European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 10, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Monday december 10, 1990 the stars and stripes Page 11 letters a readers say Barry s sentence too Light just a Short comment on the sentence received by Washington mayor Marion Barry for cocaine Possession. I cannot understand How a Man especially a City mayor who has been caught on videotape smoking crack cocaine along with testimony from several witnesses that he had used cocaine several Hundred times can receive Only a six month jail  wonder what would happen if that would have been an no or Junior officer caught in the act As Barry was. What do you think a reduction to lowest rank dishonourable discharge forfeiture of All pay and allowances and a two year prison term at the very least How Many times have we seen this Type of punishment for military personnel or lesser known offenders done to get me wrong i am All for the maximum punishment for drug offenders but make it equal. Barry should not be Able to run for political office or receive any Type of retirement benefits. Any elected official in whom the people put their Trust who is prosecuted for wrongdoing should be Given the maximum punishment. Put them in jail and have them serve out their full term the argument will come up that our jails arc overcrowded. Well instead of our government giving Money away to foreign Aid or forgiving debts owed to us by other countries  take that Money and put it in our prison system. If a person is found guilty of a crime give him the equal and full punishment that any offender would receive not just a slap on the hand like sex mayor Barry received. A. A a a a a a a Bradford f. Kopp Mannheim Germany unequal Justice for mayor Marion Barry you be got to be kidding. As a former do. Resident i can attest to the fact that As Beautiful As some parts of that City Are the crime the ghettos the drugs Are quickly rising to Swallow up our nations capital bringing fear and despair to Many of its citizens. The mayor was caught red handed smoking crack. This was captured on videotape with the police Mon Tori Gall actions. He did this willingly a nobody forced him to. According to the reports he knew exactly what to do therefore this obviously was not his first attempt. The United states has said it wants to Stop the drug traffickers from South America and Asia. When the mayor of an internationally known City a the capital of the United states of America a can do drugs and be caught possessing them and then Only get six months in prison maximum sentence is one Yea what message is this sending to other countries that even the mayor of Washington ., can do drugs and expect a minimum amount of punishment. Why should they worry about drug trafficking it is also very disturbing to note that Marion Barry can do All of this and still have so Many supporters. He portrays himself As someone who has experienced a miscarriage of Justice a someone who has somehow been treated unfairly just because he was caught posses sing cocaine give me a break. Personnel in the military and those who work in civil service often lose not Only their jobs but their careers As Well. Then he wanted to be on the City Council and too Many people supported him in that Effort As Well. Our sorry Light handed treatment of drug users sends a message to All americans. Our legislators speak with forked tongues about their concern in wanting to Quot Pon tool the drug problem in America.�?�. As a Parent i grow increasingly concerned about the. Malignant growth of the acceptance in society about using drugs. I have no doubt that unless our Laws get tougher this problem will Only escalate and that sooner or later it will touch almost everyone a lives in one Way or another. The children of America deserve better. A Suzanne j. Porker r Frankfurt Germany Pra ised for Handl i no of go if crisis i recently read a comment by former Secretary of the army Marsh that the Vietnam War was lost a at the Crossroads of  this sort of ideologically based myth making is dangerous for the military because it is self deceiving. A it ignores the unbroken succession of inept self serve ing and corrupt South vietnamese governments. It in a Nores the absolute failure to prosecute the War by Metn-1 ods that could win the support of the people for whom we supposedly were fighting. It ignores the1 fact that deep political and social problems cannot always be solved by purely military Means. If they could the soviet Empire would still be intact and it ignores the fact that a determined skilled enemy that has logistical support from a wealthy noncombatant nation can fight indefinitely. Our support of the afghan resistance fighters is a Fine example an excellent history of our operations in Southeast Asia can be found in a a Bright shining lies by Neil Sheehan if made the recommended Reading list of commandant of the Marine corps the Domestic Polit ical machinations behind the conflict Are detailed Well in a the Pentagon papers a which Are not Liberal propaganda but actual official documents of the time we Are very fortunate that president Bush has handled the Gulf crisis in a Way that shows balance and restraint along  to do what is necessary. A a he has caved in neither to the a a Hawks nor the a doves a but has worked to build the International and Domestic consensus necessary to support possible military redress of the Kuwait situation. By  Arab nations with military Aid he is helping to show them that the United states is not merely an israeli Pawn and perhaps this can Lessen a a moderate arabs . Sentiments. In not taking unsupported unilateral action he has kept our moral stance intact and thus our moral leadership among the involved nations. What president Bush has done demonstrates that he has seen what not to do As exemplified by our failure to achieve our objectives in View Siam 1 ? it saddens me to see that in some quarters Many if not most newer service members Are unacquainted with recent american and world history the a a rambo mentality has dealt with unacceptable truths by ignoring them. This May be of for those who prefer to feel comfortable but it does not win wars. A sgt. John Akers operation desert Shie Darm Landers dear Ann Landers thank you for printing that letter from the woman in Sarasota Fla who had chemotherapy following a Mastectomy. It was a godsend. 1 recently had a Radical Mastectomy and Learned that i must Start chemotherapy. The Day your column ran a Friend phoned to make sure i had seen it. It gave me a great Deal of encouragement at a time when 1 really needed it. I Hope 1 will be As fortunate As the woman who wrote. Palos Verdes Calif. Dear Calif thanks for those warm words. In a keeping my fingers crossed for you. Not everyone was thrilled with that column. Read on from Vancouver i am furious with that woman in Sarasota who had chemotherapy after a Radical Mastectomy. She made it sound like a Day at the county fair. I had a Mastectomy 12 years ago and the doctor ordered chemo the whole Load. I was exhausted and depressed sick As a dog and i  keep food Down. Maybe i  complain because i m Here today and i would t be had i not gone through that hell but to hear someone say a those horrible stories about chemo Side effects ainu to necessarily so burned me up. San Diego those comments from your correspondent in Sara so to who said chemotherapy was Breeze need clarification. There arc several regimens of chemo. Treatment under some can go on for a year or More resulting in total hair loss vomiting and loss of appetite that debilitating routine is essential however when fighting certain types of cancer. After my Mastectomy i was put on a regimen recommended by both the american cancer society and the National cancer Institute. It lasted six months there was very Little hair loss and no nausea or vomiting. I Felt quite Well the entire time. I Hope you will explain to your readers that All cancers Are not the same nor Are All treatment modalities. Isanti Minn my husband was diagnosed with Hodgkin a disease in july of 1989. He went through 12 chemotherapy treat mints and 20 radiation procedures. He went through hell. That letter from the woman in Sarasota made him hopping . She made it sound As if chemotherapy were a cinch and anyone who complained was a whiner. The Side effects were a Nightmare but he is alive today feeling terrific and that a what counts. Jacksonville i had a bilateral Mastectomy two years ago at . Anderson Hospital in Houston. God bless those doctors. They arc the greatest i was told there would be debilitating Side effects and there were. But when you re fighting for your life you Are willing to go through anything. Anyone who has questions about cancer treatment should Call 1-800-4-cancer, and if its Busy keep try ing. This Tine is provided by the National cancer Institute. Cancer is no longer a death sentence. Thanks to medical research a mostly government funded a lives Are being saved every Day. So dear readers there you have it from the Best authorities of ally the people who have lived through it. And i would like to recommend the a look Good. Feel better program for women who Are taking chemotherapy or soon will be. Write the . Foundation 1100 Vermont ave., n.w., Washington  20005, or Call 1-800-395-look or your local american cancer. Society office. 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