European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 12, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 18 the stars and stripes wednesday August 12,1987 columns today s crossword bad Guys with Good intentions by Andy Rooney to most americans those South and Central Ameri can countries thai Are always being taken Ever by dicta tors and military Juntas Are in some never never land far removed from Here. The Hough that such a thing could Ever happen in the United states is unthinkable. The bad Guys could never gel a Start Here. The rouble is most of us Don t recognize a bad Guy when we see one because he does t took or act he part. We All have been led to believe by movies television and novels thai bad Guys Are easy to spot. In any kind of fiction they Are Seldom half bad. They Are All bad. They look bad and hey act bad. The casting director makes sure that the minute we see the bad Guy on the screen we know who he is. Unfortunately bad Guy Are harder to identify in real life. We Are nol suspicious of someone who loves his wife and kids and maws his Lawn saturday morning. We re looking for someone More like Adolf Miller Fidel Castro or the mad dog killer of eight when in fact the bad Guys Don t look any different from the Good Guys. The biggest danger to a country is the bad Guy Wilh a military menial in. Such people Aren t much easier 10 recognize than the bad Guys. Not All the people with the military mentality arc bad Guys and not Al bad Guys have it. Most military people Don t even have it. Eisenhower did t have it. Patlon and Mac Arthur did have it. The person with the military mentality is indelible and thinks discipline and order Are he answers to the world s problems. He believe that if we temporarily give up our Liberty and let the people who know How to do things run the country Tor a Short time every thing will be All right. The military mentality has t helped much in winning our wars. World War ii was won by the Greal ind Epen Donl free thinking free anti nil american i who was drafted or volunteered when War was imminent. The difference Between the civilian and military mentality was never More clearly drawn than in the conflicting testimony by Secretary of Suie George Shultz a civilian and rear adm. John . Shultz testifying with out the immunity Given Poindexter and without a lawyer at Hii Side spoke openly angrily and honestly. It was a breath of fresh air in the hearings. 11 appears from listening to Shultz Hal the United states was closer to being run by a group of people with the military mentality than any of us suspected. They lied to everyone including our president and the Secretary of slate because they thought it was the Best thing to do. They did nol Irusle our system or the american people to do the right thing. The american people Aren 1 blameless either. The attach their loyalty to someone like la col Oliver North or Point Citer because they understand personality bet Ter than they understand ideas. That s Why clevis on ministers such As Oral Roberts Jim Bakker Jimmy Swaggart and Jerry Falwell attract big audiences. The Best of Many quotations used in he Iran con tra hearings was written years ago by supreme court Justice Louis Brandeis the greatest dangers to lib erty Lurk in insidious encroachment by men of Zeal Well meaning but without  i think North and Poindexter Are men with Mili tary mentalities who were a threat to our system of government. They Are Well Mcanin men of Zeal and they Are men Wilhour understanding of what they have done wrong. They Are innocent villains. 1c Tobun add sol Ukai some truisms Are no longer True Byar Buchwald while on vacation Art Buchwald received limited immunity and the special prosecutor hat allowed him to reprint Tome of Bis favorite columns we Are All going through a period of adjustment in our thinking in this country. The things we grew unbelieving in do not necessarily hold True anymore and the sooner we face up to reality the healthier this nation will be. Here arc some of the truisms that no longer Are valid. Congress is an equal Branch of government All the europeans want from us is our american dollars. Teach a Man a Trade and he can get a Job. If you live in the country you Don t have to lock your doors. A woman space is in the Home. What every town needs is lots of Industry. The Best school is the one nearest you. Everyone in the United states has to pay taxes. An american president cannot get us Inlo a War without the approval of Congress. If Yob treat children like grown ups they la behave like grown ups. Most Doc tors make House Calls. You can have a Happy marriage if you take geritol. Only perverts go to a rated moves. You can have a Good Day if you eat a healthy breakfast. If you go to College you la make something of yourself. Your Chil Dren will support you in your old age. Social Security is enough to live on when you reach 65. All police men Are honest. Baseball is the National sport. Oil is the Best form of heating. You can t live in a world where half the people arc enslaved. The first Amend ment prefects the press. The Way to a Man s heart is through his stomach. The Best things in life arc free. The Law of the Landis the Law of the land. The Public Haj a right to know. If you go outside you la get a breath of fresh air. The attorney general of the United states represents All the people. America has the Best postal service in the world. Teachers never strike. 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