European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 19, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 12 the stars and stripes monday August 19, 1991 thes european edition circulation 100,000 . Townsend Usan commander publisher Bernard a. Zovistoski editor it col. Thomas e. Conrad Usa Deputy commander. Marla Kohl Leki production manager Bill Walker european editor William Hosier circulation manager switchboard 06155-6010. Ets 348-5741 or 5823, telex 419-332. News Tel fax 06155-601416 mailing address Apo 09211-4211 or Post Fach 11 14 37, d-6100 Darmstadt 11,  06155-601 plus Extension or ets 348-8 plus Extension. News ext. 237, 255, 282, 226, 326. Sports ext. 225, 269, 263, 332, 321, 221. Features ext. 230,245, 341. Letters to editor ext. 208. Education Jami Jones ext. 226. Business Randy Mcclain ext. 326. Bureaus Bremerhaven Germany Ken Clauson. Building 103, Carl Schura Cavern Apo 09069 Telephone ets 342-9659 or civilian 0471-86782. 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The appearance of advertising in this publication including inserts or supplements does not constitute endorsement by the department of defense or the stars and stripes of the products or services advertised. Everything advertised in this publication shall be made available Lor Purchase use or patronage without regard to race color religion sex National origin age marital status. Physical Handicap political Al filiation or any other non Merit Factor of the purchaser user or  attention in the past month hardly a week has gone by without Reading something about the pee wee Herman Case. It certainly has attracted a lot of interest. However one thought has gone through my mind Sarasota Fla., has spent a lot of time just to catch a person allegedly doing a victimless crime. Does no to Sarasota have better things for its police to do besides sit in adult Heaters looking for people who masturbate Are there no violent crimes no murders no robberies no drug dealers in Sarasota crimes which could be reduced by the additional police activity now being spent in a rated Heaters i done to know who is the sicker pee wee Herman the police chief who thinks that this a a crime needs to be watched out for or the Media which thinks that this is something worthy to repeatedly write about. Enough is enough. A Morgan Benser Heidelberg Germany a no place for women i wish to take a reality break from what is coming out of Capitol Hill these Days. Although i agree that female soldiers Are an important aspect to the armed forces in these new times i feel that opening up the ground combat forces to females has got to be a joke. A female Soldier would cause a lot of problems in an infantry unit. It would be no problem for a Garrison style of life. If we go to the Field As an infantry unit we would have to sacrifice our training time to accommodate the female soldiers Hygiene needs. I see no problem with female combat pilots but with ground forces it would be impossible to have female soldiers. A staff sgt. Matthew r. Cloyd Bamberg German diplomatic successes this is in response to the letter a failure of diplomacy a in which the writer attributes recent conflicts in Eastern Europe the Middle East and Asia to the . State departments a inability to perceive problems and develop appropriate diplomatic plans and postures to prevent  the writer is clearly confused As to the state departments role in world affairs As the primary Arm of the executive Branch responsible for . Foreign policy the state departments major task is to protect and enhance the National interest abroad and not to act in every instance As a global peacemaker. Furthermore As any serious student of world politics knows governments cannot usually control events As they develop abroad at Best they can Hope to manage them. People in conflict regions choose their own political destinies whether through ballots or bullets and even the most skillful attempts at conflict Resolution will fail if the parties concerned Lack the will to make peace. This is a truism that foreign affairs realists have Long accepted. Clearer historical analysis also shows that the state department working through multilateral As Well As bilateral diplomatic channels has been highly effective in securing peace stability and Progress toward democratization in conflict zones worldwide the Success of the Marshall plan the recent peace treaty in Angola and the impending Middle East peace conference Are just a few examples of successful american diplomacy. Finally the writers assertion that a War is the failure of diplomacy lacks explanatory value and ought not to be a criterion for measuring the state departments effectiveness. On the contrary the effectiveness of . Diplomacy is demonstrated daily in Over 120 countries where american interests Are protected and enhanced and where the potential for peaceful development is encouraged through diplomatic negotiations economic assistance and a commitment to solving problems through collective efforts in which the interests of All concerned can be promoted. A Stephen a. Hubler Fulda Germany editor s note a letters from readers expressing their viewpoints or opinions Are published daily in this space. All letters must be signed. We Reserve the right to edit letters for clarity length and taste. Preference is Given to Shorter letters so that More can be published in a timely manner. Letters should be addressed to letters to , the stars and stripes Apo 09211-4211. Of letters requesting information or assistance Are answered in a feature called readers action line which appears on Page 16 every Day except thursday and sunday. Such letters should be addressed to readers action line the stars and stripes Apo 09211-4211. A responding to pet Peeve in a writing in response to the letter about petting strange dogs. Although it is a Rule i happen to follow i vehemently disagree with the writers complaint. People especially Young children love to pet dogs. Why do you think we Call them pets if your dog cannot be brought into Public without it being a danger to anyone who unwittingly comes into Contact with it leave it at Home or at least muzzle the beast. A master sgt. E. Mccrary Pitburg a Germany no political payoff a recent writer asks Why a howl goes up when Congress votes a pay raise. It might be because these pay raises a which give a salary of $1 million per congressman in eight years a Are making the congressmen Rich while americans Are dying of malnutrition exposure and Lack of medical care and the congressmen Are doing nothing about it. I have More than once Given Money to someone i saw searching in a garbage can for food. And Congress is handing out our Money to nations whose citizens enjoy a better Standard of living than do americans. In Washington ., homeless people were sleeping on steam grates to keep warm. How did our government solve the problem it built structures Over the grates so no one could sleep on them. Letters to  the howl might go up because hardly a month goes by without a new Case of a congressman being caught doing something crooked at worst and questionable at Best. The writer suggests a we need Good people to fun the country so we need to provide incentives for them to do it without prostituting themselves to pics political action committees and other special interest lobbying  if anyone believes that paying congressmen More Money will keep them from prostituting themselves to pics and other special interest lobbying i would like to talk to him about a Lovely building lot i have for Sale Only two Miles East of Beautiful Miami Fla. The writer said a want Good government America pay  americans have been paying up to the tune of every cent they earn from Jan. 1 to May 10. I doubt that giving Congress More Money is going to give us better government. A Gene Phillips Frankfurt Germany unmentionable usages there is something very backward in our thinking these Days when people and politicians seek to Amend the Constitution to provide Federal statutes against desecrating the Flag yet portions of that same Constitution Are offered As Novelty underwear. To be sure the Flag is a potent Symbol of Many things that we As americans hold dear and should be protected and respected by each and every one of us but in the end Isnit that the extent of what our Flag is a a Symbol it is a Symbol of the sacrifices made by serv ice members in times of War and of peace a Symbol of the land we so love of the Ascendancy of our nation among the Powers of the world and of the Many freedoms our citizens enjoy. The Constitution on the other hand is the tangible guarantor of those freedoms. We could change the Flag All around put the stars where the stripes Are make the stripes vertical whatever and As Long As we ascribe some appropriate meaning to the symbolism offered our Way of life As americans  be changed All that much. Try that with the Constitution. When you boil it Down the Flag is a Symbol of the Constitution. Why should the Flag be worshipped while the Constitution is treated like some poor joke it is a document that is in frequent danger and it is Only through constant vigilance that the influence of the original 10 amendments is not eroded More than it is already. I done to think that a Law protecting the Constitution against underwear manufacturers should be introduced. But please before you buy a pair of Constitution boxers or Bill of rights panties give a thought to what this document provides to us every Day and what you la be using it for. A Michael s. Milne Kaiserslautern Germany pen pals i would like to have pen pais from abroad. I like to dance sing Cook read write go to parties travel and go to the Beach. A Arden Maitland race course dust. Orange Hill . Westmoreland Jamaica West indies i am 26 years old and would like to receive letters Torr anyone. A Ahmet Seum . No 114 Sanii Urta Turkey t am 21 and would like to have pen pals. 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