European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 7, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 18 the stars and stripes wednesday january 7. 1987 columns today s crossword when lying is is not excusable Brand Rooney All inc Good advice any or us Ever got since the time we were infant has Lott us to tet tie Rulh. Begot the Cherry tree Story. The fact remain however thai there Iren l Many of us who Don t Sie once in a while and if we Don t he we at least Don t Tell All the truth. Most lies Aren t told for evil reasons. They Aren Laid to cheat people. Lies Are usually Laid became the lie seems Kinder than the truth."1 like your ii seems Likely that there i quite a bit of lying going on now in Washington. If it in t exactly lying i might As Well be. It s hard to know whether to by Ziac or to feel sorry Tor so honorable a Public servant a George Shuttz in this situation. As t Good american and As an honest Man disinclination ii to Tell the truth. He is Alx a Loyal Man and his. Loyalty is in conflict with his a Cire to come out with in. He obviously knows that if he Ells ill twill Hurt the president to whom he s so Loyal. This is the definition of the word dilemma and he s Inone. When the whole truth comes out about the arms sales to Iran and the shifting of funds to the Nicara Guan rebels the government officials who lied will almo5l certainly say one or More of the following under the circumstances what i said was Thebes thing for the our National Secru ily was at " it was in our National interest the lives of the hostages were at the safety of our agents and our friends in High places in foreign governments was at for these and other reasons they will ask us to understand and forgive them for not being Frank. Lying. There Are other things they la say. They la deny they Laid what they said even though we All heard Hemby it they will find some technicality. They la fudge. They nay not Stonewall it but they la picket Fence in no the government official will say "1 never mid 1 did t know. All i said was hat no one Ever told me. There s quite a there in to of course. Some americans will accept their explanations and tame will not. The country has t been so divided in a Long while. We re All confused and it s because our symbols Are being tinkered with. A handsome Young Marine colonel with medals for bravery on his Chest 11 a Symbol of honesty and Cour age. But he does t dare Tell the truth. If he won t Iel the whole Ynith for fear of being brought to trial and convicted of breaking the a or for tear of incriminating others is he still honest and admirable in an essay of opinion in time conservative journalist Charles Krauthammer writes that he thinks the United slates has to sum doing More things in secret like other nations do. T respectfully suggest or. Krauthammer is wrong and that most americans would disagree with him. If secrecy and lies Are sometimes necessary in personal diplomacy they Are never acceptable As a matter of official . Government policy. Americans want our government to have higher standards than we have As individuals. We want our government to Art openly and honestly. We Don twant the government to be conducting wan that Nei ther the Congress nor the Public know about. We Don t want people like Oliver North honorable As he May be As on individual conducting Covert operations on our behalf simply because he thinks he knows better than the american people do what s Best. The people lying in Washington May be patriots i their own minds but they Don i understand democracy. To Ltd in my telling americans from newsmen Byak Buchwald if White House aide Pat Buchanan has a Strong suit and i m not saying that he does it s Bis ability totes the patriotism of people he does t agree with. Recently Pat said in a speech All newsmen should remember they Are americans lint and news men second. All who Don t feel that Way should Tell usso. We will know which stations not to watch and which newspapers not to Buchanan did t spelt out exactly what was required to be an american first so i went to or. Buchanan s americanism lab where they physically examine you for loyalty to your country. The technician handed me a specimen bottle an told me to fill it. Can you Lell from his if someone is a Good Amer ican or not i asked. Of course we can. If it turns Blue you re pro Cen tra and if in turns Pink you re pro Castro. Now take off your shirt and your pants. You can leave on you shoes and socks. What is your profession i m a journalist i said. Are you an american or a newsman can t i be both at the same time7" not easily. The Buchanan Rule is if a newsman reports about the president screwing up he has no right to Salute the Flag. Blow into this paper then in follows that you Are a bad american i you write thai someone in the administration Vio lated the Law or. Buchanan wants you to know that everyone he served under violated the Law Abraham Lin Coin Franklin Roosevelt Richard Nixon and Setir Agnew. There is nothing wrong with violating it " Long As the president declares you a National to prove his love of country must a newsman close his eyes to All the White House incompetents thai s the big test. A patriotic newsman Neve Sayi anything ill of someone who works for the presi Dent. Please stand on one fool and jump up i said next question. Am i a Good american or Abad american if i write about paying blackmail a terrorists for the release of hostages and Selling arms to Iran it s not a question of what is Good for the hostages or Iran but what is Good for for the contras. When newsmen lose sight of what we re doing in the Middle East to help the Anli sandinista in Nicaragua they put their loyalty to this country in what about the Money no one knows where Al the Money from the iranian arms Sain went. It was supposed to go to the contrast but they claim they did t get it. If newsmen ask about the Money will their patriotism be in question Buchanan does not believe that is a newsman business. There is now a frenzied Witch Hunt going on amongst the press because a few million dollars were misplaced every time newsman asks where the Contra Money is he is hurting our. Star wan1 i could see under the Buchanan Rula How difficult it is id be a newsman and an american at the same time. What can i a to prove my loyalty?1 i asked. He said you see this shovel it originally be longed to Don Regan and he used it to clean up after the elephants went by. Follow Pat Buchanan around and every time he stops to make a. Speech you. Do the same c to Ang Fri to few Fane sane Eitts Eek ctn it sme e act Hofia 1 s Aarti dior tvs on 3ttcaitb-Rawor ild 1 1 Otter in Antrim 11 Tokyo once i Colt smother is Bibl Man crowd Zenlous. 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