Kerrey: Soldiers shouldn’t die for cheap oil
WASHINGTON (AP) - Declaring
that young Americans shouldn’t die
in battle just to keep gasoline prices
low, Sen. Bob Kerrey on Sunday said
the U .S. should abandon the notion of
cheap oil.
The Nebraska Democrat, a Viet
nam veteran and Congressional Medal
Of Honor recipient, said he supported
President Bush’s decision to send
troops to the Persian Gulf, but only as
a means of preventing an Iraqi inva
sion of Saudi Arabia.
“I question the response that says
that we’re going to go there and have
our young people die so that we can
have cheap oil here at home,’ ’ Kerrey
said in an appearance on NBC-TV’s
“Meet the Press.”
“The only justification that I find
that is legitimate is that... we’re the
only nation that could move quick
enough to prevent an invasion of Saudi
Arabia.”
Congressional Democrats have
generally supported Bush during the
Middle Eastcrisis, although there has
been some grumbling that the presi
dent should clarify his long-term
objectives in the Persian Gulf region.
American troops were sent to the
area after Iraqi forces easily conquered
Kuwait in an Aug. 2 invasion. Iraq
annexed the oil-rich emirate six days
later.
Like most members of Congress,
which has been recessed in August,
Kerrey has been in his home state
while the tense situation in the Per
sian Gulf has unfolded.
Kerrey suggested that American
demand tor cheap oil contributed to
Iraqi President Saddam Hussein’s rise
to power in the Middle East.
‘ ‘We in general have been blinded
by money ... and as a consequence,
we put into place policy that encour
aged Hussein to become extremely
strong,” he said.
Kerrey said Americans arc being
very tolerant of higher oil prices that
have resulted from the gulf tensions,
“even though they arc grumbling a
bit about it.”
Nebraska
reserves
called up
The Associated Press
An undetermined number of
Nebraska Naval Reserves have
been called to active duty to
support U.S. efforts in the Per
sian Gulf.
Lt. Kathy Isgrig said a hand
ful of medical personnel based
at the Naval Reserve Center in
Lincoln and Omaha were proc
essed Saturday for destinations
that included military hospitals
in California, South Carolina
and Virginia.
The Lincoln reserves were
n’t expected to travel overseas
as part of the U.S. military ef
fort to keep Iraq from invading
Saudi Arabia. Iraq invaded
Kuwait Aug. 2, precipitating the
crisis.
The orders issued Saturday
eventually will activate six to
10 of the 60 reserves based in
Lincoln, although others could
be requested later, Isgrig said.
Nationally, about 3,000 na
val reserves are expected to be
among more than 40,000 re
servists President Bush last week
authorized for call-up, Isgrig said.
All of the Lincoln reserves
are doctors, nurses and others
with medical backgrounds, Is
erie said.
They will fill vacancies cre
ated at military hospitals when
full-time members of the armed
forces are shipped overseas,
Isgrig said. None of the Lincoln
reserves were expected to be
shipped overseas.
Lt. Cmdr. Mcrcwyn Lyons
confirmed that Omaha-based
reserves received activation
orders Saturday.
Meanwhile, about 30 U.S.
Army Reserve leaders in Kan
sas and Nebraska were sched
uled to report to their units Sat
urday to select personnel to be
used if the units are called to
active duty.
Skeleton crews from the S^th
Army Reserve Command were
to report in response to the Per
sian Gulf crisis, said Lt. Col.
John Sampson, a public affairs
officer. He said company com
manders, first sergeants and other
administrators will identify about
300 reserves.
The units affected included
the 1012th General Support
Company out of Fremont, whose
primary mission is general sup
port, such as mess, laundry,
supplies and maintenance, and
the 1012th General Support
Detachment out of Norfolk, also
a general support unit.
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