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By problem here at home.
Slowly but surely Prest- Who e vital iniere t is the
(lent Bush, Secretary of State U.S. protecting? Certainly
Jame Baker and other lead- not the intere�lS of the 9045
ing admini tratlve official ,or those Amencans ho con­
Ire priming the American trol le s tha� 30..,. of the total
public for war against Iraq. wealth of th!s �allon.
It is becoming inerea ing- . �nce" �aln II afpears that
Iy evident thlt the "deren e· It IS rich m. n � st�uggle
oJ S udi Arabia and the and a poor man s fa ht .
ithdra al or Iraqi force . No ,one can ju t.iry Iraq' 1------
from Ku ait i not the real Invas�on/an.nexallon o(
motive for t e m ive U.S. �uwall. But one �as to q��­
military deployment in S udi uon ho� thl.s cn IS
Ar bi and the Persiln Gulf developed In the rlrst patce,
region. . There are rowing indica-
The U.S. i determined to lion that the U.S. may have
de troy hat i perceived to lea.d Saddl,!, e f:lussein .to
be a ho tile leader and a war believe lhat hiS disputes It
m chin which i considers a Kuw it would be treated a
threat to U.S. ·vitll interest". purely inter-Anlb mauer of
One is toreed 10 onder no major concern to the U.S.
out oud nether there might It wou�d ppear th t � ddam
also be anether motivation. Hu se m, an ry IIh the
Could the Persian Gulf leu aiti Mon chy for drivin
military build-up and pend- dow'n �he price of oil (and re­
in Ir ith Ir q be a meaDS Ilt�d I ues), took th.e U.S.
of diverting attention hom attitude a. a .reen lIaht .to
the f Hering U.S. economy re olv.e .hls grievances IIh
and 'the mind bo lina scan- �uwailin any m nner he uw
dal which have robbed the fll.
American people ,of billion
even trillio . of doll �?
STA(; ; .. :IU (; proble
rc over h Iming entire
cif ie ithin the nation.
Deepenuing re ces ion is
elling the ran s of the. un­
employed nd a mounting
deficit cri i would cem to
Iore ca t no reli�f from
mi. cry for the m es of U.S.
citi�ens in the ne r future. .
It i difficult to under tand
how the U.S. can pend some
$1.2 billion a month on a Per­
ian Gulf milit ry build-up in
the face of uch ma ive nd
seemingly intrMctable
IIUSS .. :IN . OST certain­
ly recalled th it wa the
U.S. who ot only . quie ced
but ccrerly encouraged the
Iraqi inva. ion of Iran in
1980. Why 'ould the U.S.
react . ny differently if Iraq
seized II or part of Kuwait.·
a mean' of paying off Iraq':
enormous war debt'!
The que tion arises· as to
whether or not the U.S. inad­
vertently ent the wrong si -
nal to Saddam Hu sein or
whether the signal were, a
part of a scheme of calculated
deception.
In ny event, au no,time did
Ro
D n I.
there appear to be any real
tbreat to Saudi Arabia. It i
clear to th t 'he Ir qi in­
v sion of Ku it wa merely
a pretexi fnr the mas:ive
deploy nt of U.S. troop: to
lhe relion. .
"nle U.S. would like to en­
ure thai the reg ions oil
� resource ill pri ncipal] y
remain in the h nds of
"friendly· ar b r 'gims. That
·mi ion will Dot be complete
until Saddam Hu e in i.
o Sled and the Iwe orne
mililary machine which the
U.S .• France, Germany nd
lhc Soviet Union helped S d­
d m Hu ein tn assemble is
de. troycd.
A war. spearheaded by the
U.S. expeditionary force in
the reglon i. ncccs ry to
chieve t t objective.
So no the hype is un ,
drumming up support from
thc Americ n people for yet
anothcr U.S. directed mis­
adventure i a tJisUtnl land; a
mi. - dventure which ill
result in untold thous nd of
innoc:cnllraqi civiii n. being
hlulht�rcd and hundred' of
the son and daughter of
African American , Latino
nd poor and working people
being killed nd maimed to
protect tbe vilal intere t and
wa·y of life of the rich and
. uper rich who rule America
nd the orld.
IN THE VIETNAM W r,
African Americ n com­
pri ed 121JJ of the U.S.
popul uon, but Black 01-
dicrs uCfered .from 35-40�
of the casu Itie . Black,
Brown and poor soldiers will
again disproportionately bear
the burden of the pending war
with Irl .
The contr diction i that
lh se ame Black, Bro nand
poor people are 'also dis­
proportionately unemployed,
in prison and in the military.
For many of the sons and
daughters of America's di -
,0 sesseu, the military i
anoption of la t resort.
• The masses of U.S.
citizens h ve no vital stake or
interest in aWIf ith Iraq. A.
U.S.A. Today Inquiry Editnr,
Barbara Reynold' recently
put it,·it not our' la�d. our
Thl We k In
Black HI tory
OCTOII"�R 14, 1917- 8
Origin I Harlem
Globerlrotler for ed for
b sketb II eon. 1964 -
MlirUn I.. t er Ki ,Jr.
won Nobel Pcace P·rize.
Can yo}u name the com­
poser of the, ong, "I'm Ju.tt
Wild About Harry?"
OCTOBER 15, 1 1-1 I
autumn, Pre ident Lincol
authorized e ro enll -
e t: 1775 - Gabrie
Pro er, sl ve in urrec­
tioni t, wat born.
Which Blad ch",rchmalf
bought his late master'
library .fO the deceased ",igh
hav� a respectable funeral?
o TOBER .', 1915 --
A. P Uip R. dolph founde
Brot �hood of Slecping Ca
Port·rs. 1849 - (;eor e
W infjCton Willi. " first
hi. tori n, wa. horn.
198 - Hi op De 0 d
Tutu won Nobel Peace Priz .
J901 Booker T.
W.· i to dined with
Prc' dent Theodore
Roo eveJt I the White
Hou .
H w Many Black had in­
come of $25,000 in 1977?
o TOBER 11, 1965 -
Pope Paul elected the fir t
BI e Bi op, the Very Rev.
oil,ourbusines ft.
A popular Bl ck rap group
ings the line, "it time to
stop the hype". Perhap , its
al 0 time Cor another
resounding choru of "Hcll
no, we won't got"
lt Is clear to me
that Ihe Iraqi
Inva Ion of
Kuw Itwa
m � Iyaprel �
forth m Ive
d ,,'oym nt of I
U.S. troop to the
region., I
Ron Dan;eb serves as
Presidelt' of the In ,i'"te for
COl, multity 0, anizetto«
and Devel0pllfent in
YUllng.flown. Ohio. He ",ay
be contacted at (2/6) 746-
.'i747.
II roldl Perry. 181� -
Sa uel WMrd, abolitioni t
and mini ·ter, was born. � 888 .
- t'ir t Dlack'b k, Capital
Saving' B nk of Wa hin ton,
D.C., open d.
Who i.t the Civil War
.failor· who fled to the U ion
side w;t" a Confederate ve.f­
ul?
OCTOBER 1 • lC)J-' -
"Jobs-ro -Negroe" h g n
in Detroit and u cd the
boycott a' at b ic tactic.
1948 - Ntozake •
poet and playwright,
born. 1958. - T 0
llearn , boxer, wa born.
What' the name 0/ the
Black man who got a patent
for a fountain pen in 1890?
OCTOBER 19, 1950 -
G we dolyn Brook, fi r I
Black wom n to win Pulitzer
Prize. 1943 - Othello
opened al Shubert Theater.
N.Y .• with Pa I Robe 0 in
title role.
, During the day of rigid
'racial discrimination in
major league ba eball. w re
there any player of probable
African blood?
OCTOR R 10, I 5
John Urn n led a raid on
Harpers Ferry, Virginia,
1720 - John Woolm n.
abol i tioni t, wa bo.q'L
What did the term "Black
Goti:l" mean in the days of the
African. lavc' trade?