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October 16,1990__University of Nebraska-Lincoln Vol. 90 No. 36
Al Schaben Daily Nebraskan
Gov. Kay Orr and President Bush confer during Bush’s visit to Omaha Monday. Bush
spoke at a reception to support Orr, Hal Daub, Republican senatorial candidate, and Ally
Milder, Republican congressional candidate.
Bush campaigns in Omaha
By Jennifer O’Cilka
Senior Reporter
OMAHA — President Bush
said Monday night that he
is concerned by Iraqi leader
Saddam Hussein’s “systematic
dismantling” of Kuwait despite
world condemnation.
Calling Saddam “one dictator
bully,” Bush said Iraqi actions in
Kuwait have been an “ugly scene.”
Saddam’s actions came despite a
unified condemnation of the inva
sion by the United Nations and
others.
“All that does is make me more
sure than ever that this aggression
by Saddam Hussein will not stand,”
Bush said.
Bush spoke to a crowd inside
the Red Lion Inn in Omaha in a
campaign appearance for Gov. Kay
Orr, Hal Daub, Republican senato
rial candidate and Ally Milder,
Republican candidate for the 2nd
district House seat.
Meanwhile, about 85 protesters
shouted and sang outside. Many
carried signs that read “Kuwait:
Another Vietnam,” “For What,
Democracy or Oil” and “Alterna
tive Waste Site: The White House.”
Some protesters shouted “No
more Orr” and “Save Boyd County,
dump the dump.”
Bush said he was glad to hear
reports of Nebraska support for U.S.
troops in the Middle East. He told
of Nebraska National Guard wives
sending cookies and middle school
students sending letters to U.S.
troops in Saudi Arabia.
Nebraska servicemen and
women left their spouses, children
“and even Big Red football to de
fend our cause,” Bush said.
Orr told Bush that Nebraskans
“support you on your strong stand
in the Middle East and pray ear
nestly with you for a peaceful end
to the aggression.”
Bush said that in these times, he
needs Republican support in the
State Capitol and in Congress.
“I honestly believe that if we
had more Republicans in control of
Capital Hill, this budget mess we’re
in right now would never have
ned,” Bush said,
ngress has the responsibility
to pass a budget, but year after year
it fails to do so, he said.
America must have “a real sig
nificant deficit-reduction budget to
get the economy moving,” Bush
said. Tliis would bring down inter
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Panelists: Americans
should be prepared
for lengthy Gulf crisis
By David Dalton
Staff Reporter
Regardless of whether the United
States takes direct military
action against Iraq, Americans
need to be prepared for the effects of
extended U.S. involvement in the
Persian Gulf, panelists said Monday.
Craig MacPhce, an economics
professor who recently published a
paper on the Iraqi economy, told about
200 people attending a forum, “Iraq:
What Does It Mean To Me?”, that the
Gulf crisis could be drawn out over a
long period of time. The forum was
sponsored by the University of Ne
braska-Lincoln College of Journal
ism.
MacPhec said predictions for Iraq’s
ability to survive the international
embargo range as low as two months.
But, he said, the Iraqi economy is
stronger than is popularly believed.
“I think Iraq could last more than
six months,” MacPhec said.
Incomplete research and the small
amount of information coming out of
Iraq has resulted in some overstated
statistics, he said.
For example, Iraq has been re
ported to import four-fifths of its food
supply, he said.
“In reality,” MacPhcc said, “the
exact opposite is true.” Iraq imports
about one-fifth of its food supply, he
said.
Iraq’s survival will be less of a
determining factor in the crisis than
the ability of Kuwait to weather the
blockade, MacPhcc said.
Kuwait imports 99 percent of its
food and depends on processed sea
water for drinking, MacPhcc said.
Under the blockade, he said, Kuwait
is running out of both food and the
chemicals it needs to remove impuri
ties from its water.
The crisis may come to hinge on
the fate of those trapped in Kuwait, he
said.
“We may be forced to attack
Hussein to save whoever’s in there,”
he said.
David Lamb, a reporter for the Los
Angeles Times who covered the Iran
Iraq war, blamed the United Slates
for its problems in the Gulf.
“We are greedy people who use up
a lot of oil,” Lamb said, speaking to
the forum by telephone.
Lamb said the Gulf crisis had united
the United States and the Soviet Un
ion in opposing Iraq’s invasion.
But, he said, the reason for this
opposition is not to preserve demo
cratic ideals.
“We’re there for the money. We’re
there to protect the oil,” he said.
Lamb said the United Stales might
not have to invade Iraq to accomplish
its goals.
“I think a diplomatic solution is
possible,” Lamb said.
He said Saddam realizes Iraq would
suffer from a direct military confron
tation with the United States.
However, the United States may
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We may be forced to
attack Hussein to save
whoever’s in there.
MacPhee
economics professor
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look for some provocation to invade
Iraq in order to cripple Saddam’s
influence in the region, he said.
But Lamb warned against a unilat
eral strike against Iraq.
“It would be an absolutely monu
mental blunder,” he said.
Without allies, he said, the United
States would face serious conflicts
resulting from the region’s intense
nationalistic and religious emotions.
“The Arabs have never been as
divided as they are now,” he said.
In this situation, he said, the United
Stales cannot expect an easy victory
from the air.
“You can’t win a war with high
technology from 30,000 feet,” Lamb
said. The United States would have to
send in troops, he said.
“Once we get ground troops in
volved,” he said, “the cost will be
high.”
In the meantime, MaePhee said,
Americans already have to deal with
the economic consequences of Middle
East involvement.
MaePhee said that as long as the
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China’s government trying to keep students home
By Dionne Searcey
StaHJloporter
Chinese students arc coming to
America despite efforts of top
Chinese officials to keep them
at home, a UNL student said.
Ding Liu, former chairman of the
Chinese Student Association and a
po$t-doctoratc in physics said, “The
control of the Chinese govemmenton
society is weakening.”
Students are getting through the
restrictions made by the Chinese
government because lower-level
government officials arc making top
officials compromise the regulations
for obtaining visas, Ding said.
Chinese student enrollment at the
University of Nebraska-Lincoln shows
a steady rise throughout the 1980s.
Three Chinese students enrolled at
UNL in the fall of 1981. By 1985,49
Chinese students were attending the
university. This fall, 178 were regis
tered — 19 more than last year.
Top Chinese leaders aren’t con
trolling Chinese society any longer,
Ding said.
The top officials try to make regu
lations and policies that decrease the
number of students eligible to come
to the United States, Dmg said.
But lower-level officials have sons
and daughters who want to study
abroad, he said.
“The Chinese lower- and middle
level officials will think twice before
making new policies.”
They try to loosen restrictions to
allow their relatives to leave, he said.
“The top leaders in China say,
‘slop sending students abroad.’ The
lower and middle-level officials say
‘we can’t do that — the best we can
do is make restrictions_”’
These officials arc not necessar
ily relaxing the rules to benefit China.
Ding said their intentions arc for per
sonal reasons.
The government tightened regula
tions allowing students to study abroad
for a while in 1986 when student
demonstrations were banned by the
Chinese government, Ding said.
Cecil Steward, dean of the College
of Architecture and faculty expert on
China and international events, said
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UNL Chinese student fall enrollment
John Bruce/Dally Nebraskan
