European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 8, 1981, Darmstadt, Hesse                                February the stars and stripes Page 15 Jesse Jackson Best Way to Avert another hostage situation now that the american hostages to have the hostages Back that they will give thoughtful and concerned americans have been released after 15 months of Cap Little serious thought to the meaning of the should indulge in neither most of the discussion will focus on iranian others will remain so Emit first of we should not Overlook the what can be Learned from this very trying tired and embarrassed that they will be we Are Happy All the hostages Are National some will be so elated preoccupied with isolating or punishing Back Safe and no hostage lost his a it i handed or Toffik Jrsn Aid two me and James Kilpatrick it time to move on to other things it May seem a churlish thing to but it has to be said now that the White House reception is Over and done can we forget about these former hostages for a while its time to change the we have now been through Days of Pur ple prose and yellow the families of the prisoners have been interviewed not Only and Infin Tum but also and in one banal form or the penetrating question has now been asked times How does it feel to be Home not since three mile Island has a Story been so Mas sively the notion that the 52 Are heroes ought to be quietly with the exception of Jerry the California businessman who was seized by these were professionals in the state department and the armed theirs is a High risk and the trouble with High As any insurance agent will Tell is that now and then one pays a Price for taking the prisoners suffered an agonizing ordeal but not a novel let them now go in one aspect of this wretched Story cannot be yet put what should president Reagan do about the agreements my own thought is that part of the settlement should be much of it should be repudiated out of As a it seems to we Are Honor bound to carry out the commitment to bring about the Transfer of All remaining iranian financial assets in the United states or in instrumental ties we Are committed to creating an Ira United states claims tribunal with authority to arbitrate whatever claims May be submitted to we owe it to the whose Good offices must be to Honor other provisions that go directly to official relationships be tween Iran and the United but i should Stop the agreements contain provisions As to private individuals so blatantly unconstitutional As to Shock the a Char Itable Assumption is that Deputy Secretary Warren Christopher consented to these pro visions knowing they were not Worth the paper they were written if you the Brazen clause the United states will order All persons within jurisdiction to report to the within 30 for transmission to All information known to As of 1979 with respect to the property and assets of the former Shah or any close relative of the former violation of the requirement will be subject to civil and criminal penalties de scribed by it is inconceivable that Reagan should issue1 any such if the time has come when one May be imprisoned for violation of a presidential order or due process of Law has lost its by the same Reagan should repudiate those provisions that purport to pro Hibit our own courts from hearing claims filed by our own if Federal courts Are to be prevented from hearing certain causes of the prohibition will have to be imposed by act of no presi Dent has Power to barter away the civil rights of the including the right to sue for redress of by renouncing these intolerable provi Reagan May Salvage some shred of National the assets of Iran Are one thing the rights of american citizens Are something else As for the let us Cool this has not been a glorious chapter in the history of our no amount of Champagne will make it let us be thankful deeply thankful that the prisoners survived their brutal Cap once that gratitude has been express let the cheering c Universal press around fora it appears that no one has been permanently impaired and while there May be some emotional scars on both the hostages and their others have had experiences with even greater suffering and they have the love of family and friends and the support of an entire nation All have great Healing for All of these blessings we can thank the iranian crisis highlighted the necessity of respect for International opinion and the role of International those of us who know the history and suf Fering of the iranian people under the Cia imposed and supported the hit Ler of Iran May understand feelings of their actions cannot be justified if columns and comments world the Sanctity of embassies and the Rule of Law Are Ever to mean and world peace is possible Only to the de Gree that the considered opinion of men and nations and respect for International Law Are followed and acted two wrongs do not make a now that the hostage crisis is it is in our National interest and the interest of world peace that the and the other nations of the world that have severed diplomatic relations reestablish diplomatic ties with it will not be for either the or and it will take some time to heal the but the Healing process should begin immediately and diplomatic ties reestablished As soon As no communication and strained relations serve Only the interest of instability and not peace and International re Many have asked the what can we do to prevent americans from being taken hostage in the future1 much of the discussion has entered on be ing tougher on those who would dare to take any american giving greater Protection to our diplomats and embassies or making it Clear in Advance what the costs will be if americans Are taken no some technical or even some military changes could reduce the possibility of americans being taken hostage in the i do not believe there is any absolute Protection against those who Are so an Gry or so ideologically committed that they neither respect world opinion nor have any regard for International ultimately our Best Chance of protecting americans in foreign countries tomorrow is to treat them justly and with respect the students in however did not just take the americans hostage in the they were taken hostage in the historical context of past american con duct in the did covertly overthrow a democratically elected prime Moham med and install the Shah in the did help set up and train the Shah secret which May have killed tortured and maimed thousands so that virtually every family in Iran 35 million population was touched by the Shah with economic and military support and the Shah siphoned at the expense of the iranian people and for his personal billions of if there is a lesson to be Learned from the hostage crisis it is that injustice is contagious we will reap what we the strongest Protection any nation has against its citizens being taken hostage is to treat other nations fairly and with Multi might is not right is the establishment of moral authority in the world nations respect us for our ideals and our not solely because of our economic and political might is our Best Chance to avoid another hostage c Universal press