Divide and rule is U.S.-

4 By LEWIS MOROZE

adlines coming from the Mideast give one the feel-
gf deja vu, circa 1982, just before Israel’s unprovok-
i. ssion against Lebanon.
‘he U-S. and Israel, partners in what is called the
yJsrael Strategic Military Alliance, plotted that at-
ch on Lebanon and are now, with the assistance of
¥veme right-wing forces in Lebanon, conducting mur-
sus air raids on Syrian headquarters in Lebanon. It is
hortant to note that Syria is stationed there at the
est of the Lebanese government. For some time
{sraeli ruling circles have been publicly talking
djyut unleashing a war against Syria.

urrent reports indicate that the Israeli Government
{wational Unity is pursuing a double-barreled offen-
ie (1) to take all steps necessary to forestall the build-
ls pf a united, independent Lebanon by provoking and
jing the internecine strife still plaguing the people of
anon and (2) laying the groundwork for an all-out
2 attack on Syria, the staunch anti-imperialist
atry in the region.
artner with Israel in this plot is the Reagan admin-
jon, whose nuclear battle fleet is patrolling the
\ ces of Lebanon, ready to fire missiles into Syria on
\, slightest pretext.
‘yhe rightwing Phalangist Lebanese leaders and Israeli
hawks are disturbed by the slowly growing unity and
. degree of order being established in Lebanon. The
gists, falsely charging that the presence of Syrian
advisers is ‘‘unlawful,’’ underscored their false
s by dropping bombs close to Syrian headquarters
est Beirut.

eanwhile, the Israeli foreign ministry arrogantly
. claimed that they are “‘in principle against a Syrian
ce in Lebanon,”’ while Israel itself is an uninvited
st occupying southern Lebanon, from which they
-k urban areas in central and northern Lebanon.

may soon discover that the Israeli government con-
the United Nations military presence in Lebanon
pe illegal. This, of course, would explain why the

5 clear the way for further involvement in Lebanon,

aeli policy in Lebanon

Israeli military recently clashed with the UN forces.

The parallel positions taken by the Israeli ruling circles
and the Lebanese Phalangists are glaringly patent. They
cynically and hypocritically charge that the anti-Syrian
attacks in West Beirut were the work of a Moslem religi-
ous grouping. The intent is clear — to widen the dif-
ferences between the Christian and Moslem people of
Lebanon to further their own ulterior motives — divide
and rule.

Pursuing their genocidal policy against the Palestinian
people, the Israelis have unleashed their airforce against
the Palestinian refugee camp at Ain-al-Hilweh, which
was also shelled by Israeli torpedo boats under the
protection of the U.S. fleet in the Mediterranean.

Lebanese Premier Rachid Karame bitterly criticized
the bombings at the Syrian headquarters and the bomb-
ings at Baisur, Aitat and Shimlan, areas controlled by the
Progressive Socialist Party.

Asserting that the presence of Syrian troops in Leba-
non ‘‘is a lawful act undertaken in response to an official
request,’ Karame rejected the position taken by the
Lebanese rightwingers and the Israeli authorities in their
opposition to the presence of Syrian military observers.

The Israelis speak brazenly about attacking Syria. The
ex-chief of Israeli military intelligence, Aaron Yariv,
wrote in an official report that “‘Syria posed the only
immediate military threat to Israel.’’ Brazenly, Israeli
Defense Minister Yitzhak Rabin boasts that in 1970 ‘‘the
United States and Israel might have acted together to
attack Syria.”

The Reaganites and their Israeli allies find Syria a bone
in their throats. It was soon after the alliance was signed
by the U.S. and Israel that Israel annexed the Golan
Heights. Syria’s anti-imperialist stance is an obstacle to
the aims of each of the partners of the alliance.

Israel finds Syria ‘‘aggressive’’ for fortifying its own
borders. Israel and the U.S. are angered at Syria for
breaking off relations with Morocco for having engaged
in bilateral talks with Israeli Prime Minister Shimon
Peres. Israeli foreign policy compels the National Unity
Government to nurture jingoism, chauvinism and racism

The Reaganites and their Israeli allies find Syria a bone in
their throats. Syria’s anti-imperialist stance is an obstacle
to the aims of each of the partners of the alliance.

at home. The war economy is also undermining the
Unity Government, causing fissures between the
partners and within the governing coalitions. Sectors of
the Israeli people are calling for a United front against the
policies of the government.

The war clouds hovering over the Mideast could very
well trigger a world conflagration and not be limited to a
war against Syria.

It is absolutely necessary for U.S. peace forces to give
proper attention to the war danger in the Mideast. To
neglect this hot spot is to play with the danger of a world
nuclear holocaust.

In Israel and in the Jewish American community,
there is a growing appreciation of the need for an interna-
tional conference on the Mideast under the auspices of
the UN. This is the road to peace in the Middle East.

— U.S. People’s Daily World

INTERNATIONAL FOCUS Tom Morris

‘the marvels
pf U.S. science

Some years back I recall
‘watching a debate on U.S.
jelevision in which a military
surgeon argued that the Viet-
1am War was a good thing for
humankind because of the
medical advances that could be
de out of the carnage.

He had a sophisticated de-
ivery which was chilling. He

treatment and in the
transportation of wounded —

‘as if we were considering
. His detachment was
1ised as professionalism.
man used all the argu-
put forward by nazi doc-
who conducted experi-
on concentration camp
s to find new ways to
nazi army battle casual-

U.S. doctor avoided
tioning that while he was
ag his bit for humanity, his

rgies toward creating
-more lethal death ma-
ines. I suppose he’d see that
,a sort of division of labor.

All this came to mind read-
ing a news item out of Afghan-
i which reports the most

spoke of leaps in burn and |

gues were putting their

up-to-date U.S.-made chem-
ical weapons are now being
used by the counter-revolu-
tionary forces in that long con-
flict.

Captured experimental-type
grenades and mines filled with
nerve gas, pellet bombs in
which the pellets are covered
with deadly mercury and de-
vices for poisoning wells and
water reservoirs are among the
gadgets being taken from cap-
tured troops.

‘And, in the name of re-
search, no doubt, the bandits
are being instructed to bring
back to Pakistan samples of
soil and water for analysis to
determine effectiveness.

As it did after the atom-
bombing of Hiroshima and
Nagasaki and throughout the
10-year war against Vietnam,
U.S. Science doesn’t miss a
trick when it comes to benefit-
ting from live, on-site situa-
tions to perfect its equipment
— for the good of humanity, of
course.

Mulroney

. on drugs

It seems that if Reagan de-
cided to zero in on the im-
morality of the sex life of the

American tree toad, Brian

Mulroney would discover the
problem also to be epidemic
here in Canada.

It can’t be accidental that
when Reagan’s public rela-
tions people conjure up anissue
(it’s mid-term election year in
the U.S.), Mulroney’s hacks
appear to advice him to play
copycat.

Thus we no sooner watched
the glitch of Nancy and Ronnie
on TV “‘declaring war’ on
U.S. drug use, then there was
Brian talking about ‘‘epi-
demic’’ and our social fabric
being undermined.

Reagan’s hypocrisy in dis-
covering the drug issue is only
surpassed by Mulroney’s silly
“‘me too’’ posturing. It’s even
more ridiculous since Rea-
gan’s ploy will probably find
some fertile ground with U.S.
citizens, while Canadians will
largely just wonder what Brian
is smoking.

Nobody, least of all serious
people, would play down the
problem of drug use and abuse
in the ‘‘free world’’. It’s amaz-
ing, isn’t it, that the problem
doesn’t exist in socialist
states? Neither does unem-
ployment and the dead-end de-
spair of youth we see here.

If Mulroney is talking about

a drug epidemic — how about a
12 per cent unemployment
epidemic undermining our so-
cial fabric? What about the
epidemic of a dead-end sys-
tem? And what about the epi-
demic of old-line politicos who
are as dangerous to the coun-
try’s health as smack?

Misusing the drug issue for
cheap votes won’t work —
even if Mulroney had thought
of the idea first.

Dracula and —

the blood bank

Israeli Prime Minister Shi-
mon Perez says he has Rea-
gan’s backing for the idea of a
Western-nations’ ‘‘anti-terror-
ist’ force which they would
send around the world at a
moment’s notice.

Just think about it for a min-
ute: we’ll have a mobile mili-
tary force, led by the U-S.,
operating as sort of a Samurai
to go anywhere, any time to
impose law and order. No
bureaucratic United Nations’
red tape, no international law
to be concerned with, just the
good offices of Reagan and Pe-
rez, both recognized honest
brokers.

If such a SWAT squad were
formed, imagine the sighs of re-

lief that would be heard. For
example:

e Nicaragua could call on
the mobile force to assist it in
resisting contra. terrorist at-
tacks;

e The Palestinians could
employ the force against zion-
ist settlers forcibly stealing
Arab land;

e The Grenadians could
have had the force meet the
U.S. Marines on the beaches;

e The Lebanese could line
them up along the Israel-Leb-
anon frontier as protection
against Israeli raids;

e The Soviet Union could
pull its troops out of Afghanis-
tan, knowing the mobile force
would assist Kabul in its anti-
terrorist fight.

e Angola would see the
force taking on the South Afri-
can-U.S.-backed gangsters of
Savimbi who operate inside
the country killing and burning
at will.

There’s no end of tasks.

The problem, of course, is
that Reagan and Perez lead two
nations with overtly terrorist
state policies. To have them
decide on what terrorism is, is
like putting Dracula in charge of
the blood bank.

PACIFIC TRIBUNE, SEPTEMBER 24, 1986 e 9