Path: bloom-picayune.mit.edu!snorkelwacker.mit.edu!news.media.mit.edu!americast.com!americast.com!usa-post Newsgroups: usa-today.issues From: usa-post@AmeriCast.Com Organization: American Cybercasting Approved: usa-post@AmeriCast.com Subject: issues Fri, Jul 24 1992 Date: Fri, 24 Jul 92 04:47:16 EDT Message-ID: 07-24 0000 DECISIONLINE: Issues & Debate USA TODAY Update July 24-26, 1992 Source: USA TODAY:Gannett National Information Network Here are some of the issues and topics being debated across the nation Friday morning in USA TODAY: Iraq, vice president, Neuharth. TODAY'S DEBATE - IRAQ: USA TODAY'S OPINION: Saddam Hussein must comply with the cease-fire agreements he signed to end the gulf war. That's the bottom line in this seventh confrontation that the bully of Baghdad has provoked with the United Nations. In this battle of wills, force should be used only as a last resort. But there is no doubt that Saddam must bow. U.N. inspectors have been spat upon by angry crowds in Baghdad. ... (Hussein) is refusing to grant visas to charity workers, thus hampering distribution of humanitarian aid to his people, especially unfavored minorities. ... the United States can not let such affronts go unchallenged. ... Mobilizing U.S. and allied military forces in the face of threats against U.N. inspectors should warn Hussein to be careful. ... The U.N. should seek from its members new resolutions condemning Iraq's actions and tightening sanctions against it. ... And the U.N. should issue this ultimatum to Hussein - harm any of our unarmed inspectors and you will bring down massive military retaliation. OTHER VIEW: TED GALEN CARPENTER,director of foreign policy studies at Cato Institute: War clouds are gathering again in the Persian Gulf as the U.N. Security Council contemplates authorizing air strikes to punish Saddam Hussein for his defiance of inspectors searching for evidence of his nuclear and chemical weapons programs. The USA should avoid a "Son of Desert Storm" operation. Even those who insisted that the Persian Gulf war served U.S. security interests cannot argue that a new round of coercion is necessary. ... Although Saddam's nuclear ambitions are worrisome, Iraq is not on the verge of becoming a nuclear-weapons power. ... Although (U.S. officials) obtained U.N. approval to expel Iraq from Kuwait, that was primarily a facade for a U.S.-dominated operation. ... It would be folly for the USA to waste lives in another military adventure that could further destabilize Iraq and the entire gulf region just to support the United Nations' pretensions as an effective global peacekeeping organization. VOICES ACROSS THE NATION ON GEORGE BUSH DROPPING DAN QUAYLE: CHICAGO, Ill., Glenna Ousley, 38, manager: As a Democrat, my response is no. I think he is definitely helping our ticket. And why point the finger at just Dan Quayle when he's the essence of what Republicans stand for? KANNAPOLIS, N.C., Richard B. Dorton, 29, elevator operator: I don't think he should. Dan Quayle tries to help as much as possible. He tries with foreign policy and domestic policy, or anything to help President Bush. I would vote for Bush if he had Quayle on the ticket; it would show he trusted Dan Quayle. PELLA, Iowa, Norris Hale, 61, teacher, coach: He should. But I don't know if the Democrats will take advantage of Dan Quayle's shortcomings anyway. In recent years, they haven't run very good campaigns. They didn't take advantage of him in 1988. MORENO VALLEY, Calif., Amy Jenkins, 32, airline pilot: It would help George Bush's ticket if he dropped Quayle. There are plenty of better Republicans who could assist him. When you look at Bill Clinton and see he's got Al Gore, you see there's integrity now in Clinton's party. TOPIC - NEUHARTH: Despite the loud loyalty pledges to Dan Quayle coming out of the Oval Office, George Bush has been given this message by a small, heavyweight group of Republican loyalists and strategists: He must replace Dan Quayle to breathe life into his listless campaign. The president's position: He personally will not ask Quayle to quit. But if the vice president decides to withdraw to help the GOP cause, Bush will accept the decision. ... Quayle dumpers have this short list of VP candidates: Jack Kemp, secretary of Housing and Urban Development; Dick Cheney, secretary of Defense; Howard Baker, former Senate majority leader; Elizabeth Dole, former Bush Cabinet member; Colin Powell, chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff. Conservative GOP loyalists in the power group favor Kemp because of his right-wing credentials. ... With Cheney, the chemistry is good. But there's some concern that his image has become that of the world's military muscle man. Baker was a very effective congressional compromiser as Senate majority and minority leader. ... Strategists in the power group favor a bold Bush move. Dole and Powell are their choices. Nearly all think secretary of State James Baker the most qualified VP. ... They hope to help Quayle with a way to exit gracefully. Issues & Debate Editor: Kate Coughlin. (1-919-855-3491) Making copies of USA TODAY Update (Copyright, 1992) for further distribution violates federal law. This article is copyright 1992 Gannett News Service. Redistribution to other sites is not permitted except by arrangement with American Cybercasting Corporation. For more information, send-email to usa@AmeriCast.COM