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Sakurauchi who stated that America is nearly finished in the world must be be careful or it will be Japan not the United states that is finished. I find it amazing that a japanese Leader would bite the hand that feeds him like this. Does no the realize that we Are his no. 1 customer and if he searches the world Over he will be hard pressed to find another 250 million Consumers living in an open Market who can afford his electronic gadgets i will be the first to admit that we have a lot of problems in the United states. But it s kind of like my saying something bad about my wife its of for me to say it but no one else better. So the More i think about it i realize i should thank or. Sakurauchi for waking me up. I Only Hope his message gets through to the rest of America. By the Way i own a 1990 Mazda. As of tomorrow its for Sale. A capt. Harold h. Fansler Geilenkirche German buy american save jobs there Are three Points that i would like to make. Point one buy american. There is room in this Point for the critics to say All american products Are not the Best. True also All american products Are not that inexpensive. Common sense dictates we Purchase something cheaper in Price. There is no harm in that but it opens the doors for dumping of foreign made products on the american Economy at a less expensive Price. Those foreign made products Are produced by workers who earn a lot less than the average american worker. Point two i like millions of other americans work very hard for my Money and when i spend my Money i will try my hardest to buy american. The reason for this is when i finally say "1 served my country proudly and return to the states i want a Good paying Job. The last Point is that i am three months new to Germany and four months new to the regular army. When i left the states jobs were scarce and Good paying jobs even More so. This Point is save the Money the service gives you and if you buy buy american. A pfc. Thomas Krawczynski Kaiserslautern German Duke disqualified whenever someone does something which influences Large groups of people there Are consequences. David Dukes activities As a Kun flux klan Leader clearly disqualify him from any position of Trust within the . Government. Such an individual could not even hold my level of Security clearance much less be my commander in chief. That is a Plain simple fact. Furthermore there is no such thing As an sex Kun flux Klansman. Where 1 come from the Kun flux klan is referred to As the a invisible Empire a you never know who they May be until your actions conflict with those of the Kun flux klan. Bankers politicians policemen clergymen doctors a the list goes on. The Kun flux klan will have a foot in the front door of the White House if David Duke is elected president. Anyone who thinks that you can just walk away from the Kun flux klan is a lot More naive than most people. I like the David Duke message. It would Appeal to me and Many others if that message was not carried in the jaws of someone with a past history comparable to that of a sidewinder Rattlesnake. Working class americans need a More palatable spokesman with a decent Chance to win. David Duke does no to Cut it. If David Duke wants to really do something for my country in 1992, he can stand in line on election Day vote and then get out of my Way when its my turn to vote. I remember when the Kun flux klan boat up Black voters at the polls. A sgt. 1st class Harry m. Braxtonjr. Augsburg 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 editor the stars and stripes unit 29480, Apo a 09211. O a a 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 unit 29480, Apo a 09211.a matter of attitude allow me to take this Opportunity to respond to a recent letter a inequities of  the writer is bitter because he does not meet the requirement to have five consecutive years in the service to be eligible for the two Early out Adios plans. The gentleman meets All other requirements so Why should a they get a Check and we get a Boot in the pants i will Tell you Why. Because those of us who have served at least five consecutive years in the armed services Are special. We did no to throw up our arms in disgust and walk away when the going got Tough. We did no to go searching for our Fortune in the civilian sector. We stayed the course. It is obvious that this individual did no to land that vice presidency Job at Dupont chemical he had dreamed about. For whatever reason the writer came Back to Mother army. True the pay Isnit that hot. And from what 1 read in the paper Vul lot of you Guys spend a lot of time camping out having big fun. But ill bet you dollars to doughnuts that we All get paid every two weeks. And that a what is no. 1 on this writers mind. Dollars. He got out of the army for dollars. He came Back in Tor dollars. And now he wants to be Able to get an Early out for dollars. Suck it in Guy. We were Here. We were driving tanks. We were fixing broken air Eratt. We were pulling guard letters to the editor duty. We were living in dormitories and family housing. We were doing the 9 to 5, Dod style. We did t go looking Lor the pot of Gold. We were trying to make our own pot of Gold while still trying to get a Little bit of Quality family time. Quot he asks if Bis service is in vain. It s not his service that is in vain it is Bis attitude that is vain. A staff sgt. Jeff Billiter Raf Ben Waters England canadians slighted the recent article a Kinder gentler canadians balk at becoming americans took some cheap shots at our Canadian cousins. At the time of the revolution the colonists thought of themselves As English subjects not an oppressed slave class. They believed the King s ministers in America were depriving them of their liberties As englishmen. Barbara amiels comment about preferring colonial status had Little to do with the debate. There is no reason to believe that if we had remained under the Crown our development would have been any less democratic than that of great Britain Australia Canada or new zealand. The remark about the United Empire loyalists a who chose to switch rather than fight in the american revolution is snide and historically inaccurate. The revolution was the first american civil War which left deep wounds on both sides. Research indicates that throughout most of the revolution the majority of the people either supported the Crown or were at least indifferent to the outcome. The loyalists often had More combatants in the Field than the patriots but thankfully for us mediocre British generalship and indecisive loyalist leadership prevented the Best use of these forces. It was the patriots who fought and switched. The loyalists remained True to their oaths and political culture and stayed on As British subjects. If this were placed in a modern context the loyalist migration would amount to about 2 million people leaving the Northeast for Canada. This was hardly a disgruntled minority. Many canadians i be met seem apologetic about their political culture remaining under the Crown and seem to work hard at rewriting their own Early history into some Broad mosaic which seems to minimize the things which make them different from americans. I for one think they have a heritage to be proud of and articles such As the Jan. 12 piece seem to paint them As a Bunch of Milquetoast losers. A Bob Keller in Ciurlik Turkeya laugh on the Sharks last week 1 read with interest a Story about an entertainment Star who was being sued by his lawyer who was charging $400 per hour. This reminded me of this joke question Why done to Sharks eat lawyers answer professional Courtesy. A William d. Wagner ludwigs Burg Germany pen pals i am 33 years old and i would like a pen pal to correspond with in German i would prefer a German National who also understands English. A Patricia Gardner 5705 Bramblewood court Arlington Texas 76017 2038 i would like to write to italian French and australian pen friends. I am 28 years old. And i enjoy cooking music dancing and writing letters a Maureen de Mornay blk. 172 03 1069 Stirling Road Singapore 0314