European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 18, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 1c the stars and stripes columns William Buckley Reagan still has a Trump card in Nicaragua Early this month president Oscar arms of Costa Rica publicly Calvd on the Eastern bloc which includes Cuba la Slop any further military Aid 10 Nicaragua Bui since the politburo includes very few democrats it is not Likely thai this Call from an Amia ble head of a pleasant banana Republic is Likely to have an effect greater than Calls repeatedly made Over the decade optic "80i on the soviet Union to cease and desist from military find paramilitary evangelism in Lai in America or. Mark Klugmann of the Washington times recently reminded us of the chronology that led to the agree Mcnol by which the sandinista look Power i Nicaragua in 1979. President Reagan addressing the organization of american states last october. 13limes made reference to the 1979 agreement. And yet everyone proceeds As though what is now needed is a agreement created do novo As if there were no diplomatic genealogy for the Little Bastard we seek to Cre ate. And the ties go Back. In 1962, when the cuban were caught deploying in la Weir Little Island one Hall of the stockpile of soviet nuclear missiles a comprehensive arrangement was agreed to Khrushchev Kennedy Castro. The bombs would be removed we would no seek to depose Castro by military Force and Cuba would not be used As a staying area to promote communism in latin America. The agreement was violated by Che Guevara in Bolivia and after the 1979agreement in Nicaragua violated massively by the arming of Nicaragua arms that have been used to further subversive activity against the government of Al Salvador. We have now a situation in which the Only organized Force within Nicaragua that seeks to enforce a treaty Only 9 years old is the contras. The contras arc now officially ostracized by the United states and by the organization of american slates. Meanwhile the government of Nicaragua which has governed in violation of the agreement that brought it to Power maintains diplomatic relations and receives continuing support military and other from Moscow and Havana diplomatic recognition from latin american slates and Forsooth continuing diplomatic recognition from the United states. This has always been the inscrutable aspect of Rea Gan s policy. It jars even those sensible to the human and economic atrocities of the sandinista governmental once to continue to recognize it while simultaneously backing a movement to dislodge that government by military Lorca. This Paradox was perhaps ice Brablc during Trie pain James j. Kilpatrick Ful years when the contras were making a Little Prog Ress and were thought to be equipped ultimately to Lake Over Given the deterioration of morale within Nicaragua and the awful economic circumstances of a country obsessively devoted to marxism leninism an to armament. But even with the defection of Congress and reports of its effect on the morale of the Contr movement the president has one remaining Trump card. Why not use it when not if or. Ortega makes it Plain that he will not live up to the agreement of 1979, which specified free elections a Broad based democratic govern ment " full respect for human rights Freedom of religion Union Nihls and a minimum permanent military and not to the Arias plan which Calls Formost of the above plus the release of political prison ers plus amnesty or. Reagan would have the Sec Utvic Power to terminate diplomatic relations with the impostor  recognize the contras As the de Jure govern ment it is too Early to say whether anything quit that egregious would be effected without cooperation from latin America. And that brings up the question Why has pressure from the Oas been so limited and Why when applied has it been More generally directed against those who would enforce the 1979 agreement authorized by the Oas than against those who have violated it it is a rueful exercise to meditate on the has Cnoc of sanctions against International aggressors. The Sandi Nisla movement would not exist save for the Span Sive Energy of an evil Empire that forever desires Lodi minish the acreage within which Freedom is Toler ated. What arc the Odds they Are giving in vegas i favor of the Arias plan it s Tough finding fudges in an imperfect world. ,4n   i the mai4nnnl to Vul Numal publish cd to Edward Kennedy the senior senator from Massachusetts is nothing if not consistent he never passes up Schance for demagoguery. Last week he maintained his Sterling record. He at tacked the Reagan administration for failing to nominate Blacks and women to Federal judg ships Over the past seven years the gentleman observed. President Reagan has sent 367 nominations to the judiciary committee. Of these female six were Black. This a terrible stale of Hen 1. Maltman an assistant attorney general undertook to defend the administration. Kennedy gave him a very hard Lime. In considering the situation one has to distinguish Between an Ideal world and the real world. One ought to put not figure in a Choice. Our Federal court would be ruled by Wisdom and by virtue. Bui the system does t work that  the real world presidents have ideas. They tend to cherish these ideas. The wish to perpetuate their ideas. Presidents have political obligations and these obligations must be met. The Confirma Tion process demands that in the naming of District judges presidents must pay some attention to the wishes of Influent named 179 District judges. Of these were republicans 171 were while and178 were male. Jimmy Carter made 202 appointments at the District level 187were democrats 159 were White and 173 were male. In his first term. Reagan chose 129 nominees 125 republicans 120 White 117 male. In defending the Reagan record Markman offered an explanation that would satisfy any rational critic. Under remembered nominee for the Bench was White male and undistinguished. Political and ideological considerations have governed the nomination of judges from the very beginning. George Wash a " " i t inc Jua Ciar som attention t me wino 01 inn uni or let it it Tifre in Ai Kift Kennedy j1 nominees were ,ia1 senators. If memory serves even the a a no Al female is were Black. Kennedy thought minor senator from Massachusetts has desire in in is i a terrible stale of affairs. When be involve himself in this process. His Best in Paperny no male you a on constitutional interpretation Are compatible with Reagan s ideas. The self Eye dem fact is that exceedingly few Quali fied women or Blacks Are available for consideration. Only 3 percent of All Law yen Are Blacks and probably 99 percent of that 3 percent Are Liberal  number of women lawyers who Meel the required criteria is growing but even so the Pool is Small. Most such women have not yet had Lime to establish credentials for the Federal Bench. As Markman accurate by insisted Rea Gan would love to nominate minorities to the Federal Bench. His party sorely needs their support. But in this regard defaces the same difficulty thai confronts he nation s largest Law firms. Last week Kington himself fined the pattern. Anal chosen judicial nominees whose philosophies were compatible with their own. Reagan s record of nominees accords exactly with historical precedent. Look at the recent record. In his first whole term Lyndon Johnson named 122 District judges. Of these 115 were democrats ii were while and 120 were what in an Ideal world a world in which ideas played no part a world in which politics had no voice judicial nominee would be faceless Rac Cless and genderless. Our judges would ascend id the Bench on ethereal beams of Merit alone. It would not matter if All 367 came froma single state. Neither age nor religion would be a Factor. Party affiliation would the National Law journal published the data. A Survey of 247 lop firms found that of 19,610 full partners Only 15? Are Lack. Only 1,546 Are women. Asians hold 0.49 percent and hispanic 0.38percent of the partnerships. These giant Law firms also would like to Spruce up their image. In time they will about40 percent of All students now in Law schools Are women but some things can t be hurried. Let the senior senator fro Massachusetts bide his time. A year hence if president Dukakis or presiden Gephardt or president Simon is just settling into office the prospects will be different but the More things have changed the More they will slay the same. The incoming Democrat will make his judicial choices from hundreds of women Black and hispanics who share his Liberal philosophy. 1 Promise not 10whine about the Scarcity of White conservative. Republican males. Male. In his first Lerm Richard Nikon the Opl fou expressed to he column and out Oai on this a represent Bose of the Amon Fri ire to no a w a murdered u  of the son and stripes or us United state Iov in kit