European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 6, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday october 6,1994 commentary the stars and stripes Page 17. A a. A a. A. A a it a. A a a a a a a a a a a a. ..  Britain wrong Way by stroking Ira William Safire London a politicians in Boston and new York eager to solicit the vote of american Irish catholics gave a heroes Welcome to the Irish Republican army a political spokesman who recently helped arrange cessation of terrorist bomb attacks on britons. This second tour of the. By Gerry Adams went Down badly in the United kingdom. Most people in Britain do not think anybody deserves ionization and a fresh infusion of funds for stopping or perhaps Only suspending a policy of systematic murder and resent the portrayal of Northern Ireland As a place occupied by British soldiers to prevent the inevitable unification of the Irish people. Athe brits argue that Gerry Adams unlike Nelson Mandela never talks of a one person one vote because a million Irish protestants in Ulster form a vast majority that wants to re a a  main part of the United kingdom. A a a a ����.,&Quot Quot. A a Quot a a a a a a a a a unlike Yasser Arafat the Ira spokesman cannot complain of no nation for his people because of the existence of the Irish Republic where catholics form the great majority. Nothing would please the English scottish and Welsh More than to be Able to withdraw forces from the Irish outpost established in Cromwell a time. But to do so would abandon a million British subjects to bloody civil War the Ira has its fierce and murderous counterpart among Irish protestants. To pull out peacekeeping troops As the Ira demands with its a British out a would turn the place into an Orange and Green Bosnia. A million British ethnic Irish do not want to be nationally cleansed and the English cannot in Honor set their nationals adrift. As a result British subjects in Northern Ireland have a More secure future in their townships than israeli citizens do in their settlements in the West Bank or on the Golan. A a a a most americans done to get that picture. We tend to think that a the too bless have gone on too Long that religious wars Are out of Date that it might be tidier with All the Irish under one political roof and that today a terrorists Are tomorrows statesmen a so Why does no to London quit quibbling about whether the iras a Complete cessation is a a permanent and get on with negotiating directly with Gerry Adams that attitude whipped up by ethnic blocking. Politicians is what drives the British up the Wall. London survived the 21-year terrorist Blitz without buckling the Ira bombs made headlines but made no allies or Progress. Because the terrorists realized they were losing their War and time was against them they like the broke and isolated Plo were driven to see what a truce could produce. In London a View. Pressure on a the Irish peace process a would strengthen the Ira and endanger the sort of extended negotiation that Hothead cannot a abide. A a a a a a a. A Quot a a a what sort of Deal is workable most people Here think that prime minister John majors demand that Adams first pledge eternal peace is Only a militant pose to cover up More secret dealings among Belfast Dublin a and London. A 1 if the Ira a a cessation holds allowing for occasional violence by disavowed diehard the British troops who now do not have permanent Barracks and grounds in Ulster could be withdrawn in stages. That would Cut the non Irish British military presence in Northern Ireland by half a consummation this generation of Ira leaders could never achieve by terror. As that takes place the Hope is that the Border by tween Northern Ireland and the Irish Republic would become More porous business investment and tourism now impeded by violence would pick up to form bind ing tics political Power would devolve to localities. Cathalu nationalists could shrug off As vestigial the a technical sovereignty of the United kingdom while protestant unionists could claim their British Protic Tion in the event of a Power grab or persecution. That gradual coming together even if punctuated by outbursts of the old hatred is the future As plotted by Rosy scenario which beats renewed terrorism or civil War. If major can bring it off he will justify the past generations steadfastness and Stop Britain a lurch toward labor As Well. Coming negotiations will not be helped if the cheers of american politicos embolden the former terrorists to expect to extract at the peace table what they could not coerce with bombs in department stores. C nov York Timos Indiana Jones might be Able to handle Haiti president Clinton has compared his greatest foreign policy Triumph to the 1983 action in Grenada which is interesting because members of his party and Many Liberal Media commentators ridiculed Ronald Reagan a successful Effort to Rescue american medical students and grenadian from the clutches of disciples of Fidel Castro and communism. Critics faulted president Reagan for sending a too Many troops into a tiny nation for such a Small Job. If Grenada is the Standard a Brief review of history will helps us judge the eventual Success or failure of the Clinton Carter Nunn Powell Effort in Haiti. Following a military coup in mid october 1983 the Reagan administration wasted no time in responding. On. Oct. 25, the president ordered troops into Grenada with support from members of the organization of Eastern Caribbean states. Troops were withdrawn by mid december. The Leader of the coup Gen. Hudson Austin was arrested and the cubans were sent packing. Nicholas Braithwaite led a 13 month interim government until Gene a elections were held in december 1984, Cal Thomas Herbert Blaize of the new National party served As prime minister until his death in december 1989. Following inconclusive general elections in March 1990, Braithwaite again became Grenada a prime minister.  country has had no More turmoil. Grenadian erected a statue of Reagan in the Public Square. If the Clinton administration approximates the Success of the Grenada operation it will deserve the accolades it is prematurely receiving from some circles and the Back pats it is giving itself. But there Are serious reservations about How our occupation of Haiti will turn out. Haiti a history has been violent and turbulent a whip lashed by French and Spanish forces and by the horrors of the slave Trade. It has had Little experience in government of the people but much experience with assassinations dictatorships and a strange religion known As voodoo. It is a political and Cut Tural climate More suited to Indiana Jones than to nation building. While it is a great Relief that no Arneri cans or innocent haitians died during the Landing of. Troops,1 getting in will prove much easier than getting out Larry i Rita a Veteran of the persian Gulf War who now directs the heritage foundations foreign policy and defense studies department asks some sobering questions that must be addressed before the celebrations begin to whom he wonders will the Mill tary owe their allegiance when and if Gen. Raoul Cedras Steps Down on oct 15? i Rita thinks it is Likely they will owe fealty to none save the end of their own weapons. American peacekeepers will be left to have to contend with general lawlessness among thousands of armed forces whose leaders no longer control them.1 and he asks what happens if Cidras and his pals done to leave Haiti once they leave Power will they simply wait out the willingness of the United states and . Forces to spend their financial and human resources on a cause that has no Light at the end of the Tunnel what makes us think that we can control chaos in Haiti when we can to do it in american streets where More Are killed each night than Are killed in Haiti in a month. Haiti a once and future president can Bertrand Aristide Wasny to pleased with the results brought Back by the negotiating team. Did he know something about the generals who ousted him that we did no to know a or did no to want to accept a v a a a a a. A a a v a. A in one of his speeches to americans president Clinton used a phrase that will be familiar to those of his generation who opposed the Vietnam War he denied that the haitian expedition qualified As a. Effort to be a the policeman of the  but what else could in be he did not make the Case that vital american interests Are at stake in Haiti. But now that. Forces have landed let us Hope that those disgruntled with the Quot occupiers done to Start picking off american lives. C los Angelea times