European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - July 23, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                The stars and stripes Page 11 letter dear Ann Landers i am 24 years old and the letter from miss. Jim struck a chord with me. She said you should quit telling people to get counselling when you can t come up with better answer. I too used to think you were copping out then i realized that my self destructive behaviour was killing me and i would never get better without professional help. I was bulimic at the age of 17.1stayed that Way for five years. Finally i sought help by seeing a psychiatrist and going to group therapy. Tears Are in my eyes As i write this and i am Shak ing. I doubt that i will Ever go Back to forcing myself to throw up several times a Day but the memory of what did and Why i did it is still fresh in my mind and it is very frightening. Ann i think your responses Are very Good but there is no Way that you could have come up with an answer that would have made any difference. If a person can t afford a mental health professional he or she should try the clergy or a support group. I owe my life to counselling and you can t get a better endorsement than that. Schererville Indiana dear Indiana thanks for the backup. Again for the record coun Selorus Don t solve problems. They get their patients to see things in a different Light so they can find the Solu Tion on their own. Dear Ann Landers this is for that self pitying bore who wants to com Mit suicide. I wish to heaven she d go ahead and do it. I be listened to these crybabies for 20 years. You give them advice and they ignore it. They take hours of your time whining complaining blaming and telling you How they have been victimized by Rotten men demanding parents ungrateful children miserable Bosses and a world that has treated them harshly. I just suffered through such a session with my Cousin. She Bent my ear on the phone for two hours. Thought i d go nuts. This time she screamed i have the pills in my hand and i m really going to  i talked her out of it but you can be sure that she Lacall in a few months and i la have to spend another two hours going through the same routine. What gives these wackos the right to do this Lily in new Jersey dear Lily your Lack of compassion makes me shudder. If you want to be free of this Burden line up a compe tent therapist and suggest to your Cousin that she get professional help. And by the Way you sound like a bit of a crybaby yourself dear Ann Landers i realize that this in t an Earth shattering problem but am 1 the Only one who wonders Why so Many men let their eyebrows go haywire the late soviet Leader Leonid Brezhnev was one of the most outrageous examples but one sees Many others with Long stray hairs sticking straight out or hanging Down in front of their eyes. Why Don t thei Barbers suggest an Eyebrow trim when they give hair cuts Bloomington ind. Dear Bloom did it Ever occur to you that some people might like that look Bushy brows suggest virility and individual ism. Mark Twain had wonderfully wild eyebrows. So did John l. Lewis and judge Learned hand. Congress Man Jim Wright of Texas has them and so do Pierre Salinger James Whitmore and Michael Dukakis. And there Ain t no flies on them. Readers give reasons for backing res now i be read it All your latest letter was from wife who complained because her poor husband re fused to eat meals ready to eat. Just a few words we May not be in a War yet an hopefully won t see one in the near future but Field training is preparation for War if it should occur. In War your husband won t be Able to take his $50-$60 Worth of canned goods. Is he going to sit and refuse to fight because he has to eat res your husband is in the military. This includes Fol lowing orders including those we May not like. By the Way i m former army. Given a Choice of hauling 10-15 extra pounds gladly ate what the army provided. I m still alive. By the Way my husband does t always like what Cook but he tries it Tell your husband try it you might like it a. Smith Erlanger West Germany you printed a particularly amusing response to Aletter about res and payroll deductions. I was pleased to see the respondent was Able to come up with such a detailed reply. This is particularly impressive considering by the sound of her Job title she probably has t eaten an Are since Cadet Days. The most important reason soldiers of All Grade shave to pay for res is and to in the Field is combat Stockage. The army is required to keep a certain num Ber of rests and is stockpiled for combat Readi Ness reasons. These stockpiles have to be rotated duet limited shelf life in other words they Don t last forever. Consider that our no. 1 Mission is to deter soviet aggression and our no. 2 Mission is to fight and win anywhere. If we fail at no. 1 it is important that com Bat Stockage Are up to Date. Soldiers have to pay for res is and to for All the reasons this Captain stated. It is important to remember that All soldiers pay for meals one Way or the other. It is important that the reason we do things is in keep ing with reasons one and two and that soldiers know the correlation. Sgt. Jospeph s. Ragman Kirch cons West Germany the Captain s reply was administratively Correct. However someone missed the Point. In this Case the problem is failure of the Chain of command. Military rations to include res Are de signed to provide the nutritional needs of soldiers in Garrison or in the Field. A Soldier s nutritional requirements cannot be me with canned junk food. Over a prolonged period of time health problems can result. Further experience has shown that trash generated from junk food is not properly disposed of and eating utensils not properly cleaned. What you have is a medical threat to which the commander has failed to respond. The responsibility for a preventive Medicine program sits squarely on the commander s shoulders. An aggressive preventive Medicine program is a Force multiplier. Failure to recognize a preventive Medicine threat can be As devastating As failure to recognize a tactical threat. Throughout history armies have suffered very significant reductions in fighting strength to disease and non Battle injury. The fix in this Case is in the unit s Field sanitation Standard operating procedure sop which should in clude a paragraph which prevents self subsistence in the Field. John m. Kamenar or. Baum older West Germany go says he s discouraged by our leaders my morale is slowly sinking due to the ridiculous statements and actions of America s leaders. America stands for Freedom but i read in the Sta Sand stripes that in order to give peace a Chance in Nicaragua it is necessary to unilaterally disarm the Freedom fighters. When did a soviet backed state Ever bargain in Good Faith perhaps we should ask the Citi Zens of Poland Czechoslovakia Romania Bulgaria Latvia Lithuania Etc. The Only time soviet and similar Type government act and negotiate responsibly is when they have Good reason such As when they Are on the receiving endow implied or actual military action. If America responded More often in terms these types of governments understand for example the limited Lybia action the world would be safer for peaceful nations. I do not wish to imply that America s foreign policy Survey was t Complete this is in response to the article just As you suspected women like hairy  it s obvious that we average Black american women and men were not included in that Survey. The criteria was Long Blond hair Short Brown straight hair and imperfect unmanned skin for women. I am an average american however Black who loves hairy chested men. Are there any surveys for us lacks without the tanned skin or Blond hair name withheld Giessen West Germany should Only be a military response but it is obvious that Neville Chamberlain would think quite highly of our politicians and their current policies. I want american embassies and diplomats to be As Safe As their soviet counterparts. I want our leaders to be men of conviction. When they take on an ally act like an ally. Most importantly if an american Soldier Sailor Marine airman Diplomat or other employee is harmed or As in the Case of maj. Nicholson tortured and killed then this should be a response that the perpetrators can anticipate. A response so drastic that legitimate governments will find the Price of such atrocities too High. Realistically i expect my morale to sink even lower. Spec. Chris c. Christiansen Augsburg West Germany pen pals i would like to correspond with people in other countries. I am 28 years o 4 i like playing the guitar and going on picnics. 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