European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 26, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 12 a the stars and stripes thursday september 26, 1991 letters to the editor col Gene e. Townsend Usan commander publisher Bernard a. Zovistoski editor Bill Walker european editor Deborah Absher Bryan Nolan news editor City editor Bob Wicker George Manes sports editor special sections editor to write us Apo 09211 -4211 or Postrach 11 14 37 d-6100 Darmstadt 11, Germany news Tel fax 06155-601416 to Call us dial 06155-601 plus Extension or ets 348-8 plus Extension As follows 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 Jimi Jones ext. 226. Business ext. 326 news bureaus Bremerhaven Germany Ken Clauson building 103. Carl Schurz Cavern Apo 09069 Telephone ets 342-8659 or civilian 0471 -88782. Kaiserslautern. Germany Peggy Davidson. 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Dan 266 3209 circulation Tel fax 0615 601417 advertising display ext 2-17 309 classified ext 349 advertising Tel fax 061 55 60141 2 please Ell me Why could someone please explain to me a Why president Bush who ordered the placement of Patriot missiles in Israel and put american lives on the line to defend Israel is now a anti semitic just because he wants the United states to hold off on guaranteeing Loans $10 billion for a program that would jeopardize peace in the Region in the same manner As in Northern Ireland a Why if the proposed a cleaner More efficient military is just As effective As the old one it Wasny to structured that Way in the first place saving a lot of taxpayer Money a Why president Bush is ignoring problems in the United states that Are putting and keeping More people out of work while threatening to veto legislation that would help those who Are actually looking for jobs a Why the air Force still thinks it can justify spending More than twice what we spent on the entire Apollo space program to produce 75 planes whose sole designed purpose is to penetrate deep inside soviet airspace and drop nuclear weapons on soviet cities the majority of wars for the next 20 years will be Between third world combatants unable even to Cope with our current generation of bombers and fighters. A Why we give most favored nation trading status to China while we refused to attend the olympics in Moscow is it of to repress your own people and not someone cd see so Why a Long time ago in what Are now considered polluting unsafe death traps 70 Mph was a Safe Speed for highways. Now after spending literally billions to regulate test and produce safer cleaner automobiles states Are blackmailed into keeping limits to a ridiculous 55? a a a Why my taxes for the rest of my productive life will be higher to pay for the actions of unregulated White Collar criminal scum who have As much regard for others As Jeffrey Dahmer yet Are free today i really need an answer because i am part of the coming generation that must solve these problems and i want to get started right now. A Arthur Mcqueen Heidelberg Germany civil has no Borders please allow me to respond to the letter a a done to sugarcoat  Over the past years i have seen comments of this nature appearing in the military forums As Well As the popular press. I am distressed to note that they Are becoming More frequent and increasingly virulent. Liven a cursory glance at world history will debunk his charge that europeans Are a generally seen As the oppressors of the remaining world. What racist nonsense. What about the Slaughter of hindus by muslims and vice versa which has gone on for generations before and after the departure of the Devil europeans what about the japanese systematic genocide of the chinese and the hitter s attacks on Vietnam and Korea and for that matter How does he explain the depressing Chain of blood Baths dictatorships and civil wars that have taken place in his african Utopia Over the past 30 years remember Biafra Idi Amin Dada emperor Bokassa where was the taint of Europe in these atrocities the fact is that no one group of  ple has an exclusive Hegemony on evil and insanity As this writer would have us believe. The writer then. Drew and quartered the american education system. He is convinced that it too is polluted with a a eurocentrism i Hope i am not courting censorship by using the bad word in its entirety and that every teacher in America is part of a massive plot to keep schoolchildren from instantly recognizing the achievements of men such As Lewis Lattimore and Garret Morgan. Incidentally Given the deplorable state of our country today it is not Likely that the average american student could Tell you who Milton and Newton were either. Sugar coating history invites a Licking but coating it in Poison will cause people to spit it Back in your face. A John a. Brodston Lan Stuhl Germany a editor s note 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 editor the stars and stripes Apo 09211-4211. O o o 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. Keep polities out of it you May find it surprising that the writer of this letter considers himself a Liberal Democrat. Politics aside it seems to me that Senate confirmation of a presidents nominee for the supreme court should be just that politics aside. While calling on the Senate to a advise and consent in such matters is clearly a Good idea just what they seek to learn from a nominee in this Case judge Clarence Thomas is far less Clear. The Central Issue is this Battle seems to be Thomas views on abortion. I personally take a  Choice stance and the judge evidently does not though we May never find out until after his confirmation. Assuming i were a senator would the fact that we disagree on this particular Issue be grounds enough to deny Thomas a seat on the High court or lets say Thomas agreed with me on that Issue but came out instead against gun control which i favor. Now he a batting .500 in my league. Grounds enough for me to vote against his confirmation do we have to see Eye to Eye on every Issue Many issues or Only a a key issues and do any of these issues have anything to do with the individuals ability to perform the Job were i a senator i would place far greater emphasis on Thomas training breadth of experience number of his rulings later overturned by higher courts demonstrated integrity and other purely judicial concerns. These Are the essential a and non political a determinants not the Many a views on particular questions. No one will Ever find a nominee with whom he or she agrees on every simple Issue especially today a Tough ones such As abortion affirmative action and capital punishment. Why do individual senators continue to attempt to find such a person unless the Senate gets Back to basics such As reviewing a nominees character honesty and general worthiness for a position it seems to me the Only Way to evaluate nominees will be to make the process completely political and let each party put up a a a candidate for the vacant chair and have National elections. Lets get Back to basics instead. A Rick Estberg Stuttgart Germany your word is your Bond i would like to address the subject of volunteering. If you sign up for something you Are giving your word to the organization that you will be there at the time that you say you will. The organization then plans the event around your word. The organizers figure they have that area covered. When you done to show up they have to try to get someone to cover the area that you were supposed to work. They understand emergencies. What they done to understand is people who decide at the last minute that they done to want to be bothered to keep a Promise. When you sign that Sheet you Are promising to be there for them a that is your word. If you done to plan on honouring your commitment then done to even bother signing up. We need people who keep their word. Done to feel that you wont get anything out of what you Are signing up for. The satisfaction of a Job Well done should be enough. A Karl j. Chase or. Raf Mildenhall England Check your Bible. A this letter is for the Benefit of anyone who believed that garbage a recent writer wrote about gods not having anything to say about homosexuality. If the writer would look in the King James version of the Bible he would find in Leviticus 18 22 or i Kings 14 24 that god does say something about homosexuality. He Calls it an abomination. A Becky Ceasur Frankfurt Germany pen pals i would like to have pen pals. 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