European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - December 11, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 10 columns the stars and stripes wednesday december 11, 1985 James Reston Lucky gets a new Leash on Lite thanks to Regan o. I Siuk Jour name and Ink. \ l i maid t. Regan while House chief of stall o i Irr Speakes. The while House spokesman de Nies of were responsible Lor mud Mel resignation As chairman of the National Sec urn coun cil and inc press Lus you for every departure from the while House except the departure of inc pics Ideal dog i Lucky. C Ould we this up a sure i was t responsible for Mel Arland leaving is i know j Hal l pm Point did you or did of not inc president dog to i Alifornia in a Way 0 Ould Jou be More precise 1 \ i o be honest. I never liked thai mull i just thought she d be Al the ranch. O you were thinking of happiness a i was thinking of our happiness and Sanile in the w Hue House. 0 is it Irue Hal i Uek had Independent Access to the of fico a i Ucko had More Access than and body except Vince. And never telephoned me in Advance o and Jou resented this As an evasion of your a Horil As chief of staff a not at first considering Manj other visitors to the Oil office. I though she would be a co Lorl to the president. O and later \ ii was just that she was t cry Ladylike. I did t mind her knocking Over Coffee tables but she was a cry Republican dog and growled at democrats. O was t trial official Reagan polio 1 a yes. But in seemed to me Hal she carried loyally in inc president a bit Low far. I did l mind her bark bul i worried about her bile. O an thing else a she was a Little careless about carpels. U w Hen Jun decided she had logo. Did you consider the potential political consequences i mean. Inc society Lor inc prevention of cruelly to animals is a very powerful lobby in this country and i thought you might Hae to be . A i is thinking about cruelly to humans. Some kids to keep order in this House and As chief of it nil duly to Ltd things up. O was this the Lough is decision Oue had to make ? Pef Corx a. No it was the easiest. I was s.,Rry about Mcl a Lane. He always looked sad As if somebody had stolen his lunch and 1 haled to see Mike Deaver go he was a Happy cuss but everybody wanted to Pui Lucky Oul to pasture. This was almost the Only decision i be taken thai had bipartisan support. Q. Why did you want to be chief of staff a. I m a crazy Marine and nothing makes marines happier than trouble. You have to remember Hal poli lies is a form of guerrilla warfare. Q. Why docs this administration Chew up Many Csc chiefs four in five years a. It an impossible Job. The Guy in Hal Slot is expected. B Law i give you the words to advise the president with respect to the integral Ion of the Domestic foreign and military policies. So Hal they cooperate More effectively in matters involving National q. You re kidding a. Thai what inc Law says. How would Jou like to by to coordinate Weinberger and Shuli. Baker and Rostonkowski. Jesse Helms and tip o Neill on every thing from Star wars to starvation / 0. Look i m asking the questions and you re sup posed to answer them. But i still Don t understand Why they get into such Public rows. A. Because they go on television sunday mornings instead of going to Church. When the Csc was Sci up they were supposed to have a passion for anonymity bul Rosl of them developed a passion for publicity. Old engine Charlie Wilson when he was Al the Pentagon used to say that to survive in Washington you had to learn the lesson of the whale namely that you get a spooned Only when you re up on the surface spouting off. P. So when they gel a spooned they blame it on the chief of Staffa. Very government has to have an Alibi. In Washington we have three the russians the press and the chief of stuff. Look. These Guys work hard. If they were paid the minimum hourly wage they d All be Rich bul they get tired and All go away with the same excuse they want to spend More time Wilh their families. Q. In t that sort of Tough on their families a. That depends. Nobody Ever knows about that especially not the chief of staff. O. But you never gel tired a. Only when i think. Q. By inc Way is ii True that the president got him sell a new dog and did t really lose his heart 10 Lucky a. So i hear. Q. What kind a. I believe it a King Charles Spaniel. Q. Lymm. Thai pretty fancy. Male or female 1 a. Male. 0 what do you think of another Pooch in the Oval office a. No comment 1c new York time David Broder . Should publicize its efforts to fight terrorism the headlines on the front Page stories indicated Surprise. Bul the Surprise is nol thai there were i rec american military officers accompanying forces m the hostage Rescue Effort on Malta bul thai the Reagan adm Milra lion Lound ii necessary to conceal their presence. The reticence May Hax e been occasioned by egyptian president Mosni Mubarak seeming need to demonstrate his Independence of the United Stales Al All Cost bul it suggests something sneaky and somehow improper about an Effort for which this country should not be Apo be Genic . Inc people of the a filed slates Are coming to understand Hal terrorism is inc characteristic form of War fare of this age and thai the Choice of strategies to counter in is no different from Whai ii was when Hitler was the in real Alliance or appeasement. A nation that sits Back and Hopes Hal its Cili cons will not be targets of terrorism makes it Ever More Likely Hal icy will be targeted. A nation that demonstrates its readiness indeed it.eagerness to make terrorists pay for their crimes will offer its Citi cons inc Only real Protection the can have in such an age. Lor All those reasons in would have been commendable and preferable for the Reagan administration to announce at the end of the incident with the hijacked a egyptian Airliner Hal. Several . Officers had been on the scene and thai the the m United slates was ready to join in i Rescue Effort Wilh inc Delta Force coi Mandos it had flown to Italy. The administration May have had Plau sible reasons for nol wishing to associate itself Wilh an operation thai Cost 60 lives. Bul in fad. Reagan and his associates Are entitled to credit for gradually bul steadily moving the United Stales toward a realistic Ami terrorist policy. It is touch to say in. Bul inc Point Musi be made such a policy requires Hal inc lives of the immediate hostages nol be the sole or All consuming determinant of appropriate retaliatory action. Lor the Best of reasons the United states has resisted that premise. Our value system our Constitution and All of our religions assert the importance of the individual and of human life. Our com passion is stirred when our countrymen or of other nations become hosing is through no Faull of their own. Whatever is necessary to save them we think we owe them and Only then should we worry Aboul bringing inc terrorists to Justice. But in Mosi error isl situations Hal time sequence will not work. That is Why we Are gradually accepting inc fact and in comes hard moving against our instincts that Iclal Malory moves must be Swift even if they inevitably carry risks for the hostages. Clearly we and other countries have a lol to learn about the Best Way to mount such operations. The carnage in Malta is nol an example anyone would want to see become a Model. But instead of concealing american co operation and participation in counter scr Aorist strikes we should publicize and proclaim that in will be . Policy to lend All possible assistance to any Friendly government whose Cili ens Are taken hos Tage. Thai nonce the Clear Advance warning to terrorists anywhere Hal if they strike against Antonc we arc coming after them is the Best insurance policy against terrorism we can but. Docs such a policy make us All accomplices in inc deaths of innocents i do not believe . For i really do think in is inc most cafe Clive deterrent against repealed terrorist a lacks. i not use our compassion for the innocent As an excuse for appeasing terrorism. And let us not conceal or be Coy about the fact Hal our government policy is to go after terrorists a Alicr than to Wail passively for them to Sirick again. Got him
