Shasta (AE 33) - Naval Cruise Book

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4-'ia f spans:-mn-pa - .1:.r:v lll1: ... -' . ' f.. I up A y Saddam's peace offer looks unreal The conditions that Iraq has attached to its withdrawal from Kuwait are not unreasonable when one realizes that Iraq is, after all, bargaining from a position of strength. Consider: Since the start of the war, Iraqi buildings, bridges and elite Republican Guard emplacements have unceasingf ly destroyed countless numbers of allied bombs. Iraq rules the air over Israel and Saudi Arabia, as is evif denced by the great number of U. S. Patriot missiles destroyed by the Iraqi Scud missiles. In a brilliant move that will be applauded for generations in the annals of military history, the oil sliclcfsl released by Iraq have essentially eliminated any threat of Iraqi forces posed by Persian Gulf seabirds. This will be so for the remainder of the war despite efforts by UU. S. backed envif ronmental imperialistsn to clean them up. The Iraqis won a public relations coup when they pub- licly showed allied prisoners what human rights are all about. 11Not to mention human lefts, uppercuts and rabbit punches., Finally, Saddam I-Iussein is younger and stockier than George Bush. If this thing boils down to an armfwrestling match between the two leaders, you've got to put your money on the feisty Baath secularist. Thus, Iraq holds all the bargaining chips. The U. S. should accept the Iraqi conditions before we're all on the ground, laughing. DAVID G. KUPKOWSKI Cheektowaga HERE 12 WAR IN THE GULF

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...-,1v-Yivvi....vv-Y -uv-rv 1-rvwg QA? fr, .ww y -h . ,, ik H - .....,g, - ' ' ' ' - V... ... .... , .fe . A And While You Were Gone... DEAR SAILOR,'lt used to be that when you went to war, you staved awav for years, and life went on, and you were leftibehrnld. Tlrrs war thrrmped loudly past, and is overt' But we were moving quickly too, even if no one really noticed, since all the cameras and conversations were pointed in your direction. Consider this a scrapbook of the moments we both rnrssed. ' .We made some discoveries. Scientists managed to produce a perfect copv of the muscular dystrophy gene in mice. A study by the American Bar Association found that white males get the best car deals. Some Biblical schol- ars concluded that jesus-never said about 80? of the things the New Testament says he said. A retired Wlisconsin couple learned that the oil painting that had hung in their living room for 30 vears was a Yan Cogh. And it turns out that if vou run about a mile and a half every day, you get fewer head colds. A i I Democracy skipped and stumbled and blustered along its puzzling way. Nobody in Washington could think or talk of any- thing except the war, but the states pursued their own parochial obsessions. Tennessee lawmakers banned the release of more than 24 nonbiodegradable balloons by any one person, in order to keep bits of rubber from choking the fish. Ten state sena- tors in Washington proposed that the eastern part of Washington be allowed to secede and form ainew state called Lincoln. Lincoln was a great emanc1pator, said one of them, Hand we want emancipation from Seattle. The Colorado House decid- ed that you could be sued for making derogatory comments about foods. The war didnit cause the recession, but it took most of the blame. Thirty states are deep in debt and considering everything from taxing incomes to taxing pretzel. Eastern Airlines, Continental and Pan Am all filed for Chapter ll. ln january their jobs. In Minnesota the alone, 232,000 workers lost Teacher of the Year for 1990 was laid Ljff. Stamps now cost 29125. While your Patriots were found some new toys of our car-stereo system that will swap report on command. Sharp has blender that will mash potatoes knocking Scuds out of the sky, we own. Sanyo has a voice-operated CDs or summon a radio traffic my a new microwave with a built-in 0 while they cook. Fidelity -.- Electronics came out with a logical clock by telling you the pregnant. It sells for 355995. The patent office ruled that can be trademarked, which scented embroidery kit in the War abroad did not make man in New York City was friend for throwing him out of stewed finger to the homeless jury decided he must have hunted down a roadside serial had signed a movie deal for her even brought. Westchester wristwatch that doubles as a bio- best time of the month to get a smell, like a name or symbol, came as a relief to the makers of a shape of a skunk. us any more peaceful at home. A acquitted after he cut up his girl- her apartment and served her in Tompkins Square Park. The been crazy. Police in Florida killer - a 34-year-old blond who story before the charges were County, N.Y., is hosting the Fatal Attraction' trial, in which a with murdering her lover's wife, parking lot afterward. The folks at CNN became part of the family. But every now and then we needed some relief, something sweet and harmless. Bambi was the year's best-selling video, and the crowds at Disney World fell off only slightly. The biggest star of the season was a 10-year-old kid you never heard of, whose movie, Home Alone, made studio heads cry- especially the ones who turned down the script. Gary died on thirty-something, but Nancy survived her cancer, and Bart Simpson passed all his courses. Vanna White got married, and so did Tom Cruise, Meg Ryan and Dennis Quaid tthose last two to each otheryjane Fonda and Ted Turner are engaged. Danny Thomas and Margot Fonteyn died.james Brown was paroled. Oprah, who was fat when you met her and thinner when you left, is fat once more, and swears she will never diet again. Donald Trump used to be rich, but his emirate is currently under siege by creditors. McDonald,s now serves packets of raw carrot sticks. We still read the sports pages, but we tried to avoid war imagery to describe third-down situations. Roger Clemens became the first 155 million baseball player, and Pete Rose was barred from the Hall of Fame. George Foreman will soon be fighting for the heavyweight championship, and Sugar Ray Leonard has retired. We think he means it this time. .We may have buried the Vietnam-era mentality, but we have resurrected its style: beehive hairdos are back, and Day-Glo mrnis, and beads. It is now possible to spend 51560 on a necktie that displays the contents of a man's medicine chest or a collage Of bus transfers. You will find signs that you're returning to a different country than the one you left in August: proud, resolute, and united and overwhelmed with national purpose. You will be lavished with honors, medals and ribbons, streets named after you, Desert Storm ice cream flavors. You who wrote to us of your fears of coming home should not worry. No one will spit on you. YOu will not be called baby killers, and we promise that you will not grow old holding a sign in a subway station: I'M A VETER- AN. CAN YOU SPARE SOME CHANGE? There is much more, and you have some amazing stories to tell. Put your feet up. We have all the time in the world. Welcome home. NANCY GIBBS and PRISCILLA PAINTON besotted schoolteacher is charged and having a tryst with him in a