European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 20, 1981, Darmstadt, Hesse                                January 1981 the stars and stripes Page 11 Buchwald you have just been assigned to washing your behaviour in this foreign Cap ital will reflect not Only on your president but also on your political party and is an awesome it is essential that you understand the native customs and Cul Ture in order to make a Good impression and win the hearts and minds of the people who live the natives May seem strange at but once you get to know and understand you will find washingtonians Friendly and though somewhat slow on the this is not because they Are but Over the years they have become wary about committing themselves on any subject until they Are certain the person they Are talking to is not in a position to do them any the the official language of Washington is which looks and sounds like washingtonians Combine the first letter of each word of an Agency or example Osha needs 134 report 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Washington is that the people who live Here Are Lazy and dont do this is not they Are hardworking and conscientious and will do anything you ask of the trouble is that nobody knows what to ask them to the official currency is the taxpayer one million dollars is equal to an f4 one Hundred Mil lion dollars is equal to a Small aircraft car ten billion dollars will buy you an my missile the natives dont mind haggling with customers and rather enjoy for if someone asks for million for a new Tell him you wont give him a cent More than million and hell be Happy to take washingtonians love to let their hair Down and have a Good the most popu Lar form of entertaining is known As the cocktail if you Are Lucky enough to be invited to its an experience youll never the natives All gather in Small circles and hold glasses in their hands and scream and laugh at the top of their it is Safe to drink the and you will offend your Host and hostess if you dont eat the guacamole As this is Washington National washingtonians also hold dinner which Are prepared by people known As Ca they Are interesting meals and if you Are asked to it is an if you dont know How to eat the food that is just watch your neighbor and follow whatever he or she tipping is the most confusing thing for a foreigner in if you go to a fundraising the tip is included in the but if an indicted congressman gets a private Law through the House of representatives for it is add 15 percent to the As for Washington has a temper ate women should bring five or six simple Adolfo suits for the daytime and a dozen Halston evening gowns for the eve men should pack seven or eight morning suits with Gray striped and Tail that about All you need to know about coming to while it May not be like any place youve been if you dont try to fight it you can have a Marvel Ous but if you come with a Chip on your you will immediately be dubbed by the natives As another ugly letters to the editor More terrorist extortion feared c los Angeles times the news with Home delivery editors note these readers were expressing their feelings before the hostage drama started to move into its final for some 422 Days representatives of the government have been held hostage in the majority of that time was spent on by International is recognized As now a govern ment composed of religious fanatics is de manding billion for their while our Western culture places a High value on human no one person is Worth Over no group of peo ple is Worth the prestige of the or the ragged remnants of that which seems to be what we Are left with after a disastrous anyone who has a sponsor in the Mili tary or works for the has heard the nuke pm until they glow in the go in at night and kill Emall school of diplomacy Hast worked so if we had intervened militarily when the incident first no one could have faulted us for protecting our citizens and our unfortunately after More than a year of diplomatic Patty cake and the inclusion of a third the Only change is the demands become More outrageous every we dont seem any closer to a Resolution of the problem than we were on it is also too late for overt military our one Covert intervention whether through mechanical or human failure the majority of us will never it is say to the hostages and their keepers we realize that you Are 52 human but Are you Worth the lives of another 50 or 60 or More who might be o lost in an attempt to Rescue you do you really think that you Are each Worth the huge amount the iranians Are asking for asking for your release when we have asked these we should ask our if we want to become a country not for its democratic but As a bankroll for terrorists and we have been Lucky so we have suffered few of the tragedies of countries like Italy and West Germany where terrorist activities Are much More any action on our part to placate Iran by enriching it is an open invitation to the red to come to us for funding through bomb kidnappings any other action they can devise As a Means of extorting pay ment from us in the Protection of our i say Stop if we have to write off 52 it will be a but it will also let the rest of the world know that we cannot be How can any of those countries with which we have Mutu Al defense policies count on us if we can not be trusted to handle our own affairs by other Means than a financial payment no no matter How can run on payments of we can not allow ourselves or our Way of life to be held for if this letter sounds it has come to a Point when harsh measures will have to be taken to Shore up our patriotism and world we have been half stepping and re treating for too lets take a stand and maintain we May have been More naive 20 years but we believed in ourselves and what we stood we cant set Back the clock but we if we resurrect the moral courage we once weve had some staggering blows be but weve always come lets support our new leadership and do it name withheld Berlin after seeing the hostages on the news tonight i Felt very angry and kind of ashamed that we have let our people be treated this if we pay the Ransom to Iran for 52 of Pur think of the Price other terrorists could we have thousands of peo ple stationed All Over the maybe next time someone will seize a housing area and take dependents i think its time America set the dead line and made the 424 Days Are too Bowling Germany accept my subscription to stars name please Street Telephone 1 will pay the Home delivery Carrier when he comes to collect area Good morning take advantage of tin stirs it stripes Home delivery service in most government housing delivered to your Mailbox daily for a please Complete this form and mail to stars 09211 attn sales promotion