European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 29, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 10 the stars and stripes tuesday october 29, 1985 t13w3ktftft?s&kn9t it Ibser iss Yff of " in f of  a of Pps y " a ill ills George will shades of of Ednam creeping info . Ferrari of policy anger s indeed valor s is Helstone and the valor of the americans from the president to the pilots is Clear Bui so is this the interception of inc terrorists underscores the limits of . Anli scr dorism policy and the aftermath of the episode has enhanced Theno. The United Stales finally acted against terrorists be a just ii Bact i highly unusual and unlikely to by re cat cd Opportunity for non violent action. It was an act compatible with the administration s Miranda Rule approach fastidious about procedure to anti terrorism. In the of term ii Ihrck nations one a member of n Ato another counted an ally the third considered an example of Civili cd communism showed that they value Good relations with the  More than with the tinted Stales. Or perhaps the Point should be put this was the Ihrcke nations fear of  anger is palpable their fear of . Anger is negligible. A third world cd him identified by the new York times As a senior egyptian official explained to the 1 Iti ies a lie Here is simply not the same As a lie in your  he gut that right. The president of my Cpl lied repeatedly extravagantly transparently As he collaborated with the masterminds of the terror trying to spirit to safety the killers of an american. Four Days later this As a Washington Post headline ". Seeks to soothe  who seeks to soothe whom in the third world Pride often is inversely proportional to the justification of it. The t  ambassador in Cairo says egyptians arc proud Peop. One yearns for the year when their overflowing Pride will Manifest itself in refusal to pocket billions of dollars from . Taxpayers. Italy s government violated an extradition treaty with the United Stales and almost certainly facilitated the Stealthy flight of a particularly odious terrorist to Eastern Europe. The Reagan administration called this italian action inexplicable a polite description of an act completely comprehensible asap easement of terrorists. Then Yugoslavia from which nothing better could be expected violated an extradition treaty with the United states and compounded the offence with an offensive explanation saying the terrorist has diplomatic immunity. The Plo a terrorist organization has an embassy in Zagreb. There is a similarity Between the context of the terrorist interception and the context of the Orcada operation. Grenada came shortly after a stunning Mil itary defeat the truck bomb against the marines that did so much to drive . Forces from Lebanon. Considered in the context of the debacle in Lebanon a Grenada suggested that the United slates is temper mentally prepared 10 use military Power Only in its Region and Only when the use can be completed quickly before Sam Donaldson meaning television arrives. The interception of the terrorists came a week after and in the context of . Acquiescence in the . Condemnation of Israel for attacking the Plo s head quarters in Tunisia. Israel s sin was that it practice what the United slates preaches no Sanctuary for  considered in the context of the . Refusal to / veto the . Condemnation of Israel the . Interception of the terrorists pm phase is the adminis Lra lion s highly restrictive criteria for anti terrorism. It will censure actions taken even against obvious sources of terrorism such As Plo Headquarters in Tunisia. It will act Only against particular terrorists specifically identified with isolated deeds and Only when it can act without jeopardizing bystanders. The administration says if an Opportunity presents itself we will do exactly  same thing  exactly exactly no More. The message of the interception was supposed to be you can run but you can t  but terrorists routinely do both. They use civilians first As fodder and then to hide behind. Low level terrorists with blood on their hands have Little to fear and their leaders have nothing to fear from a . Government that brings to anti terrorism a self defeating desire to assign direct individual culpability for particular acts of violence sponsored by organizations. This is a policy of striking Only at the fingers rather than the brain of terrorism. We arc bringing to the War against terrorism the same War losing restraint that 15 years ago had . Fighter planes chasing individual trucks on the to Chi Minh Trail while North Vietnam s dikes were spared. Soon the . Government will utter the usual lubricating pleasantries and Egypt s president and other Fol Low travellers of terrorism will grudgingly and for a profit forgive us for the injuries they have done to us. The United states has won a Battle but has lost the aftermath. C Washington poll Carl Rowan  of too holding a death watch on court s four old men at least Ono week i run into some conservative who is planning prematurely the funerals of several members of the . Supreme court. I sense that the troglodytes Are getting nervous even irritated that the older justices Aren t cooperating with their 5 year old dream of having president Reagan pack the High tribunal with their soul Brothers and Sisters. For five years they have been hanging Black crepe Over the names of 79-year-old William j. Brennan and 77-year-old Thurgood Marshall. I know some conserva Tives who May even be sticking pins in voodoo dolls in in car eagerness to purge the court of these two certified liberals. It would be so easy to wipe out affirmative action programs and a Miranda Rule that says even people accused of crimes have Basic rights if they could just say goodbye to Marshall and Brennan two Mossy old rocks in inc path of those Rushing to Chip away the Bill of rights. Kennan s response to the grave diggers was to get himself a new Bride. Marshall is Sasser than Ever and still concocting that Bourbon Laved beef slew that i found so delectable 33 years ago. The ill Willers May be watching the health of 76 year old Harry Blackmun with a More venomous Eye than they Are casting on Brennan and Marshall. Black Mun wrote the decision in the famous or infamous Roe is. Wade Case in 1973 declaring that women have a constitutional right to an abortion. Abortion foes have come to the court this term supported by inc Reagan administration demanding that the decision be overturned allowing each state to make its abortion policy but the court reaffirmed the Blackmun View in 1983 in a 6-to-3 Vole and since the makeup of the court has not changed a two vote shift seems unlikely. Blackmun once was thought to be so closely attuned to the ideology of chief Justice Warren Burger that they were dubbed the Minnesota  but As Burger has become More and More a Reagan conservative Blackmun has become moderate to Liberal along inc lines of Justice John Paul Stevens. Conservatives also Are looking at longevity tables toting up the chances of Reagan naming someone to replace Lewis Powell 78, who has been in ill health. The Justice from Virginia has been the swing Man who has kept the court from lilting to the far right. Last year in 19 cases where the court was split 5-Lo-4, Powell was in the majority 14 times. He was on the losing Side Only seven times out of 98 decisions in which he participated. While Powell was absent during the last term recuperating from cancer surgery the court issued a record eight 4-4 decisions. I know How distastkfu1. It is to talk and write about inc possible deaths of people who have i Cost for living. But this phenomenon Only emphasize the importance of the supreme court to All of us. It was the Brave Spear Carrier in half a Century of bal Lucs for racial and social Justice in America. It could be turned into the Leader of a Retreat into darkness. In its 1985-86 term the court has some decisions to make on affirmative action school prayer racism in the criminal Justice system abortion and other issues that Ould change the lives of All of us. So we All have Good reason to Monitor the Well being of those who have been called the four old men on the High tribunal. I lift my Imp writer to them and say Here s to your Good  Cine i America synd cafe Iarj 1 1rll"vl in of "T5"rl"l5l in or