European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 19, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 12 a the stars and stripes Friday june 19, 1992 letters to the editor tvs a gel filpes european edition col Gene e. Townsend Usan commander pub her Bernard a. Zovistoski editor news and editorial am her european editor Deborah Absher or Vannoten new editor City editor Bob Wicker Oeor a Manet sports editor special Section editor to write us unit 29480 Apoate 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 346-6 plus Extension As follows news ext. 237,255,262,226,326. Sports ext. 225,269,263,332,321, 221. Features ext. 230, �45,341. Letters to editor ext. 206. Education Jimi Jones ext. 226. Business news ext. 326. News bureaus Kaiserslautern Germany Peggy David Sot Kevin Dougherty building 2699, Pulaski Barracks Apo a 09227-3717 Telephone civilian 0631-52104 Tel fax 063150696. 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National origin Aga marital status physical Handicap political affiliation or any other non Merit Lector of the purchaser user or  strategy president Bush a National Security directive 26 called for government wide support for Saddam Hussein of Iraq. In the months prior to the Gulf War Bush and his appointees at the state Treasury and agriculture departments Cut a Deal with Saddam violating Federal Law by allowing Iraq to Exchange food credits for military hardware. Even the Justice department prosecution of iraqi linked Bank officials was delayed allowing the fraud to continue right up to the invasion of Kuwait. A we tried to contain him with a incentives and disincentives for acceptable behaviour testified White House officials before the House banking committee. Now of course Iraq has defaulted on those government Loans. Correct me if in a wrong but does no to that mean that the . Taxpayer will have to pay for $2 billion Worth of military hardware that Saddam used to kill american service members is that Why the United states fought in desert storm so that . Weapons manufacturers at the expense of . Farmers could turn a few billion dollars in profit a John Johnson Raf upper Heyford England unjust reprimands three army officers involved in a a Friendly fire incident that killed an american Soldier during the persian Gulf War have received letters of reprimand. How pick one ridiculous absurd bizarre silly can we get there has never been a War where soldiers a or civilians a were not killed by a Friendly  Gen. Thomas a a Stonewall Jackson a in the confusion of Battle a was killed by his own men. At Pearl Harbor american planes were shot Down by a Friendly  a Friendly fire shot Down our planes and killed our troops in the Pacific. In Korea our planes staffed and bombed our troops by mistake. The same thing happened in Vietnam and Panama and will also happen in our next War. Just what is the army trying to prove the Only thing a reprimand will accomplish is to ruin the career of a Good Soldier. If these officers ask for an Appeal i will be Happy to make a deposition or appear As a witness in their behalf. 1 had some experiences in Korea that will make your hair stand on end. A John w. Johnson Wertheim Germany a a a teacher draws support four things struck me As unusual in your article on Rosita Brocka and her refusal to dissect a pig for her Frankfurt High school biology class. First miss Brockaus refusal to dissect the pig seemed to be based More on her own personal convictions and her interpretation of her religion and not her religions practices or the scriptures. Second i commend is. Sprunger and All Dodds teachers who respect the religious moral and personal convictions of their students. This positive attitude and educational approach contributes to an enhanced learning environment. Third the alternative assignment of an la Page term paper detailing the dissection project which miss Brocka would miss by her non participation is neither unjust nor unfair. Moreover the fact that miss Brocka had other year end extracurricular activities is no excuse for not performing the alternative assignment. Curricular activities have priority which is something people forget. It seems her parents were More concerned about their daughters attendance at prom than furthering her education. Finally a High school Junior has had no training in writing a research paper if this is the Case that a certainly a sad comment on our present education system. Nothing can be More rewarding than spending a Day in the Library exploring an unknown topic and then transcribing your new knowledge onto paper. And its great practice for All those Tough research assignments students encounter during their College years. A Darryl a Wishard Frankfurt 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, Apoate 09211. Too 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.join the �?~poor9 club this is in response to the letter a Wake up to reality june 5by a specialist who said she  get scholarships and her parents did not contribute Money for her education. Well this is not an example of discrimination. I come from a Small town in South Central Kentucky where about 90 percent of my graduating class did not go to College because they could not afford it. My question is this Why did no to you get a scholarship How were your grades did your parents not pay for your education because they were poor Well join the club believe it or not there Are plenty of poor White people out there too. Everyone is struggling in this Day and age a not just Blacks. So instead of whining and complaining about what Wasny to Given to you go out and work to make it happen. A spec. Juliet Lester wild Flecken Germany a a rang on target9 in his attack on the author of a armed citizens needed a the writer of june 8 is hoisted with his own petard. The writer claims to support the first amendment but he feels that stars and stripes should be a severely reprimanded Quot by Quot the responsible authorities for publishing horrors a that kind of  1 Don t know where the writer is from but the Only authorities responsible for free speech in my country Are the people and the sort of elitist nonsense expressed by the writer is precisely Why we have a second amendment to begin with. If expressing a contrary View is an a irresponsible slab of demagoguery a then Cut me another hunk Hoss. I am a Soldier an officer and a Law enforcer who has spent a Good Deal of time up close and personal with Street violence and i happen to think the author of a armed citizens needed is bang on target. And i have another confession to make one sure to Shock and amaze my friends. I am ashamed to admit it in Public but i was once a strident gun control advocate before i grew up and saw for myself what a Load of impotent Liberal Claptrap gun control really is. If the writer had a source of news other than Tom Brokaw he would know that the working use of firearms in legitimate and effective self defense is alive and Well in America to the tune of 1 million instances a year. That information might be More commonly known but for some strange reason it never gets on the network news. The Only demagoguery i see around Here is from those who think big brother needs to control what we peasants read. . Daniels Bremerhaven Germany a Gilligan explained in Cindy Chambers recent column june 7she raised some Good questions concerning Gilligan a Island. No doubt you will receive thousands of responses. Here is mine. To begin with it was not in episode 8 that Gilligan began receiving radio signals in his fillings a that happened in episode 46. In episode 8, the castaways discovered a glue they tried to repair their boat with. Unfortunately the glue was not permanent and the boat fell apart. Despite popular belief the professor never built a nuclear reactor with Coconut shells. He did however build a lot of neat things with Coconut shells including a Geiger counter a Battery recharger and a polygraph. As to Why he  build a boat the answer is simple the professor never took a class in boat building. He was an expert at Many things ranging from chemistry and botany to anthropology and tribal languages. He had six degrees but none were in boat building. Mystery solved. Furthermore Ginger did not bring her wardrobe with her. In episode 1, she clearly stated that she Only brought one dress with her. The rest of her clothes presumably washed ashore the same Way the castaways acquired a lion and radioactive vegetables. I admit to being stumped on Why a three hour tour is repeated twice in the song. It is one of those mysteries of the Ages that will Puzzle scholars for generations to come. It ranks right up there with a Why does the Mona Lisa smile a and a was Gilligan his first or last name a the world May never know. A capt. Daniel k. Poling Nurnberg Germany a a return flak a recent article on Ross Perot a position not to have homosexuals in his Cabinet or in the military was headlined something like a a Perot a anti Gay position draws  the article then quoted the president of queer nation As expressing opposition. How ridiculously overblown. That quote Isnit flak a it is less than a by. A Alan Hesse Rock Ramstein a Germany