European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 05, 1980, Darmstadt, Hesse Persian Gulf vulnerable thursday june 5 1980 the stars and stripes Page 11 nato leaders urge Eastern med beef up warm Welcome for it. Kadish tetters to the de Tor Brussels not the Atlantic Al Liance i Eastern Hank should be a Center or military Power Strong enough to deter the soviet Union and its allies from adventures in the persian Gulf. Instead the flank is militarily weak and politically chaotic As a result of the continuing feud Between tur key and Greece. Add the recurrent Waves of anti Western agitation in both countries and it is easy to understand Why leaders of the North Atlan tic treaty organization fear that there would be no coherent defense if a War in the persian Gulf spilled Over into the Eastern Mediterranean. The situation has been exacerbated by the Transfer of american and other nato naval units from the Mediterranean to the Indian Ocean in response to the soviet intervention in Afghanistan. Military analysts generally feel that the persian Gulf is the most Likely target if the soviet Union emboldened by the absence of a Concrete Western response to the afghan intervention decides to move. A rebellion or civil War in saudi Arabia a grab at Kuwait by Iraq the development of a civil conflict in Iran any of these could set the russians moving again a military planner said. In the circumstances he insisted a militarily Strong Turkey and Greece Are essential to the defense of the West. Turkey s jagged Frontier with the soviet Union is regarded As the most vulnerable area on nato s Eastern flank. West Germany is putting together a $500 million military Aid package to supplement the $250 million in assistance that the United states granted Turkey under a five year defense agreement signed on March 29. The arms equipment and spare parts provided by the two programs if delivered rap idly May restore Turkey s forces to their old strength according to the analysts. The Bonn government plans to Transfer scores of f-104 fighters and ground attack aircraft to Turkey once the West German air Force begins to receive the latest fighters in Quantity. Meanwhile. Turkey looks to the thestil gripes european edition col. Rose stauber Usa it. Col Taylor. Usan Law to editor a chm Mert Proctor manage editor Elmer d. Frank product Tan Managar Henry s. Epstein circulation manager this Newt water it an Auto relied unofficial publication Lor . Armad Force Ove Teai. Tea Start and sir let it Publ Thad in conjunction with the armed Force information program of lha deportment of detente. Content Oltha Start and sir let Are nol Neceia Urlla the official View of lha lha us. Government depart ment of oaf Ente or the . European command. Tha appearance of Dot play i Hilt newspaper concerning commercial Pobu Calloni Doet not cont flute an on Dorte men of big department of detente including the ill Leary Deuart malt. Military Andrett tha Start and so Rapai Apo Obj ii. 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The Leopard h a More advanced weapon than the aging american built m-47 and m-48s that form the Back Bone of the turkish armoured forces. West Germany also plans to Send Turkey spare parts for restoration of the old tanks. Many of its 3,500 american made tanks Are inoperable because of a shortage of parts according to nato sources. Military planners Hope the Aid will also help other branches of the 470,000-Membcr turkish army the largest deployed along nato s frontiers. Morale in the army has been falling since the United states sus Pended arms delivery in 1974 after the turkish invasion of Cyprus. In addition to the military Aid the nato sources contend Turkey needs in Tensive economic assistance. The Organiza Tion for economic cooperation and development recently agreed on a $1.16 billion economic Aid program. La. Kadish is a Welcome addition to your comic Section. Mike Sinclair has a tremendous sense of humor and no doubt the characters reflect officers and enlisted men he has known in the military. I am sure that each situation has its parallel somewhere in each Man s service Ca reer for example the battalion commander who insists his unit is drug free and then some company commander spoils it All in a health and welfare inspection by turning up a kilo of heroin and 30 pounds of hash ish. The strip where it. Kadish opens pvt. Smut Likker s Wall locker and a Wolf jumps out reminds me of a 1963 incident in the Davy Crockett platoon in the 87th inf in Baum older. Unit mascots were not Al Lowed and a poor hapless private stuck Henry a very Large German Shepherd in the platoon s Large Wall locker just As an inspection was announced. Naturally the sergeant had to see what was in the locker and after a few please Don t open phrases were uttered by the platoon Henry jumped out taking the ser Geant s sleeve with him. The whole platoon just lined up outside the battalion com Mander s office and Tore off one Stripe and threw them on his desk before the article Buchwald Civ it Meta Italy Vic Anu Civ k ?2�"jeir74snv"fl United kingdom Gra Anim comm ii Civ be Oury 04 5 447u, Mullary Nandury cos 4e� Eil. It. Washington Secretary of slate Edmund Muskie has a lot to learn about diplomacy and there is no better place to Start than with the French. Last week he made a boo boo by attack ing president Giscard d Estwing for meeting with Leonid Brezhnev in Warsaw without first telling the United slates. What irked Muskie most is that he had just received a dressing Down from the French foreign min ister because the United states was failing to consult with France. The other item that got the Secretary s Dander up was France s decision to go to the olympics in Moscow. What Muskie must learn is what any tourist who has been to Paris knows and that is if you want to get the French to do something you have to indicate that you desire them to do the exact opposite. For example when the Secretary was in Brussels he should have taken foreign minister Jean Francois Poncet aside the French love to be taken aside and whispered Toad said or. Minister i must Tell you you this in the strictest Confidence. We want the French to go to the olympics in Moscow because we believe that your ath letes Are the Only ones who can beat the russians. President Carter has asked me to instruct you that no matter what he says publicly he believes privately it is in the Best interest of the West if you Francois Poncet would have said of course we want to do what s Best for the West. We will Send a then he would have excused himself and got on the scrambler line to president Giscard. Monsieur be president i have Juit spoken to Secretary of state Muskie and he informs me that the . Wants France to go to toe Moscow Alors. This Means of course we cannot go. Are you sure they want us to attend yes. Monsieur Muskie took me aside and told me it is in the Best interests of the allies if the French appear at the we shall see what is in the Best interests of the West. If Carter think we will go to Moscow just because he wants us to then he will be very disappointed. Frankly Jean. I intended to Send our team but now if i want of to could t is we would Only be playing into american exactly my thoughts Monsieur in presi Dent. Muskie must take us for what did you Tell him i told him we would gladly Send a team to the olympics if the . Thought it was the right thing to Good. Tomorrow i will announce that we have no intention of sending one and never did. I shall say France intended to Boycott Moscow Long before the United states thought of the i can t Wail to see music s face when you do it. Do you inter to to meet with Leo nid in Warsaw Monsieur be pres ident i Haven t made up my mind yet. What do the americans want me to do i will find out and report Francois Poncet would then go Back to the foreign ministers meeting and take Muskie off into a Corner the French always like to take people off into Corne Sand say i have just spoken to Giscard and he wants to know How the americans would feel if he met privately with arc a nov in Muskie should have said an excellent idea. It s Best to keep communications open and who would be better Al in than Giscard Tell your president to arrange a meeting As quickly As once again Francois Poncet would excuse himself and get on the line to Giscard. The French foreign minister would say they want you to meet Leonid As soon As Giscard would say what Gall How dare the americans Tell the head of the French Republic who and who not to meet with i will go to Warsaw but i will turn my Back on Brezhnev and refuse to so much As shake his Well said. Monsieur be president. It May be a slap in the face to the russians but in will be a belter slap in he face for the americans. Vive la France Vive la France to you so there you have it. Secretary Muskie. This is your first lesson in dealing with the French. If you Tell them what you Don t with them to do they la do in every time. Thai s Why they re called French. Lot abort to Ulmat Syndicate 15s were even prepared. Then too there was the girl in he Wall locker strip that happened in the i6ih artillery in Baum older. The unfortunate owner just packed his bags turned in his ta-50 gear and caught the first truck to the Mannheim stockade even before he was Given pre trial confinement papers. The awol charges were dropped later on the basis that he knew where he was going for the next six months. Faced with All this realism i wonder How or. Sinclair is going to fare Over the next six months when he starts drawing strips concerning the Agi maintenance inspections and guarding nuclear Sites. As we All know none of these things he will draw could Ever happen in the . Army and they All reflect fantasy. For in stance who could possibly draw a sequence where in order to pass an inspection a truck was taken from another motor Pool and bumper numbers painted on it to re semble the truck that was dead lined. Gee Mike drawing something that far out May get you an assignment to Iceland because we know it could never happen in our army Robert l. Schneider Darmstadt Germany women in military like it or nol women Are in the armed forces and we Are Here to stay. I plan on spending at least 20 years of my life in the air Force. The reason i want to stay is no different from my male counterparts Secu Rity. Our need to feel secure does t know and does t care what sex we Are. I have fulfilled Over eight years of my personal obligation. I am proud to say that during this time i have been fortunate to be consistently associated with mature open minded individuals within my career Field. There have been occasions that required working intensely with male Peers who made it known that they did t want me in the so called Man s this would confuse me and i became concerned that i did t belong in the air Force. I did an awful lot of soul cinching but could never figure out where the Man s world ended and the woman s world be Gan. One Day i concluded that i was t in a stereotyped world but instead in my world and that s where i belong. Will the american fighting men completely accept women into a working relationship our government states that women will not be allowed in battlefields or combat zones. Some women in the military arc required to enter a combat zone As a daily obligation. I realize that men arc subjected to combat zones during peacetime also. There is no need and certainly no place for personal complications be it male or female in the military. All of us sign on the same dotted lines and agree to uphold the same Laws. So what s the big difference the one thai comes to mind is that i get convalescent leave to have a baby. I have never known any Man that could go Back on Active duty the next Day after prostate sur Gery. A term often heard is join the service and grow if the letters to your paper Are any indication i think there Are a lot of kids that have been in the military for Many years. Sgt Dolfort a. William Raf upper Heyford end Tad reminder All Ulm to the editor must contain the full printed name and address of the writer and mini be signed. We do not read a Sigud letters. But we will withhold your name on request and protect your privacy. 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