Show - : 7:' t : i i 'I i i Saturday December 27 2003 A4 1 of The Herald Journal — £ a ' V Our view the giggle that On rocked Cache Valley music a disruption suqh as loud giggling can indeed spoil a concert On the other hand it seems cruel to isolate a person from such a basic joy as live music just because his or her behavior might be con-tinu- ed v ’ :Mh a slighi incnlalhailaicap) : : i ? lyanSingAnd oilpr sonc what was actually annoymg enhanced the experience for oth- eTJ 'n:'-- siarted giggling in a show of apptcciatafoc the htusic i :'f The Tolks in ebaige felt she Vw disturbing thi dthcr patiims andhad'hcrescortedout : - ::i:aiSaidedSS:V Vfc dArrdirt at tltS cSrnlert ettift offer an opinion in I case has loiejaken oo ijsiiter- few- s- !hs P“-'- f E!2K2iJ pro!®! re somewhat others monty of the ! toe jW4 nence : Inily t5trc' tholbye nmsrcshe - (J i ate eitfeen George Washiagton' finally wepthome to Mount Vernon It was eight and a half years after he had assumediiis post as commander of a Continental Army It was more than two years 4 isten tmdyaOf-- - distal - £? ' lias - ® s afterGen - fW W?W Here'alistot town: Keeping - -an army together those last two years was tough but widriBsses and phone' olCadie Vhlleys i ' for some '' numbers in- soldiers’ spirits during the tong wi-nters at camp while George lobbied the Continental Congress for more of :‘CIerk: jili Zollinger 179 NMhinr 0 Logan 84321 Recorder Michaol L Gleed 179N 0 Main Logan' 84321 Sheriff Lynn Nelson 50 W 200 716-715- : government:-- - v- Gw Washing undeptood the the value - : 716-718- 715-740- : LOGAN-MUNICIPA- H - - -- f 52-13- ' : ' 224-544- 84341-753822- '' ' '524-5933- ' 753-202- : 224-275- EIMain-HyrumiV- ‘ Rob Bishop Republican Repre: sents 1st Congressional District which Kathy Robison —representing Logan district No 2— 335 N400' 9 West Logan 84321 - Craig PetersenXrepresenting ': Logan district No 3— 1440 E1220 North Logan 84341 7526778 753-510- " ' CACHE COUNTY EXECUTIVE branch : Executive: Lynn Lemon 179 NZ 1 Mdin Logan 84321 Assessor: Kathleen Howell 179 N 0' Main Logan8432) Attorney! George Daines11 W 100 North Logan 84321 716-836-1 Auditor: Tamara Stones 179 3 Main Lpg&n 84321 716-717- ' v' Non Seqwitur v- v j j ri ' vv N' includes Cache County Washington The London teteqraphn office: 124 Cannon House Officb Build- ': ' of House US: RepresientativiBS ings Washington DC2051 5 (202) 225 0453 Utah office: 324 25th St Ogden he questioning of Pakistani V 7 UT84401 (801) - scientists about alleged nuclear assis- ! -tance to lrari places the West in a : US HOUSE-I- AHO ' On President" hand the one dilemma Mike Simpson Republican— Rep- resents 2nd Congressional District ' PervaizMusharrafis a key ally in the whibh includes Franklin County 1449 war oh global terror: On the other he Longworth House Office Building heads a country with good claim to' ' Washington DC 29515 (202) 225- he a leading secondary proliferator 5531 Idaho office: 304 N 8th Room ’ ' of '325 Boise ID 83702 (208) 33-- 1 953 weapon? of mass destruction " ' c: General Musharraf’s government : says that any help given to Iran was done in aprivate capacity a ques tionable claim giyen the army’s con- -' trol over the drive for an Islamic bomb" It also argues more persua-sivel- y took that (he '' : placeUnder a previous regime IAEA arid the (interWashington national Atomic Energy Agency) understandably want to question the ‘father’’ of that bomb Abdul Qadeer vV' t: -- V'l goals - j Editorial policy The Opinion page i intended to acquaint (widen withe variety of viewpoints on matters of public importance and provide memben of - ' "' a forum for their views:' Fanonalooluiiwactoona and lelten from 1 readan reflect the opniona of their writers and craatoit Edfloriab under the hMdtog'Our View" represent the views oltha Herald Journal I Li n ' 1 ' WMOnM DOCfu MOfTlDM 01 in§ OOKjiWp DOWiT ' i' M DARRELL EHRLtCKdtyaditor CINDY YURTHteaturea editor BRUCE SMITHpubtsher &HARLE8 MrXXXIUMAnariaaing edflor : - EBB Harald Jouniil the community with The challenge with Pakistan is to determine past complicity with-oundermining a valuable ally- v y i ' ' ' ‘ nt : ' ' 'll : ': ' 'Khan and his'associates about their alleged dealings with Iran But to " hand over scientists regarded by ' many as national heroes would leave Gen Musharraf vulnerable to the' ' charge of betrayal by Islamic funda-mentalists Indeed were Dr Khan to be extradited to America the presi-decould be replaced by a leader " far Less sympathetic to Western' (WMD) : - r precarious position with Pakistan in D : 716-710- 716-712- US - - International view 825-010- ' : ' X:' US'HOUSEJTAH : 7 : v ' - Call-simp- ly - : 258-523- 752-902- V’:' p(Mt-invasi- ' O 84321 : '' - 524-438- 0- ’Logan dis-band- ed y: i 224-525- 3 v War Il whert they invested troops ' and treasure in Europe and Japan The United Stales hascertainly shown staying power in those areas with targe sometimes unpopular US: hulitarytxmtingents in bothi places almost 6Q years after the war’s nd v ' The capture oTSaddam Hussein' has temporarily stopped die erosion of support fioir the war in Iraq in recent public opinion surveys But the violence in the period still has some politicians jngfor a speedy withdrawal of American forces That would be a ' mistake It' Would also be a mistake to ignorediplomacy The chances of “winning the peace’’ are much : greater witKthe international com- " v der mu'nity behind an American military v : ThC hesidof the Southern com- - ' presence rnand' Gen Nathaniel Greene nego- Geqrge Washington uhderstood the dated British evacuation from1 importance of diplomacy as he bided Charleston at the end of l 782 When hjs time at Winter camp The negotia- the American army entered the town ' " tors in Paris backed by a rtiilitary it was to the cheers of the citizens ready to take action if necessary Soon hoiwever the soldiers wofe out were able to craft an agreement high- -' their welcome- As the state was ' ly favorable to lhe new nation And asked to finance 'the troops South "General Washington could finally Carolina began to see Greene's army resign his commission and go home for Christmas as occupies rather than liberators V r - - R ' " : The soldiers fought heroically and ' occasionally the generals planned brilliantly- But what won the war was diplomacy Had the French fleet t riot arrived off of Virginia ' in October 1781 Cornwallis would not have been boxed jnat Yorktown And had the Spanish and Dutch not come through with loans there ' 'would have been no money to sup- -' : port the long conflict America prob— ably wouldn't have succeeded without George Washington at the : helm but Benjamin Franklin in Paris John Jay in Madrid and John : ' Adams at The Hague share a good deaf of the credit came the ’Aftertheihilitary victory hard part Without a definhiye treaty' V ' the British could not be trusted topack up and leave their forces occupied New York Savan- - ' " nah and the major Southern seaport Charleston So Washington had to r ' keep his army together bn alert for '' ' two years after Cornwallis’ surren- - in staying eputse 'Some members of the Bush : administration have tried to draw LOGAN-MAYO" ' : North ' 0 84321 1567 Logan Lynnwood parallels between what’s luyipening Doug Thompson ' treasurer A Karen Jeppessen 179 Ave- Logari 753-689-9 in Iraq today and what happened in NMain Logan 84321 716-839-4 a America at the lime' of the Revolti- L COUNCIL tion They’ve described the Baathist ' ' US SENATE-UTAThomas Kerr 35 N 1400 fast resisters as hojdouts against a new ' Sen Robert Bennett Republican Logan 843217523151 regime in the same way that Loyal- ' - — US Senate' Washington DC t Atan Allred’ 1535 E150b Northists to the Crown iii the American 4 Utah office: 20510(202) : togan colonies resisted independence It's 4225 Federal BuHdihg 125 S State Steve ThOmpsorr 37 S 200 West ' ' ' not an accurate analogy biecause 'V Salt 841 ' UT St 38 Lake (801) 753601 8 City Logm:8432l: ' ' ''' ’most of the Loyalists and all of the Ttimi Pyfer South Pli ' ! - : 8432i753'7529' Sen Orrin Hatch' Republican — " influential ones left with the British Randy Watts' ljl'10 N Cedar Heights ‘US Senate Washington DC 20510' Early in the war Loyalists decamped 1 Utah office: 8402 Fed- - : with the Redcoats from Boston and Dr 84 321 (202) era) Building 1 25 S State SL Salt iit the end the remaining holdouts Lake City UT 84138 (801) 'CACHE COUNTY COUNCIL agUjnst independence set sail with " Darrel Le Gibbons representing tl British from New York W :’ : the north district -i- MO S 160DWest' VUSSENATE-IDAHBut the leksbiis of tenacity and ' : 8 Lewiston 84320 Larry Craig Republican— 520 Washington taught 220 patience v :V S Brian Chambers —representing :' : Hart Senate Office Building Washings ' are relevant in Iraq and years 2 ago DC V the northeast district— 654 E 2160 20510 ''fon (202) ' ' Afghanistan today Puring:those Idaho office 801 E Sherman Room North: North Logan 84341752-057- 4 ' 193 Pocatello ID 83201 (208) 236-John A: Hansen — representing the eight long years between the first " shoLs fired at Lexington and the 6817 s'outhdislrict— 252 : Michael Crapo Republican— 111' : completion of a peace treaty in Paris'' : 8431 9245:6584 “ v' Paul Cbpki —representing the south - RusseH Senate Office Building Wash- " 20510 DC feast district — 445 Glenwood Circle Ington : ldaho offfce: 801E: Sherman Pocatel - Providence 84332 752-- 1 964 -lo ID 83201 (208)236775 Gory Yeates —representing Logan ' — district No1— 281 S' 100 East !' rrtresentajives great-victor- : power-- Q Rhode Island also balked at the cost of maintaining a militia to stay ever Vigilant guarding the coastline And George Washington with the help of Martha kept increasingly restive soldiers in camp for two more long winters' after they had achieved Had the army their the negotiators in Paris - ' would have been undermineddra-- : matically in their ability 'to secure favorable treaty terms' America would have won the war but lost the the-coas- othen were annoyedv Lawmakers ' - r - victory at times seemed impossible The American army was starving and ' 'freezing! unpaid and unprepared ' ‘ ashing n make sure the : likeSumrhertewmildnlloW quiet inn public Space simply bo her to freely express the exubepV"v' hnmal " Both altertatim bm ibt 0- - 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Or ? ‘4r-whetherth- ““ & “ " "h Several concertgocis wrote (o i sib lltcy were hot'disturbed by : V the yotng womltn's giggling and! the act iohii of the 'concert pro- - ’ " : ' condustonsanmdnioUgiuheTtdimtof amdtitudeofummmamjfpautfutsectkm’—r JufaLtarmjtfantSUiierkaH The Herakt Journal welcomealeden to the edttor Potentiaflyltoelous or offensive Iptten wi not be pubiWied however and the editor reserves the right tp edit altotian to confonn' to the length and styte requirement pMhe ' Letten should be: Typewritten and double-space- d No more than 450 words in langlh ' Addressed and include daytime phone number for pupoaae of varificalian Signed by the authorIndhriduals are bnited to one pubfished lot-ty within any period Address letters to hjlettorOhjnewsom Quast com- - mandiriesaraaisoweioomeandararunat thaeditortdtocrBtton: jurist (1472-1X- 1) ut J "w |