European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 7, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 10 the stars and stripes tuesday april 7,1987 letters even in the Wake of the present administration s problems or the Iran Enterprise americans should not to quickly allow the significant accomplishments of the Tail six years to be so easily overshadowed. To be sure Here will be those who will feet thai they were let Down by an american president who promised that nothing Tike what has unfolded in recent month could Ever 8c part of National policy. I both love and Admire he institution or the office of inc president or the United states to is. In a real sense the True Center of american idealism for the american president is not elected to be the manager or government but to Lead a nation he has served As a Beacon of Hope for those who now live under tyranny 1 think that the president believes that every Man who wishes to be tree is an american and that is quite a Noble thing. Believe that before Iran americans in a Way recognized themselves in the president and in a larger seme in his version of America. This May be the Rea son Why he h now so harshly judged. Deep in my heart i truly believe that before retiring to the ranch the president will be Able to restore american idealism. The president has always been a Lucky Man and god has been kind to him and god has been kind to our country. I think history will be kind to him spec. 4 Ronald Rosie or. Tunberg Germany Lay off the president the Media Are placing the focus of the Iran Contra affair on the wrong Issue. Let s look at the facts. There is a War Between Iran and Iraq. The soviets Are providing military support to Iraq. Israel is uncomfortable because of the proximity of the War and because soviet backed Iraq is its North Ern neighbor. Neither Iraq nor Iran is an ally of the United slates Israel is. Let s see what the aforementioned countries have to gain or lose in the Iran Iraq War. I. Soviets Iraq pro Vides crude Oil to Russia. 2. Iran mostly in this for religious reasons. 3. Iraq territorial expansion and religion. 4. Israel Iraq is next door and gaming in Mili tary strength. If Iraq won the War it might look South next i believe that Israel probably approached the National Security Council for help in this matter. The United Stales responded with Israel s help by trying to stabilize the War thereby forcing it to end eventually because both sides were equal in strength by Attri Tion. The safest Legal Way to do this was to clandestinely so the soviets would t find out and increase their Aid to Iraq provide Iran with spare parts for their defensive weapon systems. President Reagan probably of d the Deal but decided to keep it clan Destine. So the . Public and Congress did t find out at that Lime. They the Csc and Israel probably approach rival government officials in Iran for two reas i. The United states did t want to support i Haj Zollah Khomeini s regime. 2, the .-Supportedj Emmenual official could conceivably become til new Leader of Iran and would owe the United j favor. Either Khomeini was behind the selection or the various government officials vied for us. Support. This probably caused the iranians to a tar benefits Hack la the United slain. So they paid Money to the Csc or through the israeli Fin the Csc in turn utilized the Money it could t be placed in the Federal budget since it was obtained clandestinely in a project that it had partial control of the contras remember. Congress Only said that the United slates would t provide financial support to the contras from the fed eral budget. This Cash flow was therefore Legal and actually Thrifty for the Csc. The iranians also provided one other Benefit that was not discussed hostage re leases. How does this All Benefit Khomeini i. Ran received the vital spare parts it needed to continue the War Effort 2, Khomeini probably hand picked the gov eminent official who would replace him when Kho Meini Dies probably won and who would also be of one to secretly Hal receive . Aid 3. By Manipula ing the focus of the press that he controlled of which turn succeeded in altering the focus of up la Able to illuminate the Angle of Money for i and bring great discredit upon one of his Grea pit ene Mies president Reagan. How do we sort out this mess 1. Provid balancing support to Israel to counteract the sup Jet Russia is giving to Iraq the Pollard spy Case uni in just be an other part of this plan Kab Deli Gjon to create tension Between Israel and the Unius states thereby ruining the extra support Israel needs2. Provide weapons and or spare parts to urn Only for control Ling interests in iranian Oil. 3 civic the Cia a free hand in Iraq. I can truly understand Why president Reagan did t want to apologize fir this whole affair. He did nothing wrong or ii Logaj nor did his staff or the israelis. The world  apologize though to inc president by exposing the rest of the Story. For instance to Tould Iran gel hostages released from terrorists ulms Iran docs in fad control those terrorists the or Way for the United Stales to give Iran a lesson isj6 take Over All of the iranian assets throughout  otherwise we would jeopardize our or Gyal plan and Israel s Security. Who Knos maybe Khomeini planned this whole  plan to deface our president and to sum fact the United states again. It. Michael h. Nante Klion Greece a proud american citizen and service rember i compelled and obligated in writing this sincere utter in support of president Reagan during this Crins Over the iranian arms ordeal. Irs about time we americans Wake up and support our president when he needs it the most. When we the majority voted him into office for the second time in 1984, we again put our Trust and Confidence in a Man who is just As human As All of us. We put our Trust in a Man who is optimistic com passionate and who commands the respect of All nations. President Reagan through his unique leadership style Demeanour and great communicative skills has brought America Back on its feet. His accomplishments arc evident. The nation s Pride has been restored from the ill effects of watergate and inc Vietnam War. Unemployment is Down inflation is at a Oil Lime Low the ads Nomy continues to Boom and we now have a fairer find simpler tax system. What s More Becic of our strongest National defense Ever the Saffici Union is trying harder than Ever to sit Down at Lac bargaining table and strike a Deal that is Soufl sensible and fair to both nations now Lell my old All these great accomplishments come Abc Uyi a Man who Many critics say is Leader less and  i hardly think so. Yes july and tragically the iranian arms ordeal has a barked All of us. I la be the first to admit that it  policy based upon the irrefutable Evi that was presented by the Tower commission Ere is not one of us alive today who can honestly a he has never Mode a bad mistake. But when we do most of us rationalize learn from it. And press on. This is exactly what the president said about himself in his address to the nation. President Reagan has accomplished Many positive goals thanks to the support of the majority. He has much More to offer if we allow him. His Success and most importantly our nation s Success depends on each of us. Staf sgt. Or Sig a Wilson Raf Chi Samts England for months now we have been Reading the unfold ing account of the secret arms Sale for release of hostages laundering and perhaps losing the resulting profits amounting to millions of dollars and the seemingly illegal Transfer of part of these funds to finance the nicaraguan rebels All of the above was to have been accomplished sub Rota to escape Public knowledge or congressional scrutiny. Weeks after the initial disclosure All the facts Are still not in. Due to the stonewalling of key figures a conveniently senile presidential memory and the shredding of official documents and memos the pub Lic is left angry and apprehensive. Over this lengthy period Many other americans have simply lost interest. It is Loo disillusioning to have to live through another kind of watergate. We want it to go away like a bad dream and leave us to the Spring baseball scores. This avoidance of reality is something the administration May be counting on. But America is not a Sleazy nation and americans by and Large Are Hon est people. We should follow inc facts and try to evaluate the performance of our elected officials As Best we can. The Tower commission report faults former chief of staff Don Regan for the chaos thai erupted in the admin is ration after the arms Sale was made Public. However logically one should look even higher than Regan and place the responsibility where it squarely belongs on the shoulders of president Reagan who approved this terrible Blunder that eventually resulted in even More hostages being taken shaking the Faith of the american people and our allies once again. One suggestion i have is that we evaluate our presidential candidates More objectively in the future with less emphasis on Charm and Charisma and More on intelligence capability and integrity. Bad Godesberg Germany pen pals i it a it i Bonnalin cat Taipin mho Wrid. I us Ruthg or Tjui Lurin. 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