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Show ., t - V ', - , ft nr-v ., - mt.. h. r. ' '" - nS IT 4A Tuesday i Sates September 12, 2000 G uest e o x d m n I Maintains U.S., great nations need enemies By WILLIAM ' able human rights record, "get whitewashed as well The countries include Kuwait Egypt Azerbaijan, and . Israel, all friendly to us; y. .. ... The same deceptive system applies in Latin" America. The beasts of Chile, Colombia, Argentina, ' Guatemala, Mexico, El Salvador and elsewhere have always been gussied up as democracies, as long as they rejected any dangerous socialist thoughts. : The same was long true in Africa and Asia, with . those continents likewise being divided between good demons and bad ; teTndeed.lt is now fun to watch despotic China and COLLINS Beyond the Beltway ; crucial if the leftist president of neighboring Vanezu- -. ela, Hugo Chavez, becomes too frisky. Chavez has been very frisky lately. He just made state visits to Libya and Iraq, thus mischievously bolstering the political image of ourniimber one demon, - 7V Saddam Hussein.' ... V , Washington is understandably peeved, first Chavez has shown his Latin colleagues how to increase popularity at home by sticking it to Uncle Sam. Second, he is promoting higher oil prices, whereas Venezuela was heretofore a loyal U.S. ally in keeping . nation requires enemies. Without scary demons to invoke, calls to reduce its army will grow, and its secret intelligence apparatus will start to fray. Thats bad, because even the only superpower needs to remain militarily strong. A treat : .. " . . ' The superpower must be ready both to crush foreign movements that threaten its international cor-- '; portions, and to keep Its defense contractors happy. . . Meanwhile, it also needs an alert internal spy system to fend off further disruptions like the recent WTQ : VV y protests in Seattle, Wash. Vietnam get repainted from red to blue as they agree to work with the U.S. economically. ;. Poor North Korea is the one thats but of luck. We . luckily, creating such foreign demons has been easy. Nature turns, the foreign enemies, out by the bushel. Most demons, however, no matter, how malevolent are more politically useful as friends than as enemies so it is important to put a good face ; tradi-tional- ly . on that kind. It is the thankless job- of the U.S. State Depart- -. ment to apply camouflage to the friends, and bulls- -: eyes to the enemies. Madeleine Albright is aided in military bases in the departure of the bases went our ability to strike anywhere as needed south of the bor der.. 7 7v.;'-;Only. Honduras now houses a few U.$.: troops. Thats. why the Marxist guerrillas in Colombia have been such a Godsend. Their connection, with drugs is the least of our concerns What tire Pentagon really needs the Columbia guerillas for is an excuse for a base to replace Panama. That could become doubly more,, we lost our . this tricky political task by the United States, Copgross, tire president the Central Intelligence Agency, the Federal Bureau of Investigations and the U.S. Do- -' partment of Defense.- -: .... 'Perhaps bur most brutal current friends are the Saudis, whose justice system is a euphemism for torture. Many Saudi neighbors too; aacb with a miser -: : prices down: Worst, though, Chavez has weakened our case, against Hussein. That was mean. Hussein is our last ; ' perfect villain. ,; .V . 7 7 North Korea is now negotiating for peace. Iran is ' ;7; . still crave an enemy in Asia,: and Korea is our last best chance. Without such a demon, how will we jus- -. tify bur vast military presence in the Pacific? ; Tire same painful dilemma has grown serious in , Latin America: Without Nicaragua to kick around any-- 7 Panama. , ! softening. Libya has surrendered its terrorists. Theres a new modem leader in Syria. And no one really believes us anymore about Castro. Thus we need Hussein! more than ever as an excuse for lots of important things: Star Wars, nuclear subs, Carnivore, spying on protesters and the whole intelV 7; V ; ligence apparatus. To ; keep up the front were willing to bomb HUssein every day, starve his population and deny him tire importation of vital medicines. . There are many in the United Nations who con- -' aider our continuing sanctions against Iraq as demonic actions. True or not it shows how desperate a great nation can become for a decent enemy,; . excuse-fo- r With : . . . . ' Goes! colDinn IUBNJNAPUSHER: u I Information gathered a result of the TIPS fbnn remains strictly confidential. Carbon Metro Drug Iksk Force acts on all submittals. .... ... I I Questions media coverage of China issue ! I . I Name of suspected drag dealer ed tives voted narrowly to approve permanent normal-- 7 factories that churn out goods tor export Nickname: ; The Tides Center': ization of trade relations with China, major papers ' back to the United States.:' t. . I Description: HL ; "While the debate in Hair .Sex'. suddenly began barfcing.with alarm. The confident Washington focused mainly A watchdog that barks only after a major 1 York PNTR columNew Times claims about 7 on the probable lift for U.S. exports to China, many made by Abo ss Wt' Eyes will understandably have Its well as its toy nists Thomas Friedman and Paul Krogman were cast U.Sr'multinationals have something different in I Address: aside in fayor of arguments that had been almost mirid." 7 '' alty. V 7., Home:'' "This deal is about investment not exports,' inMajor media's performance around permanent entirely absent from the paper during the run-u- p to si ,sr. ' ' V ' normalization oftrade relations with China inspires , the House vote. Here is some Page One coverage from dicates Joseph Quiqlan, pn economist With Morgan I r .Business ' v v vul y a ... t v, ".f i similar challenge to its pretensions as watchdog for V tire Times : on the day after the vote: & Co." Witter Dean 7 Stanley .. r 7 : boior "7. j- .Motor Vdricle: Make the public interest: vWV.--sudden soon that as as Chinas the tariffs alarm raised the. Why "History suggests by watchdogs in the mediai about PNTR? What accounts for the lit- For months, both the news sections and editorial ; come down, new bureaucratic barriers will magically ' ,w' ' ' Yesr-7license , pages of flagship newspapers such as the New York appear ... China is already at work on ways to slow ; erally overnight shift in coverage? Associates of Dealer Times anti Washington flusfhappily wagged theirtails the. promised influx of American, competitors in its !. Once toe narrow House PNTR vfetory became a j I in support of PNTR and marginalized trade normal-.izati- on market There is little doubt that once a member fait accompli, pieties about the virtues of free trade' of the World Trade Organization, Beijing will use Its could be set aside without endangering the outcome opponents! : Method of dealing: ., ' Normalizing trade with China' was repeatedly ; clout there to work against the international fegula- -. of the vote. 7v '!Location of dealing!. 7 The media swiffly switched into a problem-solvin- g counterpoised to a complete isolation of China, not tion of labor and environmental rights that Mr. Clinton I . who iri- -' says are so necessary.,! . to the actual position of PNTR "opponents, . mode, assessing the very real issues raised beDnig(s) being dealt: sisted that annual reviews of China's human rights 7 Similarly, the Washington Post readers were , forehand Iqr largely ignored labor, environmental and Price: '77, : Amount: and labor policies be continued; 7 , treated to articles two days after the vote, outlining human-righ- ts advocates. ;; . j Normalization of trade was incessantly invoked major problems in trade that will persist after PNTR : The more realistic coverage serves the interests List any other suspected illegal activities: as the ony means to moderate and modernize China's is in effect "Enforcement provisions in the WTO deal of corporate executive? and major stockholders, who ; I political system, while opening up the' countrys mar- .are so vague ... Our headaches with China will now make highstake investment decisions and require I kets to high-tec- h Codename you wish to be known by increase rather than decrease .:: The Chinese are go- - 7 clear intelligence about real problems and prospects, exports from the United States. Meanwhile, major media largely dismissed the ing to be very vexing trading partners ; not ' NO prattle about the inevitable ben- - : May we contact you? YES While the WaliStreet Journal's editorialists are efits flowing from Iree trade and globalization,1 possibility that PNTR was entirely compatible 4:1 If yes; then how: by mail or byphone, blend of authoritarian politic, and an economy However, the vast majority of Americans, workers !, unequaled in their zealotry about free trade, the ' : 7 built on cheap-labwiictv : .:7 whose wages and jobs are jeopardized by the poten-- 7 7; exports to the U.S, paper's news coverage of the PNTR debate was -. The entrance of China into the World Trade Orgamore balanced and nuanced than the Times tial shift of U.S. factories to China or other htfi-r- eIf we nuy contact yiou by mail, what is your address?. niretion was portrayed as a means of making China : and Post reporting. Still, the Journal's most damning . pression, sites, are not helped by belated . ' ..subservient to. democratic aspirations, rather than assessment of PNTR came after the vote. barking. I to block efforts to enhance . giving China veto power The public clearly needs media outlets whose toy- - ' Contradicting those who hailed China as a huge I Mail completed forms to: TIPS, Caibon Mctro Drug Task Fwce, global standards on wages and human rights. potential market for Goods made in the U.S., the Jouralty as a watchdog is to the interests of working 91 East 1Q0 North, Price, UT 84501. 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