European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 1, 1981, Darmstadt, Hesse                                What poes kea6an Meam by Loo Kunfi Over th6 agreement Poest he Trust february William Safire the stars and stripes Page 15 Deal with kidnappers should be disavowed the people who were wrong from the Start about americas reaction to an act of War who assured us that patience and restraint would uphold the nations and that a demonstration of american weakness would not encourage terrorists to escalate their demands and the soviets to make an expansionary move Are Back in business not Content with making the Meek acceptance of humiliation the hallmark of the Carter they Are now trying to induce Reagan to accept the Deal Carter bought of paying Ransom probably and giving amnesty certainly to kidnappers who made terrorism a National no punishment is to be meted out for iran the Issue is being slanted in this Way which will Triumph an angry desire for or reasoned self interest events have proved that Hawks were right from the Start about our policy toward an act of War they counselled economic War fare and the mining of iranian which can be seen in Hindsight As a Wiser course than the one Carter those Hawks Are being portrayed As they were As firebrands and incapable of understanding the finer Points of diplomacy and terrorist its quite a doves put the lives of individual americans ahead of the National and pressed their emotional arguments All along they Are condemning the honest emotion of Hawks and Are pleading for further appeasement under the Rubric of Long Range National self inter they were wrong to act sentimentally Richard Halloran Reagan must decide on keeping Jones president Reagan and Secretary of defense Caspar Weinberger Are con fronted with a dilemma that they have indicated they Are not yet ready to resolve but that May come crowding in on them the Issue should the president retain or dismiss David Jones of the air Force As chairman of the joint chiefs of the senior military adviser to the president and the Secretary of defense and the nations top military officer Jesse and other con including members of the Kitchen Cabinet around contend that the president should dismiss Jones and select a replacement whose ideas Are More in keeping with his they argue that Jones has been top closely identified with the military policies of former president Jimmy Carter and that he willingly fell in with decisions that they con Sider badly such As cancelling the production of the by ratifying the Panama canal treaties and supporting the treaty with the soviet Union to limit Strate Gic on the other former secretaries of defense Harold a and James a have said publicly that Jones should be to dismiss they would be to politicize an office that was intended to Foster professional military several retired senior military officers have agreed with Brown and asserting that a dismissal would invite All aspirants to become democratic or Republican military officers on Active duty Are precluded from speaking out on this political but they have privately expressed mixed Many do not care for Jones but most apparently agree that a dismissal for political reasons would dam age the undermine military discipline and dilute the press Secretary of John Tow and the influential chairman of the armed services says Tower thinks Reagan and Weinberger should have someone they feel comfortable asked in his confirmation hearing about the Fate of said that he was not yet prepared to make a recommend there Are three elements in the decision facing Reagan political most a matter of a senior military officer put it succinctly and bluntly the gut Issue is whether Ronald Reagan is willing to go to War with Davey Jones according to the the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff is appointed by the president with the advice and consent of the Senate for a term of two he May be reappointed Only unless a War has been the chairman serves at the pleasure of the the Law but his term was deliberately set so As not to coincide with the presidential the chairman was intended to be a not a appointee and is not required to resign on the change of As political officials who was selected by former Secre tary was appointed in 1978 Over the objections of Helms and was reappointed and reconfirmed last june for a term expiring in june Jones has asserted publicly that he gave his Best professional advice to the Carter administration and once a decision was he was constitutionally bound to support it he advised against the by termination inside the and but he said he ordered other air Force officers to accept when along with John raised the Issue last Jones reaffirmed that he served at the pleasure of the adding that he meant any but that he would not resign automatically if Reagan won the he said he would submit a Resig nation Only when asked to do so by the to do the general As would politicize his deeper than the procedural and political is the question of Confidence do president Reagan and Secretary Weinberger Trust the military judgments Given Jones can they rely on Jones advice on military deployments of forces and choices of weapons would the president and Weinberger feel comfortable with Jones if the soviet Union fired nuclear missiles and the United states had less than 30 minutes to decide How to respond thus the dilemma if Reagan retains he will most Likely incur once More the Wrath of the Hartline conservatives who vigorously supported his election but who have criticized Many of the presidents first but the in that might also be stuck with a top military adviser in whom he lacks on the other if the president Dis misses it could Lead to uneasiness in the senior military set off a political Competition to get promoted and produce politicized military Reagan would be Able to name a new chairman and chief military adviser with whom he and Weinberger would feel com but the advice they although might not be the Best profession Al military advice to serve the National in c new York times at the Start they Are wrong to ignore Public sentiment at the the american interest As it has been All to Combine right with might to gain our strategic we must Demon Strate that an act of aggression against us will bring neither Reward nor but will Cost an aggressor a Deal with kidnappers should be disa vowed or at least never no con tract signed with a gun to the head is valid in any if we continue to treat the papers signed with a gang of kidnappers As a serious International we will be conferring legitimacy on by honouring an agreement based on we will become a party to the  set says we must not break our agreements or we will be following the iranians example and two wrongs do not make a we need the iranians we must not anger them or they will embrace the dont Stop the boat from cautions foggy in his first error As Secretary of Al Haig caused a spokes Man to say prematurely that the United states fully intends to carry out the obligations of the extorted that came As a Surprise to the Justice depart which had considered that decision to be under William French the attorney went along with the Haig preemptive decision making after a White House meeting we shall see whether Justice abdicates its Legal and judicial responsibilities in favor of state in the coming the emotion of combined with the fact that we Are in the is not to be automatically put Down As foolish the National feeling can and should be put to geopolitical instead of complaining that we must not act in the heat of the administration officials should be figuring out How to use this heat to help change the worlds View of America As a muscle bound for part of the illegal agreement is a pious pledge by the United states not to interfere in the internal affairs of yet in the past two iran at first resuscitated Jimmy Carter and enabled him to win the democratic Nomi then sought unsuccessfully to manipulate the general that re Cord should satisfy the conscience of self Siagel gators As America goes about the Busi Ness of helping the iranian people achieve less repressive toward that Reagan should not per Mit his new administration to be tainted with the hostage agreement of the he should reject or ignore the extortion and set Forth a 444day economic squeeze on the kidnapper the purpose of such a policy would not be so much vengeance As no world courts or International arbiters will bring about Justice in this Case Only american Power can do not Only would an eco nomic squeeze underscore our National will on the global it would help bring about change in a crucial the mullahs Are vulnerable and will one Day be the next iranian government could be a communist production the Udeh show or an anti clerical military or no National government at our reasoned self interest is to actively encourage the emergence of right wingers to keep the Oil flowing that our overtly by repudiating or ignoring the and covertly by helping those iranians who Are the enemies of our we should move toward that Only after Justice is served can by Gones be c new York times the opinions expressed in the columns and cartoons on this Page represent those of the authors and Are in no Way to be considered As representing the views of the stars and stripes or the United states