Friday, April 2, 1982
Daily Nebraskan
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Contradicting views
Steve Grasz, "College Republican,"
knows what the European Peace Movement
wants. It said so in the Daily Nebraskan
("College Republicans: Unilateral disarm
ing open door for Soviets," March 31). So,
is the Daily Nebraskan trying to confuse us
by telling us what the visiting leader of the
European Pjace Movement says, which is
different from what Grasz says? ("Speaker:
European de-nuclearization goal of peace
movement," March 31).
Whom would good Nebraska students
prefer to believe, a right-thinking "College
Republican" like Grasz, who gets the
straight poop from the College Republican
National Committee or some left-thinking
Italian who, Grasz knows on infallible au
thority, is sincere but "manipulated by the
Soviet Union"?
To Grasz, the Peace MovementVcall for
"de-nuclearization of Europe from the Ural
Mountains to Portugal" is a call for "unilat-
Cohen . . .
Continued from Page 4
No matter. We are sort of at war with
Nicaragua. The president has reportedly
authorized $19 million so the CIA can
covertly "de-stabilize" the Sandinista
regime. When the Libyans allegedly sent 10
or 12 terrorists here to "de-stabilize" our
government, we predictably went nuts.
Nations should not do these sorts of things
to other nations. So why are we doing it to
the Nicaraguans?
Once again, we are the heavies. Once
again, we play the role of the bully. We are,
after all, past masters at de-stabilization.
Only a dreamy romantic could over
look the realities of big power politics. You
sometimes have to make unholy alliances -deal
with the sort of people you would not
have to dinner. History can ensnarl you.
We are paying now in Latin America for
the past sins of the United Fruit Co., for a
patronizing view of Central and South
Americans that showed itself in a thousand
movies.
And only an idiot could overlook that
rhetoric is only words. The North Viet
namese had terrific slogans, but they were
silent about boat people. Sometimes
oppressive right-wing regimes are replaced
by more oppressive left-wing ones.
But that's no reason to settle always for
the status quo, to attach ourselves like
barnacles to whomever is in power and to
compel the forces of change to look else
where for support. It is a perversion of
history that a totalitarian regime like the
Soviet Union gets to use the rhetoric of
social progress, while we get stuck on the
side of privilege and reaction. It would be
nice to proclaim our ideals, to have the
poor and underprivileged of the world look
at us - shout our slogans and consider us
their friend.
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Letters
eral disarmament" by the United States
and Western Europe. Either he is confused
or I am. Perhaps the Urals are in West Ger
many. Or perhaps those are actually our
missiles in the Soviet bloc countries, and
we can unilaterally remove them.
The "College Republicans," we are told,
support "a balanced and negotiated reduc
tion by both the United States and the
Soviet Union." Which is why they support
the MX, the B-l, the cruise missile, and the
Trident buildup. No doubt they also be
lieve that the way to help the poor is to
give more tax breaks to the rich.
I commend the Daily Nebraskan for
contributing to the amusement as well as
the education of its readers by printing the
stories about the remarks of Grasz and of
Giancarla Codrignani side by side.
Ben Narveson
Professor
English
There are difficulties with this, I know.
Practical considerations, I know. Don't
worry.
It's just a dream.
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