Show Debate on the Persian Gulf spurs controversy 1 Jonathan D. D Kline Contributing Writer A heated atmosphere developed at a debate on the Persian Gulf Crisis which erupted into a shouting shouting shouting shout shout- ing match between panel members and students While questions should have been directed to the panel concerning the Intervention intervention intervention inter inter- in the Middle East the debate became more of a aI aa I Zi a g gs 4 it r s w. w Q a. a kV W f I n i forum for students to express their personal feelings on United States foreign policy William Wright a professor of sociology at compared compared compared com com- pared the United States action action action ac ac- tion in the Persian Gulf to what the United States did in other military actions around the world He said It lilt strikes me as something short of believable that the United States government can feel morally outraged toward a leader of I V i Y v a k I i s 4 h X q YV Bill Wright Marvin Hamilton Kevin Hofeling and Bruce claimed the United States should not be in the Persian Gulf I 1 4 3 V r ff T Former Congressman Howard Nielson far left defended the United States in the Persian Gulf the Middle East for doing exactly exactly exactly ex ex- what the United States did in Panama Grenada and probably Vietnam Wright was a panel member member member mem mem- ber who opposed US U.S. intervention intervention intervention inter inter- in the Persian Gulf John Wilson an assistant editorial editor for the University of Utah Daily Chronicle countered Wrights Wright's What comments we did in Panama and Grenada was not the same thing Wilson said that the United States military was invited as a guest into those countries to restore democracy Wilson added that the United States is in Saudi Arabia to protect that country and other Arab countries at their tion Marvin Hamilton a Vietnam Vietnam Vietnam Viet Viet- nam veteran and a member of the antiwar group Utah Peace Test said the moral is issues issues issues is- is sues of war are arc not being ad ad- dressed Who dies in war he asked In addition to the morality of war Hamilton brought out the financial obligations the United States was committing to the Persian Persian Persian Per Per- sian Gulf crisis He said that the State of Utah was spending spending spending spend spend- ing approximately 12 billion dollars a year on education as compared to 85 million dollars dollars dollars dol dol- lars a week being spent by bythe bythe bythe the United States on Operation Operation Operation Opera Opera- tion Desert Shield He quoted former president Dwight D. D Eisenhower who said Every gun that is made every warship warship warship war war- ship launched every rocket fired signifies in the final sense a theft for those who hunger and are not fed for those who are cold and not clothed Addressing the economic need and the employment situation an unidentified student student student stu stu- stu- stu dent made the comment that J II VI- VI V 4 V r z- z t tr r r IV i 4 i 7 d 7 1 V 4 t V i 2 V V Many students listened to both sides of the Iraq controversy at a debate on Nov 27 his six nephews were forced to join the military out of economic necessity His comment was countered by a student who said They knew full well what the potential of war was when they joined and signed up voluntarily Former Congressman Howard Nielson who had visited Panama and more recently the Persian Gulf said that the United States was invited into these countries but added Who invited Hussein into Kuwait Answering Bruce question about the amount of money being spent on the Persian Gulf as compared to problems at home he said Read the Constitution the United States was required to provide for the common defense and that shouldn't be compared with money needed for domestic issues Q re r Nielson said that oil was a main reason the United States was involved in the Persian Gulf crisis but that aggression was also a reason J for being in the Middle East J V A AHe He said that President Bush A. A fi r rhad had the approval of Congress Congress Congress Con Con- gress as well as almost every other nation Nielson said that Hussein's actions were a a. a blatant of t act aggression and asked Where are we going to draw the line This is not just a war of oil but of right and wrong If economic sanctions work great but we need to prepare to take other steps Steve Fidel a Deseret News reporter said II As As citizens of r this country we need to be in support of our need to be involved then consider what your position r is and let it be best time to be involved is before the conflict x |