European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 21, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 12 a the stars and stripes tuesday april 21, 1992 letters to the editor europen edition col Gene 1 Townsend Usan command�r/pijb3hw Bernard a Zovistoski editor news and editorial Bill Walker european editor Deborah Aba her Bryan Nolan news editor City editor Bob Wicker George Manaa sports editor special sections editor to write us unit 29480 Apo a 09211 or Postrach 11 14 37 6100 Darmstadt 11, Germany news Tel fax 06155-601416 to Call us dial 06155-601 plus Extension or ets 340-0 plus Extension As follows news ext. 237,255, 2b2, 226,326. Sports ext. 225, 269, 263, 332321,221. Features ext. 230, 245,341. Letters to editor ext. 200. Education Fml Jones ext. 226. Business news ext. 326. News bureaus Bremerhaven Germany Ken Clauson building 103, cad Schurz Cavern Apo a 09069 Telephone ets 3428659 or ctr than 0471 -88782. 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Including inserts or supplements does not constitute endorsement by the department of defense or the stars and stripes of me products or services advertised. Everything advertised in Tut publication shall be made available for Purchase use or patronage without regard to race color Leligdon. Sax National origin age. Marital status physical Handicap political affiliation or any other non ment Favrot the purchaser user or  a True Friend i would like to give a different perspective to the subjects addressed by the letter a a done to alienate kurd so april 14 \. First All of us should sympathize with turkeys efforts to end violent terrorist assaults on its citizens and its territory. Second turkeys contributions and sacrifices during operation provide Comfort i last year should be praised not castigated. Some 500,000 iraqi kurd and other minorities crossed into Turkey Over the Span of two weeks. Never in history had a nation been asked to open its doors to so Many individuals fleeing oppression in such a Short time. Turkey not Only met its humanitarian responsibility it was honest enough to admit that it required outside support to Cope with the magnitude of the problem. The idea for operation provide Comfort pc coalition to assure the Safe return of the displaced originated with turkish president tur gut Ozal. In More recent times turkeys record of cooperation in pc remains solid. Twice it has renewed the coalition agreement. Moreover it has assured the Safe passage across its Border of trucks carrying . Food and other necessities to those still suffering in Northern Iraq. Turkish prime minister Suleyman do Mirel has encouraged turks to View iraqi kurd As  hosting foreign troops always entails difficulties. Turkey to its credit has conducted itself As a True Friend and its actions in hosting pc have undoubtedly saved tens if not hundreds of thousands of lives. A Brig. Gen. Glenn a. Profitt ctr operation provide Comfort a amps dropped the Ball the stars and stripes Lack of interest in the Usa eur unit level basketball championship april 1-5 was a real disservice to the 13,000 soldiers who participated in this program this season and to their units who waited each Day for news on How their teams were doing. Not Only was this event important news to the players and their supporters it was also a Milestone in the Usa eur sports program. For the first time in 15 years the Usa eur Champion emerged from a Field of unit teams rather than Community All stars. This important change dramatically opened the Field to virtually All Soldier athletes rather than a select group of Star performers. The teams that made it to the championships were great teams made up of Good players rather than Good teams made up of a limited number of superstars. Those participating clearly showed that the unit focused program successfully fostered the values Usa eur wants to promote through this sports program teamwork sportsmanship discipline fitness and Basic athletic skills. Throughout the tournament we saw these values in action and How when taken together they Lead to achievement on a level beyond the capability of any single player. It is a real shame the stars and stripes Felt this tournament merited less space than it gave a few Days later to a picture of photographers photographing the underside of the cheerleaders at a Galaxy football game. The Editorship of our a a Hometown newspaper seems to have lost sight of what a important to the Hometown readership. A it. Col. David j. Ozolek Grafen Wuhr Germany editors note we could have and should have done a better Job and next time we  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. A 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.. Priorities questioned the invasion of Panama and the capture and subsequent trial of its Leader Manuel Noriega raise concerns. Has our Justice department and president placed anti drug efforts above the capture and trial of murderers has illegal drug traffic become More important than murder mayhem and the Slaughter of women and children Why did no to the United states invade Libya Syria Iran and Beirut Lebanon and bring their leaders to trial Why did the United states invade Panama without . Sanctions the United nations is asking Libya to extradite the bombers of flight 103 and libyan Leader Moa mar Qadhafi is laughing. Why did the United states invade one and ask permission from the other when the marines were killed in Beirut we did nothing. When it. Col. William a Higgins was hanged on National television we did nothing. All those terrorist actions were backed by Syria Iran and Libya but we did nothing. Evidently genocide murder and the Slaughter of women and children rank Low on our list of invasion reasons. A capt. David Gonzales ludwigs Burg Germany a hiring rules a Plain stupid9 in an article on local National employees april 5it. Gen. Clifford h. Rees or. Is quoted As referring to local nationals los occupying a positions requiring their particular  while this May be True for particular jobs cited in the article positions where no such advantage exists and indeed some where the particular experiences of being of . Origin would be preferable Are held by los. I have no qualms about the hire of an in who is the Best candidate for a position. What should be looked into is the practice of reserving certain jobs for los to the exclusion of qualified military family members mems. Often these Are better paying positions than those offered to family members. It certainly does not Cost any More to employ a military spouse. Los tend to remain in a position longer than an Mem sometimes creating if problems in this time of draw Down. When a military member goes pcs permanent change of station the spouse facilitates natural attrition in the civilian work Force and does no to stay around for a pension either. Exclusionary practices have limited my personal employment choices in the local area and deprived certain organizations of a skilled Cost effective employee. Only through my willingness to commute 75 Miles each Way to work was i Able to find a suitable position. The military does not owe spouses a Job but should not turn its Back in those Well qualified for work that needs to be done. We familiar with the Workings of the . Military Are often sex service members ourselves. Our earnings Are spent in the military Community and on the . Economy and improve the financial Well being and hence morale of our military families. We pay . Taxes and share common language and cultural ties with our military co workers leading to More efficient communication on the Job. Whatever the administrative reasons May be for reserving certain positions for los to the exclusion of mems the result is discrimination. Hiring solely on the basis of National origin is every bit As deplorable As discrimination based on race or sex. When the practice also results in lost Revenue its just Plain stupid. A Brian Bolander Ramstein a Germany a putting his 2 cents in a to the Genius who invented the four line address for Apo mail i thought i had seen it All but this is without doubt the dumbest and least thought out single thing i have Ever encountered. A to those who endlessly debate the discrimination reverse discrimination Issue you Only add fuel to the fire. Discrimination will never end until you look at All others Only As fellow human beings who share this fragile planet. Cherish your heritage. Just remember that no one has a right to preferential treatment everyone has a right to equal treatment. A to those who spend their tour in Europe criticizing everything Here you have my deepest sympathy for what you be missed if you do not have the Means to travel extensively explore your local area and inquire about groups that further relations with the local populace. Discover that when you show interest in the people they will reciprocate. A to All of the gun control advocates obviously you Are right. Golly gee just look at How effectively Laws against drugs prevent them from being sold on the streets. And also done to forget How Well prohibition worked in America. If you honestly believe that making guns illegal will Stop criminals from getting them you must be smoking funny cigarettes a finally for those who think that the fall of the Wall and the collapse of the Iron curtain mean that great danger to America no longer exists in the world those funny cigarettes must be everywhere. A Gary Altpeter Rodenbach Germany