European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 27, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Pago 14letters to the editor a tuesday july 27,1993 thes european edition col Steven s. Hoffman Usan a commands publisher Bernard a. 70v1st0ski. Editor news Arfel editorial. Bin Wanter a. European editor Deborah Aba her. Feul Corby a news editor City editor Bob Wicker Olorf Emeree sports editor special sections editor to write us unit 29400 Apoate 09211 or Postrach 1114 37. 64278 Darmstadt Germany news Tel fax 06155-601416 to Call us dial 06155-601 plus Extension or Dan 348-8 plus Extension As follows news ext. 237,265,282,226,326. Sports ext. 225,269,263,332,321,221. Features ext. 230, 245,341. Letters to editor ext. 208. Education Jami Jones ext. 226. Business news ext. 326. News bureaus Hei Helbero Germany Joseph Owen room 1t7. Is Merser. 104, 69128 Heidelberg cmr419, Box 1318, Apo a 09102 Telephone Dan 370-7010 or civilian 06221-23421. 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The appearance of advertising Thia publication including insert or supplements does not constitute endorsement by Fie Depert Merx of defense or the Start and Stripe of the products or services  arc aggressors Thurk arc always letters in your newspaper claiming that Quot Alt sides Are guilty Quot in the War on the Balkans july 15. Let me state a few facts a not a single House has been destroyed in Serbia since the beginning of the Balkan conflict. A the serbs have been fighting for control of the Balkans since 1914 when a serbian nationalist assassinated austrian Archduke Ferdinand in Sarajevo and provoked world War i. A a in 1989, serbian police brutally attacked albanians at Kosovo and suppressed their autonomy rights. A in 1990, serbian forces attacked the slovenians in Slovenia in 1991, the croatians in Croatia and now the bosnian in Bosnia. A Macedonia is the coming serbian target. Why do you avoid stating these facts openly in your newspaper there wont be an end to these wars until the serbs achieve their goal of creating a great Serbia on the Balkans. A or. Vladimir Rutar Lomburg German identify his carriers Why is it outrageous Quot dealing with aids a july 6 to take positive action to Stop the spread of aids7. What a outrageous is spending billions of dollars trying to find a cure while relying so Cly on lip service to convince people to Lead responsible sex lives. We done to need a cure or a preventive vaccine. Instead we need a nationwide testing program which can inexpensively and accurately identify his positive carriers. Once people know they Are infected with his we done to need to quarantine them. Since aids Isnit spread through the air like tuberculosis we can rely on the carriers own Sens of responsibility not to spread the disease through promiscuous sex or by donating blood. In telling the Story of her brother a tragic death from aids the writer unwittingly ave an excellent example of Why we should ave a mandatory testing program. It is hard to determine How Many people her f brother infected during the eight years he refused to be tested suggest a National program linking his testing to issuing and renewing Drivers licenses. If we identify the his positive people and also Stop More from coming into the country we could make aids disappear from the United states within a generation. We done to need to spend billions looking for a cure a there Are better things to do with that Money. Remember aids is a medical problem. Lets Stop Messing around and treat if for what it is a communicable incurable fatal disease. A Matt Hancock Eckenbach German Bod idea stripes when is total Quality management going to come to the stars and stripes whose idea was it to change the paper to an afternoon paper is. A morning paper did you bother to do a customer Survey to see if your customers wanted this change i realize you have no Competition overseas and loss of customers Isnit a problem but common ethics dictate that you should care about your readers. My son delivers the paper at Raf Lakenheath England. When it was a morning paper he could have it done Early in the morning and not have his delivery time interrupt school work or family outings f now he May not be Able to continue delivering the paper especially if it conflicts with the time he needs to spend doing Homework. A tech. Sol Ralph j. Shinevar or. Raf Medenhall England. A .0 a 0 a More resolve less division it is refreshing to see More people taking an interest in the role that ideas play in shaping Public policy private actions and indeed our Conception of reality itself As illustrated by the Rush Limbaugh controversy and the Energy it has generated. It is regretful however that this controversy like so Many others serves Only to illuminate that which divides us rather than our common ground humanity faces Many difficult and Complex problems that cannot be solved by conservatives or liberals alone. Addressing these problems will require a much greater degree of cot Isenus build ing and cooperation than we have exhibited so  ideas that we All need to Analyse discuss and debate Are not whether a person or an idea is conservative or Liberal but rather How we can collaborate to find creative ways of reconciling the inevitable differences and contradictions arising out of human resistance. In the Long run the True measure of our Worth is not How Strong we can cling to our subclassification of the human family a conservative Liberal Muslim Christian jew confucian or atheist Black Brown red White or yellow russian or american Rich or poor Etc. A but rather its How Well it we integrate ourselves into mutually inclusive and mutually beneficial relationships with All other life. William p. Milner or. V Giessen Germany we la take any shows sitting Here in Izmir Turkey i am amazed at the amount of space being devoted to Rush Limbaugh. Those of us in Izmir who live at the far edges of the Empire do not receive an radio or television in our Homes. Maybe it would be Good to have Lim Baugh although i am not familiar with him but i believe it would be better for those of us in Izmir just to be Able to receive an in our Homes. A maj. Dale r. Endreson Izmir Turkey editors note loners from readers expressing their viewpoints or opinions Are published daily on this Page. All loners must be signed. We Reserve the right to edit loners for clarity length and taste preference is Given to Shorter letters so that More can be published in a timely manner. Letters should include address and Telephone number. Send to letters to the editor the stars and stripes Jar a 29480, Apo a 09211.commentary 1 still no peace by Johan Rapp the Post cold War world is still a perilous place. Five wars ended in 1991 a in Al Salvador Ethiopia Kuwait Western Sahara and Uganda a but five new conflicts began in 1992, according to the Stock Holm International peace research Institute. World armaments and disarmament Siprin a 1993 yearbook says that the struggle in Bosnia and Herzegovina is the bloodiest War in Europe since world War ii. Thirty countries Are now at War the same As last year. But the Institute says there is Good news. Global arms spending is Down from last year by 15 percent. Arms exports have dropped about 25 percent. The fall in arms spending began in 1989 As the coid War came to an end but the decrease did not exceed 5 percent annually until last year Sipri says. The Institute said that 65 percent of world weapons sales last year went to the Western industrialized nations 16 percent to Eastern Europe and the former soviet Union 19 percent to the third world. Overall world arms exports dropped to $18.4 billion last year. The figure has halved since 1988. Washington and Moscow agreed last year to end further development of a Nura Pip you have any mm1nq there might fw0qin6, mom y5s, but tugs just Eeyore i Hap to Goto 7he hospital., v Era War s end Ber of strategic nuclear weapon programs. Still the Pentagon has set a Pace in arms development Quot not even other industrialized states can Hope to match except in specialized niches Quot the Institute reports. The Institute also cites increased . Peacekeeping efforts As a new trend. The number of . Personnel involved in peacekeeping missions Rose to 62,000 last year. From 1987 to 1991 . Troops never exceeded 15,000. In a sign of the times All the worlds major conflicts a those with 1,000 or More Battle related deaths a except one the India Pakistan Battle Are inside nations rather than Between them. C Jane $0efenc9weeky you built a i cant wee around a sure the to without 1___ my soars mine