bo9 20 gee ORNS PARR AN Wer ereoeeeuien: reer Peas Stover. Serene en reer eters: Ray : just do some good’ WY v The Castlegar Sun AS : JON JARRETT ADVERTISING MANAGER ‘DONNA JORY ADVERTISING REP, CATHERINE ROSS ADVERTISING REP, DENISE GOLDSTONE CIRCULATION MANAGER NICOLE BEETSTRA PRODUCTION CLIFF WOFFENDEN Pl UCTION RAY PICCO PUBLISHER NANCY LINGLEY EDITOR GRACE SHAULL OFFICE MANAGER JOHN SNELGROVE PRODUCTION FRANK DERBY SPORTS BARBARA TANDORY REPORTER u Direct Department Phones General Office . Ch cl Ads Display Advortising ....sssssseI65-2278 365-5579 editorial comment Our children overseas don't need the extra burden thank you As expected, the action of the war in the Middle East i t about the ion of peace march- es by protestors who exist in relative safety over half a world away. As the mother of two children, both enlisted in the U.S. Armed Forces, both stationed in the Persian Gulf, and both actively involved in the American offensive, I am not all that keen on this war myself. At least as much, and probably much more than anyone else, I do not want to see war happening in the Gulf or anywhere else in this world. Knowing that some mad: is ing Scud missiles at my chi is not a p experience to live with on a moment-to-moment, let alone day-to-day, basis. It is incredibly hard to listen to and watch the graphic reports of this war brought to us through the modern technology of radio and television as well as the print media. It is also impossible to stay away from it. But I will not protest this war, not now. ° Our children need our support, not dissension against what they are risking their very lives for. These kids, quite frankly, are scared. For the most part, the young adults that make up the =| armed services were looking for the education and the extra pay-p d by the ig campaign. Thé pos- sibility of war was not even a consideration. War, right up until last Wednesday, was not a tangible thing. Not really. it was not their decision to be shot at in a desert on the other side of the world. There are many other, any other, places they’d rather be right now. My daughter will miss her son’s, my grandson's, fourth birthday party. As her mother I will not accept the possibility that she may miss the rest of his life. However, she, as well as my son, “work” for the U.S, ; government. Fighting this war was a “management” -| decision that they as “employees” must obey. “Quitting the pany” is an act of And, as my daugh- | ter said in a newspaper interview shortly before she :| shipped out, “I don’t want to be a weenie, you know.” ‘We must not add demoralization to the burdens these children are carrying. The time to protest war is not during a war. It’s much too late then. The time to protest war is during peace. When it is over. When they are safely home again. Then is the time to make our voices heard. Then is the time to do our best to see that war does not, cannot, hap- 2] pen again, But how many will bother to speak up when it might ? NL Pas BY DON ADDIS 1© 1991 Creators Syrccate, Ine Z [xo-} | THE RACE (6 TO THE LEAST STUPID Namedrops keep falling on my head Jeffels two-picce bit of fringe and frolic appeared just as the Americans were carrying out A-bomb tests in the Pacific on an islet called. . . you're right! Both caused violent ethical Columnist They're called cponyms, but that sounds just a bit leamed, haughty and pretentious, So let’s take off the pro- fessorial gown, the hood and the mor- tarboard. And throw away the lecture notes. They’re out of date anyway. Well, mine always were. But I shouldn't Acad may P and moral clouds. Not atoll proper, some said, That other garment — the ancient one, the chaste one still required of all those who suffer under the gym mis- tress at St. Trinian’s or her modem equivalent — derives from Mrs. Amelia Bloomer, a 19th-century American precursor of women’s lib. She wanted the restrictive skirt aban- doned in favor of- loose-fitting hered at the ankle. But take sniffy-npsed offence and seck scholarly vengeance. There is no greater punishment. Let's be simple and direct. We have a mania in English for attaching the names of persons — sometimes places — to sites, locales and objects associated with them, directly or indi- rectly, So why not call them name- drops because that's what they are. And namedrops keep falling on my head, Those awkward, clumsy, heel- chaffing boots we put on to muck out the bam or dig for clams are called wellingtons. After the Iron Duke him- self, y'know: Battle of Waterloo. . . playing fields of Eton. . . up the Buffs!. .. Thin Red Line. .. 1815 and all that. He wore the traditional, calf- high leather cavalry boot of the day. His name got attached to it and passed into history. | ‘Well, I’ve always thought that the boot and the name are a bit infra dig. Forget Waterloo. The French have. The Duke should have been immor- talized for other reasons. Especially for the challenge he gave to that mis- tress of his who threatened to make public her diaries and his letters: “Publish and be damned!” Why not the verb wellingtonized: wooed furtively, charmed illicitly, discarded scomfully, defied cavalierly? F Sometimes the origin of a word is Jess obvious. Take the name of that unknown textile designer — the one with maximum courage and minimal ial — to the that made near-nudity acceptable or at least non-criminal: the bikini. That Slings and arrows a Nigel Hannaford Syndicated Columnist Perhaps all those hippie types doing the peace protests in Vancou- ver and elsewhere in Canada will now understand why we’re at war in the middle east. I speak of the Iraqi missile attdck on Israel. At this writing, (Thursday 8:30pm) we know of eight missiles launched; two of them were evidently ip rather than and fell into the sea. The others land- ed here and there and did relatively little damage and mercifully caused War is hell, no U.S. Secretary of State James Baker's Ottawa briefing of Prime Minister Brian Mulroney offers anoth- er opportunity for reminding Canadi- ans why we're in the Persian Gulf. As optimism over a diplomatic solution ebbs and flows like the Gulf somehow Mrs. Bloomer's cotton and navy blues crept relentlessly and irre- vocably up to the knee, where they’ve been ever since. And Wellington wasn’t the only warrior to lend his name to wearing apparel, The Earl of Cardigan — the bubble-brained commander who led the noble Six Hundred into that poetic Valley of Death — still has his name D MY ACCOUNTA\ SANS JONE TAL TO THE TORIES. =S no deaths, That, however, was not supposed to matter. Hussein's plan, as many experts and military leaders have agreed, was that an enraged Israel should retaliate, thereby putting those Arab countries which have joined the UNO alliance in an embarrassing position. They would be on the same side as Israel while fighting an Arab brother. There was supposed to be violent upheaval in the streets of Saudi Arabia’s cities and Syria was supposed to drop out and so forth, With the alliance fractured and the Saudi royal family discredited, Hus- sein would emerge as the natural Jeader of the Arab world and some- how sweep to victory. It could still happen that way, but . for now, the Israelis have forebore to play that game and the Americans and the British continue to bear the brunt of the war. P But look at this man Hi recalled by the sweater, And his supe- rior, Lord Raglan, who wasn't a whit brighter, ‘receives credit for inventing that sleeve, Raglan may have been a rotten officer, as historians claim, but at least bo relieved:the male shoulder of the seam that binds and the collar that throttles, 5 5 Those slip-on boots — wom by ‘West Coast fist and Mounti ever thinking of their origins, Ohms, watts, farads, amperes and other terms used in electricity — which I don’t understand and never will and, that:makes me an‘ unreconstructed technopeasant ~ are all‘named for Tesearchers.'So are diesels (the loud- mouths of the motor world) and bun- sen bumers, And cousider mesmerize, when they’re not in britches, scarlet and Strathconas — got the name. romeos from Italy, Shakespeare made more than one contribution to our vocabulary: that’s a straight steal from the balcony scene.’ Remember Julict’s anguished cry “O Romeo, Romeo! wherefore art thou Romcol""? Strathconas'— cavalry boots also — derive their name from the famous British Colonial administrator, Baron Strathcona: the one who - Pp ize and, of course, Freudian slips, * Or think of sadists and masochists the next time you want to’ pay homage and’ respect to those Ottawantons — and that’s not a Freudian slip ~ who brought us Meech, the GST, the Senate Plus'and three frigates in the Gulf. They may be direct lineal descendent's of the infamous Marquis de Sade and the Baron Sacher-Masoch. You remem- ber their teachings: Pain,is Pleasure, or mismanaged — the Riel Rebellio: onourbehalf. . lend their names to a host of words we use in daily conversations without People in hospital. Anybody would do. All that was necessary was that people should die. Then, in order to become a sympathetic figure to other Arabs, hundreds of his own people would need to die as well in the desired Israeli retaliation. All this, so that Hussein should hang on to power. Nice guy. This is not a revelation to those of us who have been following the many excellent newspaper accounts of his life. His cruelties, his utter disregard for life and his keen enjoyment of the suffering of others is well document- ed. But it was a timely illustration for those who don’t think we should be at war. Can you imagine what a fellow like that would do if given time to acquire nuclear weapons and the means to deliver them? He has to be a oe eee this missile Those rockets could have - and were probably intended to - fall in some densely populated area and cause hundreds of deaths. Not soldiers, mark you, but non-combatants. Women. Children, Old men. Infants. Ask any Jew. They'll tell you why Hitler had to be stopped. But ob, the peace groups say, Saddam Hussein is different. Right. He didn’t toss the babies into oven, he let them die where they lay on the floors of Kuwait's hospital. There are some, well-meaning types who say no war is worth the cost. But I'll bet you a bright Canadi- an looney, these loyal Canadi: attack to that carried out by the Americans and the British. The latter was quite ferocious, yet was delivered with a clinical precision against mili- tary targets that has apparently caused. very few civilian casualties. This dif- knows someday might — answered Kuwait's plea. Our soldiers aren’t trained for desert warfare, our tanks stationed in Germany aren’t equipped for the desert, and we have no offensive war- ships, Brian Mulroney could have ducked the call. But He'didn’t. i He sent what we could. Three ships, a squi of planes — what would resort to force — use whatever weapon came to hand — to protect Canada from a foreign invasion. And they should. But you know. what? If Canada were invaded by a hos- tile neighbor — a neighbor who tide, opp of any C. involvement have steadily escalated their campaign. i Z It has now reached the where some senior officials wonder if the Gulf crisis, coupled with the renewed violence at Indian reserves in Quebec, have drained the prime minister's Tesolve. i oy , The. easy. course is to follow the Ader, fiple = the Anied isolationists example, n the First and Second World Wars: Surely.no think- wanted one of our precious natural resources — our water say — we'd’ have to call for belp. Canada simply doesn’t have the military wherewithal to defend itself. Sound familiar? i Kuwait, a small nation that doesn't have the military might to ‘defénd itself was invaded by'a larger,'much stronger neighbor, | - Kuwait appealed for help, and 27 members of the United Nations came never had to call for help — but who difference does it make if there are 18, 26, or 50; and medical personnel and equipment. Now there are those who quibble about sending a field hospital! Gimme a break! RGN es A Canadian military field hospital would be used primarily to treat injured Iraqi‘ soldiers. Under the” Geneva ‘Convention, there is a’ _ Tesporaibility for belligerents to pro- vide medial care for wounded prison- ers-of-war. Hurt Happiness, Degradation Delight. Bponymously correct, I'd say. RR. Jeffels is a Richmond free- lance writer and former principal of The Open Learning Institute. ferent’style of waging war is no atéi- dent; it demonstrates, to be blunt, a higher morality as much as superior skill. aoe ¥ Just as an aside, I would suspect that many a Soviet colonel lately withdrawn from Germany with his regiment is thanking his lucky red - stars that war never broke out in Europe. Not that the Russians don't have some good stuff themselves, but this display of American capability is likely to dispell any illusions that an attack on Europe would have been a pushover for the Red Army. sen Liberal leader Jean Chretien's speech was barely acceptable for an opposition leader as his country goes to war. Audrey McLaughlin however deserves our. censure; ‘inasmuch as her speech on Wednesday night was designed to sap the resolve of the Canadian public to prosecute this war with vigour, it amounted to ‘aid and comfort to the enemy’. She is entitled to her opinion of course, but we hope that we shall not hear it too often until the UNO’s objectives are reached. doubt, but... in this conflict. . There are some things that are a matter of principle, And while the peace movement may be excused on the grounds of their youth, the opposition in Parlia- ment should know enough history to understand what is at play here, In the course of my j i “Wednesday, January 23, 1991 “The Castlegar Sun Page 7A yLetters to the Editor To the Editor © He “No blood for oil, get out of the , Gulf, bring our Canadian troops home, were just some of the '. aftemoon boredom; And for others “Opinions and protests destroying moral lic ‘outcry .was in condemiing our involvement in the Gulf, but for some this was a godsend cure for ‘When asked if they understood the platforms of the march most ‘ said they did citing the same answers they have heard countless times oni held on nation- yj Somber words echoed by speakers ‘a chance toiescape aft and organizers at a peace rally ‘school. The majority of those who pheld in a down town Castleg: ded or’ participated in this » paricing lot this past Friday, rally were youngsters who have .. About a hundred placard crying never embraced the reality of war, - Supporters braved the cold weather _. nor of the destruction and count. , to listen to sp 8 ‘less numbers of deaths war levies. ; the war in the Persian Gulf, To most of the students the aut it is not ie sonvent or the, harsh realities of armed combat is : Options expressed by the gathering what they sec through the courtesy , Which is the focal point of this let- of Hollywood script writers where ; ter. What is more important than. there is always a hero, and to many , the views, is, was this peace . others, its the excl al TV. Most agreed war is wrong; some believed it was the only way. and depending on whom you asked, some just didn’t know. This whole scenario surround- ing the war and all the bickering, both pro and con is just too confus- ing for most of us adults let alone the young generation. , As a result of these differing opinions and protests we are not onl: i march, rally or protest a success in. by video war games they play terms of ending the wart or wasit daily in video stores across the , merely an exercise in futility? And country for the Ptice of a few dol- at what price or consequence? lars and a pocket full of quarters, « For some:this was a sincere How can they know any different? . attempt at stopping a war that had —_-Bven television coverage has made already begun, for others this pub- it a video spectacle, . .What strange peop To the Editor: be enough - “sufficient unto the day As a third generation member — is the evil thereof”, yet we have of a pioneer Castlegar Family it is “more than one thousand of the a sobering thought to realize that ._ healthiest young people in Canada one has already passed the half —_- yesterday’s children mobilized on century mark in this valley. During foreign shores, ready for possible these years I have seen alot of __ sacrifice in a barbaric war the like water go “under the bridge”’- of which have never been seen on though others have seen more. For _Earth. And this is so even at a time the most part these have been good = when hundreds of thousands of years except that the “old master public dollars may be spent in try- i "+ in his usual way - has ing to save the life of one sick child kept whittling away at our num- —_- with a liver failure, for example, bers from time to time - both fami- _ What strange people we are! ly and friends, Even in World War II the use Some of these were elderly of poison gas was ruled “unethi- folks whose proverbial “three cal”. And after His-shima the use score and ten’ had come and gone of atom bombs was cousidered - though we miss them regardless unthinkable. Not so in the nasty of age. Some were only youths — war now raging over Kuwait. Ail claimed by the unforgiving waters _of these barbaric weapons - nucle- of the Columbia itself and its ar, poison gas, biological - are ift-flowing sister,t be Koote: only the press-of-a-button away All too many were victims of their from reality in the Persian Gulf. own youthful misjudgments in Once again we have armed our handling that notorious marriage own enemy to the teeth with the our youth, we are also dividing ourselves and ying the moral of our troops that must fight a war for whatever the reasons, right or wrong. ‘What is most disturbing to this writer is the inability of those spearheading these protests to see le we are! that are left grow old. Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn...” ‘ Beautiful words by Lawrence Binyon which come all too fre- quently to mind these days - oft- quoted words written in honour of the valiant young soldiers killed in ‘World War I. No one in history has ever written more appropriately and more beautifully in tribute to the dead. We had hoped and prayed that these words would not be needed again soon - all to no avail. The was has started. Harry F. Killough theirisks they pose to their support- ers, We need only to glimpse into the past to see the success that de- monstrations have garnered. No where has history recorded demon- strations successful in averting a war, : Thousands worldwide have been hurt or died in vain using Protests and demonstrations as a vehicle in order to their govern- ments policies, We need only to peck into the USSR, over the walls of Chine and the Countries of South Africa. Even our democratic neighbour to the south has had its Protests written in bloodshed, Dur- ing the seventies hundreds of col- lege students became obituary statics through out the US protest- ing the war in vietnam and other US policies. .Closer to home we need only to look at Quebec and most recently at Oka and in our own province of BC. Sad as it is true, rallies, peace marches or protests are not ‘the antidote, We must look elsewhere for our solution. Perhaps by elect- ing government officials based on their genuine concern for our world rather than choosing our leaders based on a popularity con- test might be a step in the right direction. For certain it has become all to clear that protests are virtual- ly useless in serious matters, However we feel about this war, one thing is clear, we must all pull together as a nation to see it through, there are no winners, just Survivors, Frank Isernia of the”horseless carriage’ and the most i of ip “goddess of wine.” with which to do us in. Strange Most tragic of all were those _ people indeed! young mothers who died of cancer “They shall not grow old, as we or some other “cup of thorns” handed them by the “grim reaper” himself. They wanted so much to live more for their children’s sake-: than their own. They were valiant all the way but the “fateful reaper” was unbending to the end. Others were more fortunate and remained unscathed until old age. In every town in Canada - and throughout the world - the story is much the same. The universal ‘Letters Policy Letters to the Editor are welcome on any topic of local or general interest. Letters should be double-spaced, typewritten, or legibly hand- written, and no more than two pages if possible. Letters will be edited in the interests of brevity or taste if necessary: All letters must be signed, with address and telephone number, although names may be witheld from publication for valid reason by the approval of the editor. Send letters to: The Castlegar Sun, 465 Columbia Ave., Castlegar, B.C., VIN 168, or drop them off at the office. enemy is not hard to recognize - sickness, starvation, old age, death. What have these to do with race, colour, creed or religion? Why then do we continue to aid the grim reaper by embroiling our- selves in war, rather than joining together to fend off the common foe? . One would thing that this “annu- al attrition” of our numbers would Canada tle eee < fenton n ee aN = — = i Ae a a TROOPS, FeéeaRe To G0 OW THE OFFEWS parts we ~ ¢ Diplomats linked to terror The Vancouver Province reported that the three Iraqi diplo- mats expelled last week had sus- pected links with Arab terrorist cells in The report said small cells of the radical Shi-ite group Hezbol- lah had been identified in Toronto and Montreal. There are also cells. of another group, Al. Da’wa, which is an underground party pposed to Iraqi-president Sad- dam Hussein. «Fighters grounded (Canada’s CF-18s were ground- ed Sunday as weather conditions changed to low cloud in the Per- sian Gulf, It prevented them from taking part in their first missions inside Iraq. Military officials wouldn’t say if the small flight squadron assigned to the gulf would see its first offensive action today. Once again there is low cloud in the area. The g approved an offensive role for the fighters late Jast week. The CF- the three The report went on to say that : i had , attempted murder. Police scized more than 25 weapons when the two men finally surrendered after holding police off from inside a motel room. The two men are also being investigated in connection with a number of thefts and bank rob- beries in Ontario and western Canada over the past few months. Bernd Lankenau, 56, and his / wife Brika, 51, were found dead ‘ in their gunshop. A number of weapons had been taken. « Fire d mill 18s have been approved to fly escort service for coalition force bombers as they make their raids into Iraq and Kuwait. ¢ Protests block employees . About 150 anti-war protesters to infiltrate both pro- and anti-Sad-, dam cells active in this country. ; + Mail hard to deliver. Canada Post said mail to the East is becoming increas- career, I've covered six wars.’ Two tours in Vietnam, including the fall of Saigon to the communists, and' most recently, the 1982 Israeli invasion of Lebanon: ae Peace groups are Tight/ War is But there are-times when free peo- | - ple have to stand up and fight for the things they believe in. If the peace Ips would fight to defend Canadian sovereignty, the ion of Kuwaiti i cognate...) | , ‘The Baker visit should be used by the prime‘minister:to anneal our determination to help the Kuwaitis in. - ignty is homeland. ‘their. just stroggle'to/regain their: orn Rel aid cet oR time, we stopped 'passy:foot- ing around ‘about the issues involved: ev 1991 Cana Duffy hosts’ Sunday Edition, noon on. CJOH-TV.. .:- aiseerns le Fea vice Limited it =the Israeli government in the ‘face P ip of the Exter- ual Affairs’ ministry in Ottawa from going=.to .work. The protesters blocked doors entering ._ the building forcing the 100 employees to wait outside in the ingly difficult to deliver. as the number of com ial flights into . the area decreases, The federal mail carrier hasn't been delivering mail to Iraq and Kuwait since August but that is because those couatries woulda’t accept delivery. Now the embargo on mail may; ‘extend to the entire Middle Bast with the uncertainty of commer- cial carriers entering the area. | _:Mail for armed forces’ person- nel is being carried by military and it can be sent free of still succeeding in blocking the ministry workers from entering _ the building at ime. The Monday moming protest marked a of x around the country for and against the war. The Jewish community held massive rallies in syna- . gogues in Vancouver, Toronto . “and Mi en Postage, te Hage TANT See - © Shootout in Toronto linked to murders in Nanaimo...’ * § hindus ‘Two guomen who held off po- ‘There were 2,000 people at the rally in Vancouver and they .. are being investigated in connec- ded speak knowledg. tion with two murders at a Na. ing the restraint being shown by. ©‘ naimo gunshop. Soe aeh theism eo Neen Pode, 20; and batched ..Kartz, 21, face four counts'of of missile attacks from Iraq.” "> Fletcher Challenge’s sawmill in Coquitlam was badly damaged by fire Sunday. No one was injured in the fire, which was linked to welding activity in the saw-filing area. Initial damage estimates are > $200,000 but the cost could be much higher as it is unclear when the mill employing 200 people might be back in operation. The mill is one of the oldest * operations in B.C. * Grits to cut debt , 2. 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