Topic: voa Subject: THURSDAY'S EDITORIALS By ANDREW N. GUTHRIE/WASHINGTON From: "Demetrios E. Paneras" DATE=03/30/95 TYPE=U-S EDITORIAL DIGEST NUMBER=6-08909 TITLE=THURSDAY'S EDITORIALS BYLINE=ANDREW N. GUTHRIE TELEPHONE=619-3335 DATELINE=WASHINGTON EDITOR=PHIL HAYNES CONTENT= // EDITORS, PLEASE NOTE: THIS IS PERISHABLE MATERIAL AND BECOMES DATED AFTER 10 P-M E-S-T ON THURSDAY, MARCH 30TH // INTRO: AMERICAN NEWSPAPERS TODAY (THURSDAY) ARE EDITORIALIZING ON EVERYTHING FROM THE TURKISH ASSAULT ON THE KURDS IN NORTHERN IRAQ TO THE C-I-A'S CONNECTION WITH A GUATEMALAN ARMY OFFICER ACCUSED OF A DOUBLE MURDER. OTHER TOPICS INCLUDE THE NEW U-N COMMANDER IN SERBIA; THE TERM LIMITS LEGISLATION DEFEATED IN CONGRESS; U-S POLICY TOWARD LIBYA, AND THE DISPUTE OVER NEW CANCER TESTING. NOW, HERE IS ______________ WITH A CLOSER LOOK IN TODAY'S U-S EDITORIAL DIGEST. TEXT: TODAY'S "BOSTON GLOBE" IS UPSET BY TURKEY'S ARMED INTRUSION INTO NORTHERN IRAQ IN PURSUIT OF KURDISH GUERRILLAS, AND IS EQUALLY CRITICAL OF THE U-S ATTITUDE TOWARD THE TURKISH OPERATION. VOICE: "IN A TIME DEFILED BY BARBARIC PERSECUTION OF ETHNIC GROUPS, NO STATELESS PEOPLE HAS SUFFERED MORE CRUELTY AT THE HANDS OF ESTABLISHED STATES THAN THE KURDS. ..... AT FIRST, A BLINKERED VERSION OF REALPOLITIK INDUCED (PRESIDENT) CLINTON TO WINK AT THE TURKISH ASSAULT OF KURDS IN NORTHERN IRAQ. ..... BUT IF OPERATION PROVIDE COMFORT OFFERS PROTECTION ONLY TO SOME KURDS AND ONLY FROM ONE STATE, [PRESIDENT] CLINTON'S CONTAINMENT POLICY FOR IRAQ WILL TAKE ON THE TAINT OF HYPOCRISY. [MR.] CLINTON SHOULD DEMAND A RAPID TURKISH WITHDRAWAL AND THE DISPATCH OF U-N HUMAN RIGHTS MONITORS TO NORTHERN IRAQ....." TEXT: THE CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY'S CONNECTION TO A GUATEMALAN ARMY OFFICER ACCUSED OF KILLING ONE AMERICAN AND THE HUSBAND OF ANOTHER IS A TOPIC FOR TODAY'S "PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER", WHICH NOTES: VOICE: "... NOWHERE HAS THE C-I-A'S ROLE BEEN LONGER, MORE INSTRUMENTAL AND DUBIOUS THAN IN GUATEMALA. .......IN INVESTIGATING THE DEATHS OF AN AMERICAN INNKEEPER AND THE HUSBAND OF AN AMERICAN LAWYER, PERHAPS THIS COUNTRY WILL COME TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THE 100-THOUSAND GUATEMALAN CIVILIANS WHOSE LIVES HAVE BEEN LOST IN [THE DECADES-LONG CIVIL WAR] THAT SAD STRUGGLE. " TEXT: THE RESPECTED "CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR" WRITES ABOUT THE COMING OF SPRING, AND THE POTENTIAL FOR MORE BLOODSHED IN BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA. VOICE: "WITH SPRING COMING, THE TWO SIDES ARE GEARING UP FOR WAR BECAUSE THERE IS NO JUST OPTION. SERB LEADER RADOVAN KARADZIC WANTS TO KEEP, IF NOT EXPAND, ILL-GOTTEN SERB GAINS IN BOSNIA. THE BOSNIAN GOVERNMENT DOES NOT WANT HIM TO ..... SADLY, THE POLITICAL LINE IN THE WEST IS CRITICIZE BOTH PARTIES FOR BREAKING THE CEASEFIRE - AND TO SIGH DEEPLY AND ASSERT THAT THE PARTIES ARE CURSED TO FIGHT UNTIL ONE SIDE WINS." TEXT: CONCERNING SOUTH AFRICAN PRESIDENT NELSON MANDELA'S FIRING HIS EX-WIFE WINNIE FROM HER GOVERNMENT POST, "THE MONITOR" WRITES: VOICE: "WINNIE MANDELA'S REMOVAL .... WAS ALL BUT INEVITABLE.... PRESIDENT MANDELA'S ESTRANGED WIFE HAS BEEN A POLITICAL LIABILITY FOR YEARS, WITH A LONG TRAIL OF SUSPECT, AND SOMETIMES CRIMINAL, ACTIVITIES. ... THOSE LOOKING OUT FOR THE INTERESTS OF THE POOR, TO BE EFFECTIVE, CAN'T BE TINGED BY CORRUPT SELF-INTEREST." TEXT: THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES LATE WEDNESDAY DEFEATED A MEASURE THAT WOULD HAVE LIMITED THE TERMS OF MEMBERS OF CONGRESS AFTER A GOOD DEAL OF HEATED DEBATE. BUT THE "USA TODAY" FEARS THE LEGISLATION WILL NOT GO AWAY. VOICE: "FORTUNATELY, THE MOVEMENT TO WRITE TERM LIMITS INTO THE CONSTITUTION HAS STALLED. SADLY, THE MISGUIDED EFFORT THAT WOULD DENY YOU AND YOUR NEIGHBORS FREEDOM TO CHOOSE (OR REJECT) AN EXPERIENCED MEMBER TO REPRESENT YOU AGAIN IS FAR FROM DEAD. PRESSURE TO ACHIEVE THE SAME GOAL BY LAW IS BEING BROUGHT BOTH IN CONGRESS AND IN THE STATES." TEXT: "THE ATLANTA CONSTITUTION" IS ALSO PLEASED THE TERM LIMITS BILL WAS DEFEATED: VOICE: "IMPOSING TERM LIMITS ON MEMBERS OF CONGRESS IS A MISGUIDED IDEA WHOSE TIME, THANK HEAVEN, HASN'T COME. ... INDEED, TERM LIMITATION HAS A FUNDAMENTAL, IRREMEDIAL FLAW. INSTEAD OF LIBERATING AMERICANS FROM THE GRIP OF ENTRENCHED CAREER POLITICIANS, AS ITS ADVOCATES CLAIM, IT WOULD ROB VOTERS OF THE RIGHT TO CAST FOR A VALUED INCUMBENT IF THEY SO CHOSE." TEXT: THE UNITED STATES IS CAMPAIGNING FOR TOUGHER TRADE SANCTIONS AGAINST LIBYA IN THE ON-GOING EFFORT TO CAPTURE TWO LIBYANS BELIEVED RESPONSIBLE FOR THE 1988 BOMBING OF A PAN AM JETLINER OVER SCOTLAND. BUT "THE NEW YORK TIMES" SAYS IT'S A BAD IDEA: VOICE: "TOUGHER SANCTIONS MAKE SENSE IN THEORY, BUT THE ADMINISTRATION'S PROPOSAL FOR A GLOBAL EMBARGO ON LIBYAN OIL SALES IS UNLIKELY TO GET INTERNATIONAL SUPPORT. IT WILL NOT PRODUCE THE JUSTICE THE VICTIMS' FAMILIES SEEK OR THE TERRORISTS DESERVE. ... TO STEP UP THE PRESSURE ON LIBYA, WASHINGTON NEEDS SANCTIONS OTHER COUNTRIES CAN SUPPORT." TEXT: NEW MEDICAL TESTS FOR DOCTORS THAT CAN DETERMINE WHETHER A PATIENT IS PREDISPOSED TO CANCER ARE TO BE ON THE MARKET SOON, AND TODAY'S "DENVER POST" WONDERS WHETHER THAT IS A GOOD IDEA: VOICE: "THE FLAP OVER [THE] NEW TESTS ..... MISSES A KEY POINT. THE TRULY WORRISOME ISSUE DOESN'T STEM FROM HOW DOCTORS AND RESEARCHERS MIGHT USE THE RESULTS. RATHER, IT IS THAT INSURANCE COMPANIES NO DOUBT WILL USE CANCER SCREENING AS ANOTHER EXCUSE TO DENY AMERICANS HEALTH INSURANCE." TEXT: "THE LOS ANGELES TIMES" IS PLEASED AT THE PROGRESS OF THE ISRAELI-JORDANIAN PEACE PROCESS, BUT WONDERS WHETHER PRESIDENT CLINTON'S 1994 PROMISED DEBT FORGIVENESS OF 480-MILLION DOLLARS TO JORDAN WILL PASS THE NEW REPUBLICAN-CONTROLLED CONGRESS. VOICE: "THE PROSPECTS ... SEEM GOOD FOR EARLY CONGRESSIONAL APPROVAL OF FULL DEBT FORGIVENESS. PEACE WITH ISRAEL IS OF COURSE VERY MUCH IN JORDAN'S INTERESTS. BUT IT HAS TAKEN COURAGE FOR [KING] HUSSEIN TO CHOOSE FULL PEACE AND THE EXTENSIVE NORMALIZATION AGREEMENTS THAT ARE FOLLOWING IT." TEXT: CONTINUING INSTABILITY IN MEXICO DRAWS THIS RESPONSE FROM TODAY'S "OREGONIAN" IN PORTLAND, ENTITLED: "GUNS WON'T DO IT." VOICE: "MEXICO, LONG RULED BY THE RICH AND COMFORTABLE, MUST ADDRESS THE LEGITIMATE, LONGSTANDING COMPLAINTS OF ITS POOR AND INDIGENOUS PEOPLES. ..... WITHOUT LAND REFORM AND EXPANDED OPPORTUNITIES IN POORER PARTS OF MEXICO, THE OTHER NEEDS WON'T BE MET AND MEXICAN DEMOCRACY WILL SUFFER." TEXT: AND LASTLY, "THE ORLANDO SENTINEL" USES AN OPEN LETTER TO PRESIDENT CLINTON TO ASK HIM TO KEEP FIGHTING TO REDUCE THE NATIONAL DEBT, AS WELL AS THE BUDGET DEFICIT. VOICE: "WE DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY YOU APPEAR TO HAVE BACKED AWAY FROM DEFICIT REDUCTION WHEN YOU SHOULD BE ATTACKING THE PROBLEM WITH RENEWED ENERGY. YOU SEEM TO HAVE A 'BEEN THERE, DONE THAT' ATTITUDE. MOREOVER, YOU AREN'T DISPLAYING THE REQUISITE VIGOR IN GENERAL. ...[OPT] WE'RE WORRIED THAT SUCH COMPLACENCY WILL AFFECT THE FUTURE U-S ECONOMY -- PARTICULARLY HOW THE FEDERAL DEBT COULD ERODE THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR OUR CHILDREN." TEXT: AND ON THAT NOTE, WE END THIS BRIEF LOOK AT SOME OF THE DAY'S EDITORIALS ACROSS THE UNITED STATES. NEB/ANG/PCH 30-Mar-95 11:16 AM EST (1616 UTC) NNNN Source: Voice of America ------------------------------------------------------------------------------