. If . Simpson were a Black Man from the ghetto maybe a football player who did t make the Grade with a history of , philandering and hints of drug use and if he were charged with brutally  people to death and if he had tried to evade a warrant for his arrest is there any doubt he would be facing the death penalty in California when his trial began get honest America. Daily news los Angeles los Angeles county District attorney Gil Garect tirade the right Call when he opted not to seek the death penalty if . Simpson is found guilty of killing his sex wife Nicole Brown Simpson and her Friend Ronald Goldman. If Garcetti was guided by the practical difficulties of cons i cing a jury to Send a sports legend to the Gas chamber we would have to say that prosecutor Al realism triumphed Over equal Protection. That happens All the time in criminal cases not just when the death penalty is involved but it is not a trend to be applauded. Garcetti s decision can be better justified on the grounds that capital punishment is almost never invoked in killings that Stem from Domestic disputes. Clarion Ledger Jackson miss. After All the movies to shows and accounts in the supermarket tabloids about the supposed ufos crash near Roswell n.m., in 1947, the air Force is coming clean. After congressional pressure the Pentagon investigated and released a 25-Page report concluding the debris a rancher found probably came from a once top secret balloon designed to Monitor the atmosphere for evidence of soviet nuclear tests. Will it end the suspicions hardly. Ufos watchers have been theorizing for years about How the air Force conspired to hide the truth about the flying sauce crash. V \ after All if the Public is Gullible enough to buy this new air Force report the next thing the government will try to Tell us is that Bigfoot is a Bear and Elvis really is dead. Constitution. Atlanta ,. Our elected representatives no longer vote simply on health care gun control or other issues. They vote for or against the president. Those Republican senators who dared to vote for the crime Bill Werc called Jud ases by sen. Jesse Helms outraged by republicans who chose the National interest Over the Chance to stick it to the president. Why look at the record. On the budget on the assault weapons ban and the Brady Bill on Naftal and the crime Bill Clinton has won. Repeatedly push ing Congress to do things. And for that some people simply can t forgive him Chicago Tribune puritanism the acerbic . Mencken wrote is the haunting fear that someone somewhere May be having a Good  similarly in the 1990s there s an attitude Call it secularism that seems to be characterized by the haunting fear that someone somewhere May betraying. Christian science Monitor Boston if it holds the Irish Republican army s unconditional cease fire. Is a Welcome development in the Long running tragedy of sectarian strife in Northern Ireland. The move has the potential to Clear the Way for sinn fein the Ira s Legal political Arm to join talks with Britain and Ireland aimed at mapping a process for determining the province s political future whether to remain a part of Britain or be reunited with the Irish Republic