frtdcy, September 24, 1976
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After his current excursion and the irpcDrmn electba
the prince of UJ5. fbrcisa policy, Henry K&szger, w21 be
dethroned and "sent shuttling back to the hallowed
confines of Harvard to writs his memoirs and the era of
detente will cons to sa end. Kfcinsrv as architect of the
policy of the Nixca-Ford admhratioa, uses aa ancient
approach to diplomacy to deal with great power con-frontatioa-the
balance of power policy practiced at the
Congress of Vienna ia 1814.
Kepfacrrg the European actors of t&s 19th century
with today's major actors, Kissinger follows the style of
his hier, ifktsmkh.
He satisfies all the parties part of the time and none of
the parties all of the time in order to maintain peace.
la Vietnam and the Middle East the style brought a
shaky peace. But, Kissinger is failing in Africa-in part due
to his ego and desire to put his name oa policy-but
mostly because of his ignorance of the Third Wort! -the
developing nations. His failure to recognize the power and
problems of these nations is causing the difficulty he is
having trying to solve economic and social problems
rather than security questions.
The United Sates is faced with having to deal with the
new international problems, the answer to which will
determine the future of this nation in a greater degree
thaa most people recognize.
What then is to be policy after Kissinger?
Vietnam did much to affect the attitude, of the
American people toward foreign policy, bringing many
people to advocate a policy of isolationism and bitterness,
not even considerable in today's world, a nationalistic
Fizzled explosives
foil hijack attempt
"By Arthur Hoppe
Chipmunk Troop Number 143 of the Campfire Girls of
America was under arrest today on charges of kidnaping,
extortion, air-piracy and felonious conspiracy to litter.
The 22 members of the Passaic. SJX. trooo surrender
ed themselves, their 143 hostages and the 747 jumbo jet
they hijacked to police and FBI agents at Anaheim inter
national Airport.
The harrowing saga began 48 hours earlier over Bis
mark, Kansas, when ringleader Annette (Bitsy) Parsley,
14, leaped into the aisle, a grenade in each hand, shouting,
"Up the Chipmunks! w
Seizing the public address system, she attempted to
reassure the other passengers. "Don't worry, she said. "If
we have to blow up the plane, it won't be for just one
worthy cause but for a whole mess of worthy causes." .
Followed by her confederates, Bitsy stormed into the
cockpit and ordered Captain Afvin Halberstram, 51, to
innocent
bystander
Take us to Disneyland." Once the plane was on the
ground at Anaheim; the FBI shot out the tires and the
terminable negotiations began.
Bitsy explained initially that the reason the Chipmunks
had hijacked the 747 was that they couldn't decide on a
single worthy cause for their troop project. "Then we
decided that terrorists always hijack planes for what they
think are worthy causes, she said, "so why not do that?
Among the- Chipmunks' non-4iegotiable demands'
were:
Twenty-two chocolate milkshakes and full-page ads
ia every Passaic newspaper publicizing the upcoming
Father-Daughter Cake Sale, Weenie Roast & No-Host
Cocktail Benefit. . .
That authorities free Tke George Washington
Junior High Sis. (sis. young men who had beea ground
ed by their parents for a variety of offenses).
A solemn pledge by all grownups everywhere to
vote, recycle alurninura cans, grve Mood and "'never be
raeaa to each other or anyone else ever again.
The negotiations disced on. At last officials were
ahle to inform Blfcsy that every single one of her demands
had been met-except for the last. "The President feels
that beina nice is a wonderful idea." Bitsy was assured.
"but it wl take time to collect all the pledges.
"StsTing, eh? cried Bitsy. TeU, fil show you we
raeaa business! And, with that, she pulled the pia on her
hand grenade. 'W;
Yhea the grenade failed to go off, Bitsy and her young
cohort surrendered without a struggle their whole project
"One thing's for sure, said the gallant little do-gooder
as she was led away, "you caa't promote worthy causes
with defective explosives.
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policy embodied by Ronald Reagaa ia his stand oa the
raue. Operating more oa emotioa thaa fact, this policy
advances the philosophy of keeping the world safe for
democracy, the policy of the Cold War, a policy which has
already proved useless and dangerous.
But the nationalists are no more wrong thaa the
praynatiats who advocate total control of foreign policy
by the experts, basing such action oa whatever course is
most beneficial at the time. The realist school removes all
values from the policy process, taking into consMeratSoa
only empirical factors, leaving the country with no in
fluence where "moral questions are concerned.
RIy suestion for VS. policy ia the future is to bring
vahzes back into the decisba-naking process. .
Values such as equality for all people, individual
freedom and due legal process would provide some basis
for policy. The VS. then could draw up a coherent guide
line to be used ia foreign affairs rather thaa using the
current crisis reaction method.
The VS., siace World War II, has taken unto itself the
position of a world leader, yet it has failed to have aa
understandable, coherent policy. We profess to be ia favor
of universal human rights yet we support the most repre
ssive regimes ia the world-those ia Chile and Iran. We
claim to be for world peace, yet we continue to be the
arms supplier for much of the world, often supplying arms
to both sides ia a struggle. We publicly support the United
Nations and its attempts at world cooperation but we are
in violation of the only binding decision ever made by the
Security Council, the violation being the Byrd Amend
ment allowing the VS. to import chrome from V2L
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sectioned Biodesia.
The record of the VS. ia cocperaiioa with the
developing nations is cot much better. Until recently we
have ignored their demands, contributing to their plight
only ia the form of a condescending method of foreign
aid, which iacidenify is one of the lowest percentage-wise
of all countries giving fcrea aid. (
The aid that has beea given h oftea used to further
US. political aims and cot for the good of the receiving
catba. ' : .
VS. cationallara and national interest have played the
supreme role ia the negotiating poaltba of this country at
grownups
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diplomatic conferences and in the Vll.
We do have a chance to choose which direction policy
will take ia the future. Jimmy Carter has run his campaign
based oa a moral point of view similar to that which I
believe would make a good basis for the policy of the VS.
The men who -are advising him are experts in foreign
affairs and present a much more positive approach to
policy thaa is being taken. The next few years are going to
be crucial for the system of world order and we need
some concrete, coherent foreiga policy. Jimmy Carter will
be able to provide that.
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letters
Wants new cartoonist
The majority of the students who read the Daily Neb
raskaa from front to back (and the few who read it from
back to front) are hit full in the gut and pocketbook by
news of the rising cost and faffing quality of education,
resignations, student apathy, and the last NU Board of
Regents meeting. About the only bright spots in the
paper are the personals in the want ads and the comic
strip; but also, no young and lonely hearts have been
advertising for companionship, "and Orion has been the
biggest dissapointment since the Republican Conven
tion.'';.;: We are not reactionaries screaming for the return of
Ralph Crabtree and the "good old days"; we simply
don't want the quality ' of our beloved Daily Nebraskan
to go down the sink with everything else. Would you
please hire another cartoonist?
Mike Adams
DougEngh
Greg Howard
Abortion, Hilbr compared
Afr reading the editorial ia Wednesday's Daily Neb
raskan I felt compelled to reply. I ara one of the few peo
ple who actually care about life and the abortion issue.
Ia the article, the author equated abortion with war
and rightly so, but why isn't abortion fought as was the
war? V.liy h there so little attempt to rectify the atrocity
of the practice of abortion? Is there really any difference
betreea the renocMe of the Jews bv Hitler and the
ide of little people? Fd refer to abortion as convenience
all living in this country. Let's not concern ourselves
with equating life with money and convenience.
Thank you for allowing this view to be expressed.
T.Houlihan
1313Cather
Art meaningless
It is nice to see the green grass and trees and other
natural flora the university has so painstakingly tried to
establish on the campus. It is pleasing that one can sit
under an old pine and see rolling greens and smell flowers
and perhaps even glimpse and occasional rabbit. And one
of the oldest and nicest locations on campus USED to be
the area behind Sheldon, between Westbrook and Fergu
son. Maybe my as the tic values are all screwed around, but I
find the sculptures recently put there meaningless, unbe
lievably ugly, in those surroundings, and grossly out of
taste. These monstrosities greatly reduce the relaxing
atmosphere. They shnply do not fit. Let "art" have its
place. But not at the expense of the natural beauty that
is so very hard to find ia these times, ia this place. I know
there are "many who would like to see these sculptures
and other assorted items of "art removed and the area
once again restored to resemble its old landscape.
Beauty IS in the eye of the beholder and perhaps mine
eyes DO grow weary, but
ChrisEwing
131 ICather Hall
a.
It suddenly seems that abortion is no longer killing. It has
become the riht of a womaa over her own body". I
would questioa whether the woman was exercising her
rihts r2pcnsb2y shea she conceived. May I be so bold
as to equate this with the rights of a criminal? W21 our tax
dollars be ussd to bad him out?
I btlkve it would be far more profitable and wise to
concentrate our efforts on the preservation of all life
and fulfilling the "life, liberty and justice promise for
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