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Commentary -. ... v : -: " ; - THE WEEK IN REVIEW The Tar Heel Thatcher's political savvy Jeff Hiday, Editor Bill Riedy, News Editor (so to speak) Lisbeth Levine, Arts 9 Features Editor Jeff Neuvole, Photography Editor Ginie Lynch, Associate Editor Joel Broadway. Sports Editor Staff: Margaret Bell. Scott Bower. Jeff Brody. Mary Clifford. Mark Cole, Kate Cooper, Pete Felkner, Sue Frankeu CB Gaines, Gwen Hailey, April Hardison, Andy Hodges. Kathy Hopper, Mar lvnn Rith Jones, Eileen McCann, Tom McNeill, Haleh Moddasser, Gregory Noble. Ben Perkowski, Cassandra Poteat,, Bill P.ose, Bill Shaw, Jom Smith. Susie Spear, Lori Thomas, Mike Toole, D. A. Trevor, Melanie Wells, Edith Wooten. Rebekah Wright, and Joel Katzenstein, assistant arts 9 features editor. Advertising: Paula Brewer, manager, Mike Tabor, coordinator, Terry Lee, represen tative. Business: Anne Sink, interim manager. SecretaryReceptionist: Kim Baker. Composition: UNC Printing and Duplicating Department. Printing: Hinton Press, Mebane. By GINIE LYNCH Evolution of an American war Like a recurring nightmare, the Reagan administration's controversial for eign policy in Central America continues. But why should we, as college stu dents, worry about the tropical banana republics anyway? The foreign policy pursued in our backyard won't effect us, right? Guess again. If Reagan decides to carry on with his hard-line policies in El Salvador, then this civil war could turn into an American war instead. And the possibil ity that you or someone you know might be sent to El Salvador for actual combat becomes very real. For this compelling reason alone, a crash course in Latin American politics might not be a bad idea. A complex issue Unfortunately, what is going on in El Salvador and all of Central America is a great deal more complex than the administration acknowledges. This real-life crisis is not a simple game of toy soldiers where the good guys always defeat the bad ones, although perhaps Reagan sees it as such. That is why Reagan believes the United States must train Salvadoran troops at warfare, support the counter-insurgent movement of the Somocistas fighting to topple the Sandinista government in Nicaragua, and pour massive amounts of mili tary aid into Guatemala, a country known for its repressive dictatorial re gime. . - . ' The real danger we face is that Reagan's domino theory will become a self fulfilling prophecy. His Central American foreign policy encourages military combat instead of negotiation. But negotiation' is the only alternative before the United States becomes a laughing stock in the eyes of its democratic al- lies. The support for the Reagan administration's actions is waning as is clearly evidenced by debate in Congress and public protests nationwide. Reagan's precarious foreign policy might easily result in a very unpopular war. A confused president The president's inability to satisfy public inquiry and adequately field ques tions from the press about Central America indicates his confusion and lack of knowledge. Guns don't make wars, people do. Becoming aware of the pros and cons of U.S. involvement in Central America is essential. The death squad guns continue to fire, but they must be silenced. Reflecting on Reagan's stance toward Central America over the past VA years, it seems unlikely that the crisis will be resolved during Reagan's current term. There looms the spectre that Reagan will convince himself that only U.S. troops can solve the chaos in Central America, Such a decision would have disastrous effects for Central Americans and U.S. citizens. Obviously, what is good fotthe goose (Mar-' garet Thatcher) is not good for our American gander. President Reagan's attempt to wage a "a little war" in El Salvador and Nicaragua has not boosted his popularity ratings as it did for Britain's Prime Minister Margaret That cher in the Falklands war. Before the war, opinion polls reflected that Thatcher was the most unpopular British Prime Minister in 40 years. But last week she became the first Prime Minister in this century to serve for four years and then be re-elected with a large enough ma jority to assure a five-year second term. Disunity among the opposition parties was largely to tftame for the election results. Statis tics show that a substantial number of Britons voted against the conservatives, but internal quibbling and dissent among the opposition al lowed Thatcher to sail in successfully. The conservatives received 61 seats, the Labor par ty 32 seats and the Alliance of Liberals 3.5 ' seats. -. PLO guerilla tactics Palestine Liberation Organization Chair man Yassir Arafat announced Monday a PLO alliance with leftist Lebanese forces to carry out attacks against Israeli units in Lebanon. Consequently, the Mideast bloodbath will likely increase in intensity. It is uncertain whether the guerillas had al ready participated in attacks or were only pre paring to begin them. Arafat aids said the raids are designed to rally the followers in Leb anon and clue in Syria that there is a price to be paid for promoting internal PLO dissent. Star Trekking Pioneer 10, a spacecraft launched 11 years ago, left behind the last of our solar system's known planets Monday to go where no man has gone before. As Earth's first mechanical ambassador to the stars, this spacecraft in leav ing the solar system constitutes a historical precedent as much as man's first voyage in or bit and the trip to the moon. Although Pioneer's radioisotope power supply is expected to last only another decade or so, it will continue its journey for billions of years. "It will last longer than the life of the universe," said Herbert Lassen of TRW Inc. the builders of Pioneer for NASA. Who said nothing lasts forever? A tangled web Lt. Gov. James C. Green was accused yes terday of accepting a $2,000 bribe and conspir ing to receive bribes of $10,000 a month Jby a Wake County grand jury. Wake District At torney C. Colon Willoughby said the grand jury asked him to investigate written accusa tions against Green and Howard . K. Watts, Green's longtime associate and convicted Col cor defendant. Willoughby said there was sub stantial evidence to bring charges against both men. f Last year, Green told reporters that FBI agents, in the undercover Colcor investigation into corruption in southeastern North Caro lina, had tried to ensnare him with a $2,000 "campaign contribution" which he said he la ter returned. Green claimed he met an FBI agent posing as an undercover underworld fig ure with Watts. Green responded angrily to the grand jury's investigation. Referring to the in cident, Green said, "The public has a right to know I have a right to know why govern-' ment agents tried so hard, with no success whatsoever, to entrap me into breaking the law." ;- Green's "Its time to clear the air" declara tion is his most accurate statement yet, since the outcome of this latest North Carolina po-; litical scandal is reminiscent Nixon administra tion's nebulous response to Watergate. When it rains, it pours The Chapel Hill Town Council plans to do something to stop the raw sewage from over flowing into greenways in the areas of Bolin and Booker Creek. ' The council voted unanimously Monday to urge the Orange County Water and Sewer Au thority to give priority to rehabilitate and re construct sewer interceptor lines along the creek to keep it from overflowing during wet weather. Area residents have taken the problem to . heart. They are worried that the proposed Winding Ridge development would increase the amount of overflow and that the sewage leaking onto the greenway would create a health hazard in an area heavily patrolled by children. A very messy subject indeed. Ginie Lynch, a senior Latin American - Studies major from Richmond, Va., is associ ate editor of The Tar Heel c'iii.,iiiin' ff,k:) ' ' fs TUESDAY" : SI. CO for oil ivho color before 1 0:00 2 drafts for .2 Si and man? but -illegal to advertise ROCCIIHG 2 DR0FTS FOR .25 .75 cans .50 for members 1.50 for guests before 10:30 cntJ other spQctals vi cennst cdvcrtks ... rocfi'n roll ell night long on Franklin BOTTOMLESS .-COPS ' THISRSDCIY'S : dreatest Specie! Till ; 12:00 MORE, MORE, MOREIi! iiaPPYHOOR FRIDAY'S BEST 2 DRAFTS for .25 (That's a -pitcher for .75) 1.00 members2.00 A-' -guests 4:00-9:00. Ccsna to IlfiPPY ilOUIl end GET in FitEO FniPllY HIGIIT 10 The Tar Heel Thursday, June 16, 1933
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