European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - October 16, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                The stars and stripes Page 11 inn Landers letters dear Ann Landers i m not a crusader and i m not a nut but something is on my mind and t need to unload it 1 can think of no better place than your column. My question will you have the courage to print it i have a pretty Good idea that you share my views but i realize that Yon have editor and pub Tisha is to please so i won t blame you if my letter ends up in the Wasl casket. Sign me. Watching and waiting in Washington  my editor and publishers Donot censer my column i am let sole arbiter of what goes into this sekt. I am printing your letter because i round it sincere � d provocative. A great nun people will hive Mel Hong to by about it owner and i invite their letters. Hire s yours and i thank Yon for writing. Dear Ann Landers 1 have questions Tor All you pro lifer anti abortion people out there. Where Are we going to find Homes for the deformed and handicapped babies that Are born where Are we going to find volunteers who Are needed to care for infants born with aids where Are we going to find Foster parents for the children who appear on to and whose photos run in papers All Over he country these children Are begging for somebody to open a Home and heart to them. If people would adopt these unwanted children and put their energies and Money into caring for them there would t be any babies and children shuttled from one Foster Home to another. And they would t be taking up space in hospitals because there is no place else for them to go. I know of a woman on welfare who had 12 children. The stale paid the Hospital Bills when they were bom and the slate supported the babies after they went Home wit their Mother. They were icel alone one night and the House caught on fire. Most of the children were killed. Testate had to pay to Bury them. Since that time the woman has had three More children. Would it not have been belter to have Given that woman explicit counselling on birth control and per haps suggested a Lumbat ligation unwanted deprived children have three strike against them when they enter this world. Often they arc abused physically and emotionally most of them drop Oul Olsch ool and Many opt for a life of crime pushing drugs to support their habit. They end up in prison or dead. A woman who wants o terminate a pregnancy should be Able to do so without interference of Church and state and. God bless America this is the Law of our land. Dear Ann Landers i have tried every diet under the Sun without Suc Cess. Last year t decided that i was destined to be a size 16 and to Slop torturing myself six weeks ago 1 hit on an idea that has worked wonders. It s sane healthy and effective and it does t Cost anything. I am deeply concerned about world hunger. Whenever feel like snacking Between meals i put a Quarter in a Box on my desk and drink a Glass of water instead. The satisfaction i gel from thai act helps me resist the treats. Please pass this on to your readers. It worked for me. Atlanta Success Story dear Atlanta great idea but it did t work for me. Immediately after Reading your letter 1 began to think about he leftover  the Kitchen. I Pat 40centsiniuuceron my desk and went to the Kitchen to gel a Glass or water. While i was there i ate the cake oink Alk. Readers outside Germany answer critic this is in reply to a recent letter. Titled writer comments on living  although i am not at one of those ungodly places the writer named i feel i must reply to his letter. I have visited the shopping malls exchanges and giant commissaries Al vog Dweh rant Etc a and Robin son Barrack the description Fiti. What you drive to go shopping is your problem. I am stationed in Naples Italy where our support base is naval support activity Asa Naples. I am in an air Force but apparently nol the same one � in letter writer. In the air Force i am in when you Are selected for an assignment you no longer have a Choice about where you want to go. When Igot this assign ment the gun to my head was hey Barge. Either go to Naples or get Oul even As a non Volunteer i was Happy to gel this assignment because it was t the Remote Korea 1 was expecting. I want spoiled Rotten at Paradise air fore base either. My family and i came Here with a positive attitude. We found a place that has been summed up by people from All four services As the worst accompanied duty location Uncle Bam has to offer and yes i have been to Turkey. I spend my time trying to make this place a Little bit better nol complaining. As i said earlier our support comes from Asa Naples. The whole lot of emphasis on morale the writer mentioned is virtually non existent Here. Thi has been changing recently thanks mostly to the new Asa commander and we Hope the improvements will continue. To sum up the letter writer should have checked his facts before spouting off. I believe him when he say that he s tired of listening to complaints. We re even More tired of people complaining about things we Only wish we had of by the Way these ungodly places have inspections too mutter sgt Stephen a Williamson Naples Italy hear the confession of one of the underprivileged and socially outcast individuals serving in one of those ungodly places some military people sometimes get sent to. I Hope people like the writer of a recent letter put Down their brews and turn Down an Long enough to read this. 1 have lived in Turkey for two years and i Don t know of anyone who thinks you people drive Limos to your shopping malls and big exchanges and commis Saries. But maybe you should think that we in Turkey do these things. In the eyes of the turkish people our cars and exchanges and commissaries seem like Limos and shop Ping malls. We in Turkey Aren t underprivileged and we know that because we live and work with people far less fortunate then we. You ice living in a place like this makes us appreciate the few things we do have. I believe people like the letter writer arc missing the whole Point. We Are nol complaining about your larger and better stocked american facilities. In fart we envy you for them. We know military life in t All roses. Being Here we realize h More then Ever but who Ever said defending Freedom was easy we Aren t complaining about that either. Lei me remind people Tike the letter writer that on Constitution require that people complain to maintain the proper checks and balances we Don l complain because we have reached our breaking Point. In this part of Ibe world we still do the same Job As military people in the rest of the world have to sometimes More. Knowing this How does one. Justify the comment that we have bad altitudes and arc to Pound from once serving in Paradise we maintain the Standard regardless of the limitations on facilities and support that we really complain about not having. People like the letter writer should instead speak out Ihm Many. Foreign world inside their bases and caverns. Give us a break. In Izmir we Don t have a base to hide from the realities of our lives. We face what s in front of us and it makes it thai much harder to concentrate on our Careen families and Oft duty time. Here s Why we Don t have real medical facilities Here. Re member that next time you have a life threatening emergency. Our children go to school in an old tobacco Ware House they have no playground or nearby sports Fields Etc. We Are tired of being sick constantly because of the unhealthy food water and Dairy products we some tires have to get on the Economy because our commis sary ran Oul of Stock. Then there Are the Power outages water outages Coal dust and smoke in the Winter that causes worry about cancer or Black lung. I wonder if you be heard about the crazy driving and harsh Laws and prison conditions in some of these countries. For morale we have a Small Park but let me men Tion that it s next to the Izmir Bay with All the smell from Industrial waste open sewage and who knows what else. This Park is where we Are supposed to enjoy our barbecues sport activities Etc. Sure we complain but we Don t care How big your Exchange or commissary is for your happiness won t do us any Good. Sri Michael a in info Izmir Turkey Netherlands does t forget its soldiers on a recent front Page of the stars and stripes reference was made to a dutch Soldier who remained Al his Post by a Bridge Over the River Lerinc West Germany five Days after his unit had re turned Home. It is not Clear How Good the communication was Between private Johan homers and the German police officer who was obviously your informant but the facts Tell a very different Story. Romers did indeed stand guard by a Bridge for three Days tuesday to Friday during the exercise free lion in order to prevent the exercising units from making use of this River crossing which had been  his commander was aware of his exact location. Romers had his Normal rations with him and also received additional supplies. The extra rations from Friendly civilians were of course a Welcome addition. Even before the signal Endch had been Given Al approximately midday Friday romers had been relieved of his duties and was preparing for redeploy ment to the Netherlands. On saturday at 7 is a.m., he and other members of his unit drove to their Barracks in the nether lands. The Royal Netherlands  docs nol forget its men. Major . 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