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Tuesday, October 22, 1985 Daily Nebraskan Page 5 t MuuaraK auempts to cover & with indignation at U.S. T think the average American has dif- Iliculty understanding high-level diplomatic relations. There's a good reason for this. Most Americans have common sense and see things in simple but practical terms. In contrast, many of the people who engage in big-time diplomacy often sound like they're nuts. There can be no better example of this than the hysterical indignation of President Hosni Mubarak of Egypt. He's demanding that President Rea gan apologize to him and his entire country. He's in a snit because U.S. fighter planes intercepted his airliner and forced it to land in Italy, so that the fleeing hijackers could be arrested. He says that if he doesn't get an apology, our countries might not be close pals for very long. -and LiSTen, ,a ifisaidM Hi wo tool f f DANIELSON'S if r . Mike Royko He's not alone. It appears that just about everybody in Egypt feels that way. News stories are filled with accounts of gnashing of teeth and tear ing of hair by Egyptians who feel their national honor has been stomped on like a helpless bug. Mubarak is so upset that he says he has even refused to read a friendly, conciliatory letter that Reagan sent him. If it's not a groveling apology, he doesn't want to be bothered. That's what I mean about the strange workings of the diplomatic mind. For the last few days, most Ameri cans thought that we were the ones who were supposed to be mad at Egypt. And with good cause. It was to Egypt that the four young terrorists finally surrendered after they struck a great blow for their cause by putting a couple of bullets into an elderly, crippled U.S. citizen and tossing him and his wheel chair over the side of a ship. In our simple-minded way, we thought that people who hyack ships, terrorize the innocent, and murder the helpless ought to be brought to justice. But what did Mubarak do? He said, gosh, he didn't know anybody had been murdered. And by the time he did know, it was too late. He had already let the murderers out of his country. To show what a compassionate guy he really is, though, he said that if he had known about the murder, he'd never have let them get away. Right there, you have to wonder what kind of stiff the guy is. The least you would expect is that he'd wait for a head count on the ship before he sends the killers on their way. But it turns out that what Mubarak did was far worse than being dumb. Even while the terrorists were still in his country, he knew the murder had been committed. People in his gov ernment have admitted it. So he flat-out lied to us and let the killers sneak out of his country anyway. The reason he lied is that he doesn't want the PLO or any other Palestinian terrorists mad at him. After Mubarak gave shelter to known murderers and provided the known murderers with a plane to fly them to safety, he seems astonished that we wouldn't go along with his self-serving game. When we saw the chance, we did exactly what we should have done. We intercepted the plane, persuaded it to land, and saw that the killers were pinched. It wasn't really any different than cop cars chasing down crooks try ing to make a getaway. They don't always have time to get a warrant or a legal opinion. Now, any self-respecting lying coward would know what to do when caught in his lies and cowardice. But what has Mubarak done? He's howling that we are terrorists for forc ing down the plane carrying the mur dering terrorists. He's claiming that by catching him in his lies and doing something about it, we have insulted and betrayed him and his entire country. Despite the intensity of Mubarak's indignation, I've noticed that he hasn't said a word about rejecting the $2 bil lion a year in welfare that his country gets from us. Without which, they couldn't survive. I guess there are some limits to a fellow's nationalistic pride. 1985 By the Chicago Tribune Distrib uted by Tribune Media Services, Inc. Royko is a Pulitzer-Prize winning, syndi cated columnist for the Chicago Tribune. 127 So. 13th 476-7602 Xv' J 476-7602 ' Lincoln's Chicken and Mexican Specialities Restaurant! rtDCM. 10:30 am-10:OOpm.J - , 5401 "Q"St . W-.j VV7i - - . r j: , y.v I 1 483-6831 1 ) n tf t n 1 Si 1 i 0 apncoosltegs tl Euronek Most Successful Busi ness Computers. The Apricot Fl. 16-bit processor. 512K RAM. Cordless, infrared keyboard and $995 (without monitor) MD-DOS. 3 12" Sony diskette (720Kb) Color graphics. Parallel port and Serial port. LrW ttasic, incredible GEM operating system includes GEM paint and GEM Write. 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