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Show Pg "Th Eight 'Doooesbyiry' leaves Garry Trudeau, creator of Doonesbury, announced recently that he will take a leave of absence next year and temporarily cease production of his popular comic strip. In a prepared statement, the cartoonist said he viewed the time off as a reprieve from the pressure of writing a daily topical, comic strip. He added that the time had come to update his characters and review the strip's development. "There are a few problems that need to be ironed out," Trudeau said. "For almost 15 years, the main characters have been trapped in a time warp and so find themselves carrying the colors and scars of two "" separate generations. "It was unfair to stretch their formative 1 years to embrace both Vietnam and preppy," he said. Cornell clayton Recently, I have noticed how university TC The Chronicle has long coveted the cartoon strip but, Pulitzer Prize-winn- ig alas, the right to print it in this area is held exclusively by the Deseret News and no amount of groveling on our part can wrest it from them. But soon the entire world will be equally deprived, at least temporarily, of Doones-bury- 's -- unique charm. Trudeau said he would likely resume the feature by the fall of 1989. The many fans who have followed the adventures of Zonker Harris, Uncle Duke, Joanie Caucus, Michael Doonesbury and the rest over the last dozen years will be sorry to see their heroes out of print, but should take heart in looking forward to seeing the characters return prepared to face the '80s. As Trudeau put it, "The trip from draft beer and mixers to cocaine and herpes is a long one and it's time to get started." In the somewhat concerned over the basic misconceptions engendered in this "peace movement." If we wish to avoid the same mistakes made during the Vietnam era, I suggest that it is so-call- ed mid-196- scrutinize many of the proposals offered by NOT declaratory policy of You "no first use." The proponents argue that a declared NATO policy not to initiate nuclear MEAN? confrontation under any circumstance would strengthen the NATO alliance, reduce the w. ke armaments and ultimately lessen the risk of nuclear war. If we reflect momentarily on NATO's current policy we might draw some interesting conclusions about this policy. , Prior to Hiroshima the nature of warfare afforded the United States the luxury of being unprepared in the face of world WE'P BE THE surrounding the United States, combined GREATEST WEN aggression. The geographic buffers with allies capable of fighting until we could deploy our forces, proved to be a decisive advantage in the two previous world wars. i . rid of again be free to calculate risks, and find it profitable to resume a more aggressive and imperialistic policy in Western Europe." Moreover, in such an event the significance of the Soviet conventional superiority would Them. m i annihilation Europe would again become possible and in " time probable! j ; Further examination of this proposal underlines other inaccuracies embodied in the proponents' conclusion. Arms levels would not be significantly affected, and therefore domestic political tension neither in Europe nor the United States could be abated. Indeed, the proposal's impact would again be the opposite of the desired results. Rather than decrease the political tensions, the proponents' heightened reliance on NATO's conventional deterrence would IS) I HISTORY! CPS ? i I i : Europe would be met by a U.S. nulcear strike at the Soviet Union. This policy allowed the United States and its West European allies to ' Subscriptions are $20 a year, $6 an academic, quarter. All subscriptions must be prepaid. Forward all subscription correspondence, including change of address, to the Business' Manager, Dailv Utah Chronicle, 240 Union, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah 84112. self-destruct- ive Editorial Board: Brian Aggeler, Joe Baird, Karen Juell, Joan O'Brien, Brian Wilkinson. Editor-in-chi- ' Joan O'Brien ef Associate Editor winter and spring quarters, excluding test weeks and quarter breaks, by the University Publications Council. Editorials reflect the opinion of the editorial board, and not necessarily the opinions of, the student body or the administration. - to West Berlin (a location clearly indefensible by NATO's conventional forces V could, be met by a NATO threat to escalate the conflict to a limited nuclear level where NATO held a decisive advantage. The Soviets, realizing the 7 The Daily Utah Chronicle is an independent student newspaper published .daily during fall, Moreover, the fear of unleashing a power has caused that is sure to be leaders of belligerent countries to weigh risks to a degree unknown in military history. Even European leaders admit "the longest inconceivable period of peace in Europe For example, a Soviet conventional challenge American forces that remained in Europe served only as a tripwire to trigger an American response to any Warsaw Pact threat. However, in the 1950s, the Korean 7 estimates conclude that any attempt to address the imbalance would require the Of After World War II our desire to return to a peacetime economy persuaded us to use our unquestioned nuclear superiority in forging a new policy. We placed our primary reliance in Western Europe on the U.S. "nuclear umbrella" and then, piece by piece, we -- require at least two very unpopular choices. Although there is some controversy over the current balance of NATO Warsaw Pact conventional forces (and I for one believe that it is often overstated), even conservative EMS iM significantly reduce their peacetime conventional forces. The diminished , thereby increase dramatically. War in dismantled our conventional forces. The military premise under which NATO operated was that Warsaw Pact aggression in ; leadership, that is likely to be replaced by an even more belligerent regime. These problems become particularly ominous if viewed within the historic context of the Soviets' tendency to pacify domestic pressures with external aggression. One could only conclude that the Soviets, released from the: fear of nuclear retaliation, would no insaise arms race! no terror of NUKE. NO The current (and one might add most realistic) proposal being espoused by the have a profound impact on NATO's deterrent capability. Today the U.S.S.R. has growing domestic problems and an ailing inescapable horror of the nuclear age to a policy which pursues peace. Today, an aggressive military action in Europe carries with it the high and inescapable risk "of escalation into a general nuclear confrontation. Such a confrontation could only bring wjth it ruin to all and victory to none. Thus, the introduction of nuclear arms has changed war's previous function of a "continuation of politics by other means." LET'S GET evident. need for new and expensive end, the strategy has harnessed the willingness to escalate whenever necessary. STbP WITH A FREEZE. the "peace movement," these basic misconceptions become dangerously first-stri- .'e each level of escalation, and NATO's LET'S ' into the millions. This proposed renunciation of NATO's defensive first use of nuclear weapons would aggression. The primary goal of this policy is prevention of war. Paradoxically, to this provided NATO with a more measured, and thus, more credible response to Warsaw Pact aggression. However, for this policy to be operative it must assume both NATO's superiority at LEONID, Africa and South America where the numbers of dead, wounded and refugees run NATO's strongest deterrent to Soviet capability to escalate, as necessary, to meet any level of threat. This escalatory deterrent anti-nucle- ar movement is a -- 0s more flexible deterrent through the time to address ourselves to the vital questions of American military policy in a more prudent and less emotional review than it is currently being afforded. To be sure, this renewed groundswell "of sentiment has grown from a real and legitimate concern over massive arms procurements to unimaginable levels of destruction. However, if we carefully war-prevent- ing thereby be: deterred from the initial confrontation. . This policy of "flexible response" remains NATO developed a new to address this problem. Strengstrategy thened conventional forces, theater nuclear weapons and American strategic weapons the NATO triad provided a stronger and e" without the effects of nuclear that same weapons." During period, more than a hundred wars have taken place in Asia, risk involved with such a move, would War and Berlin crisis dramatically illustrated that we could not rely on strategic weapons alone to deter all kinds of conflicts. Vaurnets and espousing "anti-nukcauses. However refreshing it may be to see a revival of youth political activity, I can't help but be ed Chronic, Wdnsay. Scpfembt r 23. ttZZ 'Peace movement reeks of misconceptions students across the country have turned toward the current vogue of wearing so-call- Dtily Ufeh . ... . ; : . t .... .... ... ,'. .'Matt Adelman - ' V' ' . ... i, i Joe Baird - Brian Wilkinson . News Editor . . . . , . . . . . Editor . .v. . , . . Karen Juell Copy . . . . Brian Aggeler Editorial Editor . . . . . . . Tony Tsakakis Editor .'. Sports '. . . Blair Kunz Photography Editor '. . . ; Lcsly Herbert Entertainment Editor , .V Michael Morris Assistant Copy Editor Assistant Sports Editor . . : . . . '. . Peter Behle ... Senior Reporters Photographers . ....... , ' " of the American and British peacetime drafts, and significantly increase NATO'sjcurrent defense budget. These two measures hardly seem likely to ease domestic political tensions nor promote unity within the alliance." t Already, those of an informed opinion recognize the difficult and-oft- en dangerous choices that this proposal would leave the United States. Of course, under the most optimal conditions, thisrproposal, like any other, would have some positive results. However, I find it hard to take comfort in a policy which can be successful only if the most optimistic predictions' should prove to be true. Surely a more realistic policy must address the worst and hardest.conditions which may prove to be probable and not the -best and easiest that may be possible. Steve Green Ann Jardine Jill Johnson Mark Saal . 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