President Reagan put it best: “You don’t argue With success.” And so along with most of the American people I am happy that Lieutenant Goodman is free and reunited with his loved ones. It was great theater, showcasing a historic event rich in significance on many levels. Everybody was beautiful: you and your entourage, Lieutenant Goodman and his courageous family, Assad and his men. It began with the drama of the long wait in Damascus and ended with the ceremony in the Rose Garden by an upstaged but game Reagan Administration.
To Reverend Jackson, the moral leader of the humanitarian mission, I say, “Right on.” To Jesse Jackson, the ruthless politician on the make, I say, “No way.” I strongly believe you should be arrested and prosecuted for what you have done. At the very least, Congress should pass a resolution censuring your cynical, irresponsible gambit. And the Democratic Party should repudiate your candidacy. The American people must nip this sort of excess in the bud or it will come back to haunt us. Jesse, you have declared many times that you are not a politician but a prophet. Well, if we want our own ayatollah, we have him.
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