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THE HERALD Wednesday OctoberKUMPageS Government taking a stand in Persian Gulf crisis There is Im told a great risk that war will break out in the Per sian Gulf area This matters to us here for a great many reasons Firstly Canadians are involv ed There are now three ships a squadron of fighter jets and more than a thousand Canadian military people in the region This number could well grow and soon Secondly the price of oil has zoomed and the question of energy security has been raised The stakes are high in this poten tial conflict and what happens in the Gulf could come to affect us all in very real ways Some people are asking me why this is happening Why are Canadian ships and planes in a likely combat zone What is the main issue Why fight Certainly not because we want to War is tragedy Those who run from it are wise But on the hand the Persian Gulf crisis has developed because of special ones that the civiliz ed western world cant ignore Consider this Saddam Hussein is a weirdo who showed no hesita tion in gassing thousands of his own citizens He did not hesitate in invading defeating occupying and subjugating the country next door Kuwait He didnt hesitate in taking hostage countless numbers of foreigners And he will not hesitate to go further This man did what the United Nations condemned deprive all the citizens of another country their freedom And now he is threatening the energy security of half the world So many coun tries have come together in say ing this is wrong The S and the USSR argree France and Britain and Saudi Arabia and over 20 other countries have mov ed troops to the region Hussein has an army of more than 900000 troops If the shooting starts a great many young people on both sides will die And what are the choices If the combined antiIraq forces withdraw will Hussein get out of Kuwait Will he stop his ag gression Will he give up the planning of controlling the western world by cutting off its oil Of course not And so Canadian troops sailed and flew to the gulf to stand beside the others who op pose international goons Canada is a member of NATO a military alliance hammered together after the last World War to protect its members Being a member means having friends willing to help you Being a member also means having obligations when your friends need you And that is why we sent our people there Its why we could be sending more including those manning the new frigate just now completed in New Brunswick Clearly the government has been by a lot of people who think this all should be Bookmark contest Calling all creative youngsters Pinter the 3rd Annual Hills Public Libraries Bookmark Con test All designs must be created in blank ink on an official entry form available for pickup at either library The words The Library must appear somewhere on the bookmark Twelve bookmarks will be chosen These will be printed and distributed each month dunng 1991 Entry deadline is on November 3 1990 The winners of the contest will be notified and attend a special presentation on November a 1990 during Childrens Book Week For more information please call Georgetown or Acton Library HattonPl PROGRESSIVE CONSERVATIVE somebody elses problem Others dont like the fact the price of gas has climbed with more increases likely to come Canada is part of an interna tional energy agreement involv ing 11 countries We have agreed to pool and share our energy in times of difficulty That means while Canada produces enough oil for its own needs we could face shortages if a Persian Gulf war shuts down production in say Saudi Arabia This will not be easy And we have to look hard to see any good in the situation One aspect might be that oil shortages will underscore in Canadians minds the need for us to look beyond our dependence on the stuff Oil is costly to find the mideast oil patch is politically unstable and burning oil pollutes the environ ment Maybe war can change the way we think For example cant we turn from oil to alternative fuels 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