European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 23, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tuesday August 23, 1994 commentary the stars and stripes Page 13in Post cold War world Pope loses panache William f. Buckley new York a the Pope is coming to. Town very soon and unless his Charisma is at very High pitch he is not going to get the reception be has got in Days gone by. Since he is the same Man and in the View of Many the same vicar of Christy we wonder How much of the reduced esteem or enthusiasm flows from acts for which he is personally responsible How much from shifting Public perspectives inevitably the end of the cold War let go a great Deal of dynamic Gas that kept the spotlight on indisputable roes of the War. For a Long while the Mere mention of Alexander Solzhenitsyn a name justified the removal of ones hat in tribute. Lech Walesa for a few years was a truly myth Genic figure tolling the death Knell of Marx a proletariat. He was the most conspicuous working Man in the world of communism and he was demanding those liberties for polish workers that meant the destruction of communist postulates from the sacred Lenin on. When in 1978 John Paul ii was made Pope the act of the cardinals in Rome seemed audacious beyond the endurance of history. To reach out for the first time in centuries beyond the boundaries of Rome for a primate was daring enough. To reach into the heart of Eastern Europe and Pluck out from a communist Colony a simple Man with cosmopolitan experience seemed a consecration godlike in audacity and verve. A decade and a half later Solzhenitsyn is regarded by Many As a querulous old bag smitten with an ill digested idea of old Russia. Walesa is dismissed by Many As a tire some polish bureaucrat intoxicated by a vision of himself no longer supported by the nature of the plight of his country. And Pope John Paul a Luster is swept away and he is viewed by Many As the Ola Pope clinging to old forms old dogmas an enemy of women a rights an inept Diplomat. On the last Point his critics continue to wonder Why Pope John Paul ii elected to give a special decoration to Kurt Waldheim. The easy answer is that former  amp ii be amp is i amp Wei Seq a Seavil Oesie secretaries general of the United nations Are the kind of people who Are always picking up Honor pics of one kind or another but that answer will not do. Waldheim is not permitted even to enter the United states because it is accepted in diplomatic history that Waldheim with Dent Progress mobilizing a Christian pc held in his autobiography a probably Tion on world population. Luce a Catholic even lied about a the nature of the serv convert with a highly disciplined mind a ices he gave to the nazis during world Gued that the difference Between abortion War ii. A the Hiroshima bomb of birth control what then was the Pope up to in giving so to speak a and a contraceptive has got this is the to convey some sense of moral distinction. Vatican a position in Cairo on the matter of birth control. Thirty years ago Clare Boothe Luce wrote in National review an essay in which she argued that the Catholic Church had to make reasonable and prudent Progress mobilizing a Christian Posi of course the spokesman of the unpopular position is disfigured. And of course it is the same Pope who declines to ordain women and is a deviating on the matter of homosexuality. When the cold War shimmered away the regular historical figures by canc real again Back in the limelight so that now a a a a a c Are having then was the Pope up him the order of Pius in Inis is same Pope who chaperoned the Vatican into recognizing Israel. Why did he single out for an Honor someone who lied in order to conceal his past those who might be willing to let this to convey some sense of moral when the Popes representative recently attacked any use or contraceptives he diminished the moral opposition to abortion. By declaring in effect that the two Are sinful the mind entertains the notion go As an idiosyncrasy or perhaps that they Are equally sinful. And the mind traceable to an Assembly line that moves simultaneously engaged with the problem people with a certain set of of overpopulation begins to Edge the vat accomplishments ineluctably toward brass ican out of the picture As an important rings wonder at the Militancy of the player in the dialogue. Solzhenitsyn and Walesa and the Pope merely sex prophets viewed As Nav done their  Popes mandate is of course eternal in Nis judgment and in that of others who see him As he sees himself servant of the servants of god. But he is conspicuous on a stage whose lights and shadows Are overwhelmingly secularist for telling people what they do not really want to near. But then that a always the problem Isnit it for those with one foot in the City of god the other in the City of manc univ Raal Prosa Syndicate free speech a right a even for palestinians Freedom for political speech has broader support in this country than Ever before i believe. Past repression. Of unpopular speakers seems anomalous today one thing on which most conservatives and liberals now agree is respect for the. First amendment. But not the . Department of Justice. Not at least if one goes by an astonishing Brief the department has just filed. In the Teeth of precedent and logic it argues that immigrants in this country have Only As much Freedom of speech As the government considers reasonable a and can be deported if they Cross that vague line. The Brief was filed in the 9th . Circuit court of appeals in a 7-year-old deportation Case against two palestinians. It is the latest turn in a proceeding that is a Model of How our government should not behave. Eight men and women of palestinian origin living in California were arrested in 1987, held in shackles and described As  the immigration and naturalization service charged them with advocating a world communism a but later dropped that charge. The real problem of the eight was that they had raised Money for the popular front for the liberation of Palestine a Radical group. The pulp has carried out terrorism but it also conducts peaceful political and Relief activities. Judge William Webster then director of the Fri told Congress in 1987 that the eight had a not been found to have engaged themselves in terroristic  contributing Money for peaceful purposes4a a group that also engages in violence is plainly protected by the first amendment Many americans gave Money to the nicaraguan contras and they could certainly not be prosecuted. A nevertheless the immigration service moved to Deport Khader Hamide and Michel Shehadeh who were lawfully in this country As permanent residents under a 1990 Law allowing deportation of those who support an organization a in conducting a terrorist  Many experts in immigration Law protested that that language did not cover what these two men had done but the ins persisted. A a a a a a. C the ins sought to Deport the six others for technical violations. It said for example that one who had a student visa failed to take enough credits _ one year. But an ins lawyer said the use of such grounds was just a a tactical the real reason to expel them was their pulp association. A tiie palestinians asked a Federal court to Block the deportation proceedings As selective political enforcement of the Law. Federal judge Stephen v. Wilson a Reagan appointee granted that request for the six. He refused it in the Case against Harnde and she hades because their deportation proceeding had already begun though he said the government appeared to base its charges against them on constitutionally protected activities. The two sides appealed Wilson a decisions. In its Anthony Lewis briefs the Justice department says that the first amendment does apply to immigrants a but has to be read in a Way that is a deferential to the  in other words the government can decide to select people for deportation because it does not like their beliefs or associations. To that end the department argues that immigrants lawfully in the United states have no More rights than outsiders trying to get in. But Over Many years the supreme court has drawn a Sharp line Between the two saying that aliens seeking entry have no rights while once in the United states every person is entitled to due process of Law free speech and other constitutional protections. For the . Government to deny that established Law seems to me scandalous. Under the governments tortured View of the terrorism clause in immigration Law it can Deport any immigrant who contributed to Nelson Mandela a speaking tour Here to the contras or to other groups that have engaged in guerrilla activity As Well As politics. That adds up to thousands of people. But the Only cases brought in the four years of this Law Are against these palestinians. It is especially disappointing that Bill Clinton a Justice department has decided to push these deportations. There is not even a Colo Rable political reason. The red Hunting age is happily past and Israel has just allowed members of the pulp to enter Gaza. It is time a Long past time a to drop these embarrassing cases. C new York time3