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In a way, the American people asked for what they got in this incident by having always treated Reagan exactly as Reagan has treated the people. If Reagan has zeroed in on individual members of the Republic to score his points, the Republic has also zeroed in on, and favored, Reagan as a man. Not the office but the individual has garnered an attitude of such all-embracing faith these past six years -- an attractive individual indeed, when one considers some of the discrepancies between Reagan's promises and his deliveries. But the people never wholly lose sight of the presidential office, | even if they are dazzled by a most engaging occupant. They know the value of a principle as well as the value of a life. In the case of Iran, too many principles were seized, too many killed.