Show "!m The Herald journal Our view I I do not support my These boots are made for walking times like these answering the phone in a newsroom is like playing Russian roulette But please understand that in making that statement we mean no offense to Rus- sians gaming devices handguns the phone company or the people who love them Two phone calls received in recent days: A Cache Valley man angrily com- plained that a headline in the ' newspaper was disrespectful to President Bush The headline written on the eve of the US invasion of Iraq said “Saddam scorns Bush” In the first place the caller said the wording chosen by the newspaper had nothing positive to say about our president It also flagrantly left off the American leader’s official title of “President” Saying he plans to “burn” Herald Journal reporters and photographers a caller on Wednesday complained president 'I think hft anil' and responsible for this insane war i arrogant bullyf i- that recent pictures of black men in the newspaper — film director Spike Lee and a USU basketball player — were published with die intention of brainwashing Cache Vritey children and making them sympathetic to i interracial marriage Do As many Herald Journal readers know Millville Mayor Gale Hall has been an outspoken critic of closing Millville Canyon to motorized vehicles and has had some harsh words for the Utah Di virion of Wildlife Resources "They want a letter from me saying ‘Yeah we’re all happy it’s aO peachy keen it’s teddy bears and bunny rabbits’” Hall told The Her-aid Journal recently “I think we ought to put the boots on land right in the middle of their chests and say no” For Tyler Smith a of Hall’s at the local IRS office those wends conjured up a certain image So Smith put his drawing skills to use and produced the cartoon below He shared it with Hall who shared it with a reporter for the newspaper We now share it with you co-wor- What if I told you I lived in Iraq? you think Tm unpatriotic? Military occupation a quagmire By Helena Cobban For The Christian Science Monitor w And Israel’s occupation of the Sinai looks fairly 9 Peninsula successful There was a nasty war along the wiy there in 1973 But in 1979 Israel withdrew from Sinai and the two countries concluded a peace that has since endured Some other military occupations in the Middle East have been far less successful for the occupiers Iraq’s occupation of part of Iran in 1980 ted to an eight-yewar in which around 1 milium people from both sides perished Iraq’s 1990 occupation of Kuwait prompted Kuwait’s exiled leaders to call in a military force huge US-le- And when they did they still had no peace treaty with Lebanon What’s more when they left Lebanoa in May 2000 they left hundreds of thousands of deepty iesentful Lebanese poised along their northern border: One tiling is clear from such 1967-197- ar is always an unpredictable tragic nndwtaking- We cannot foresee the future course of d the campaign against Iraq though we know that people are already being killed maimed and traumatized because of it What we can foretell with some degree of confidence is that if the war continues die d coalition will win militarily and will end up controlling all or most of Iraq What then? that liberated Kuwait and imposed From die vantage of say 2008 back Americans look and might say tough postwar punishment on Iraq Both those Iraqi military occupa-Tr- tt that getting into Iraq was the easy — but !tionsscnded that still as out up imposing massive part getting ' costs on the Iraqi people as well as of then looks really difficult? To' answer that we need to be llrtiCftthpir neighbors dear about the status of US and mi Israel’s)occupations of all of the West Bank and Gaza and of parts allied forces inside Iraq President Bush and his adviser? claim that of Syria and Lebanon have also those forces are there as “liberaturned out badly The most instructive case for tors” But as a matter of international law their status is that of Americans today may be the occu“military occupiers” (This latter pation that Israel maintained in term is not a moral judgment It’s a parts of Lebanon from 1982 to technical term that describes the sta2000 tus of armed forces who in the Israel wait into Lebanon in 1982 course of any war end up controlin what most Israelis now say was a war of choice not necessity One ling territory that’s not their own) A military occupation is almost major war rim was regime change inBrirut by definition not pleasant for most of the folks being “occupied” It At first tire project looked sucdoes after all involve being rated cessful Israeli troops were greeted by a foreign military force But over as “liberators” by many Lebanese Israel got the fegime change it time an occupation can end up being judged successful by everysought But only briefly For within one concerned — if it leads to the: months Lebanon’s citizens started the nation of turning against the Israelis whom “occupied” rebuilding on a sound basis and to a healthy they came to view as bullying occuregional order that prevents the piers not liberators an war Or of That occupation proved very resumption occupation can turn out very badly indeed expensive for Israel in blood and : treasure Israel’s leaders always By these yardsticks the multiquite credibly stated they had no year US-le- d occupations of West Germany and Japan after World War intention of staying in Lebanon But II were both extremely successful it took them 18 years to get out - examples Running an occupation is always an expensive business Paying foe financial and human costs ar US-le- UN-authoriz- n welcome jj required to run one may in a best-cascenario like Japan or Ger- i v j — se many prove to be a sound investment in a better future But in scenario these costs a worst-cas- e ed just end up imposing a massive drag on the national economy national morale and international status of foe occupier Here’s a quick checklist on what can make an occupation “work” for : all concerned: i 5 — Readiness to invest whatever’s necessary for as long as necessary to rebuild the occupied zone’s economy and society No pursuit at all of annexation No attempt to move civilian nationals of foe occupying country into foe occupied zone control No pursuit of long-terover the zone’s natural resources These last three conditions are all fixed requirements of international law The first requires a breadth of virion like that shown by President Truman after World War II I still hold that this present war is a terrible tragic mistake I still maintain it can be stopped at any point if Mr Bush is prepared to hand the Iraq issue back to die UN But if the war goes on then America’s leaders and voters need to understand what it means in reality to ran a military occupation m : Helena Cobban is the author of five books on international issups Your view Herald Journal should be ashamed To the editor The Herald Journal should be ashamed of themselves! I’m absolutely disgusted with the choice of picture you chose to print in Sun- day’s paper for the article (Artistic suicide?) I’m not as offended by the article as much as I’m offended with the picture that accompanied the arti- cle This is not an image our children need to see! A man with a gun stuck in his mouth with his hands placed on the gun ready to pull the trigger As my daughter said “How stupid are they!” We try as parents very hard to teach our children that guns are not a toy or something to mess around with You give them a picture an image of something that should not be put into their little minds At least the Utah State University Nora Eccles Harrison Museum of Art let you view this short film “DO IT’ by request They also have placed a sign warning of the possibly offensive content of the video But why did they do this? I do not know because you chose to print it in the paper We did not have a choice if we wanted to view the images You made that choice for all of us including our children You placed this image in the hands of our children in their classrooms where they use the newspaper in their classrooms daily You have also printed a full page advertisement in Sunday’s paper which is entitled (Partners In Learning) where you are so proud to be Non Sequltur Herald Journal Editorial policy The Opinion pap is intended to acquaint readers with a variety of viewpoints on matters of public Importance and provide members of tfw community with a forum lor their views Personal columns cartoone and letters from inobis renoci opmont oi wm wnwi mo creators EdHoriale under the heading 'Our VieeT represent the views of he Honed Journal edSffiMbowf Mtmhert of the editorial hoard-- n DARRELL EHRUCKtityadHor CINDY YURTHrisaturasedHor BRUCE SMTHpuMshor CHARLES MoCQLLUMAnanagfng odRor conclusions are ' i non Gfebj to begatftatd out ofa multitude of tongues than through any find of authoritative selection — helping our children team by providing newspapers in foe classroom Now every school-age- d child gets to look at this picture as they do their homework That is brilliant Herald Journal! 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