AFTERMATH OF WAR : Words on the Gulf

“A war fought largely over one natural resource, oil, has destroyed other critical resources of the region, including wildlife, fresh water and arable land. What is needed is a multinational cleanup effort in which the military forces in the Gulf shift from destruction to restoration. They possess surveillance capability to track and monitor oil spills, heavy equipment to build dikes, a huge work force and sophisticated communications. The forces could also identify chemical and radioactive contamination from bombed plants and dispose of toxics, sewage, garbage and other debris left by the troops.”--MICHAEL CLOSSON, director of the Center for Economic Conversion, and TOM LENT, Greenpeace policy adviser