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Spectrum of views the stars and stripes ran two letters into Days criticizing it for printing views a letter and Anna Quindlen s column which the writers found inappropriate. It s important for readers to have View from across the spectrum even those of the self righteous lieutenant who criticized christians for fearing the effect of the comics on their children. Without the whole spectrum of views How do we have in formed debates and without debates where do we find our great thinkers As for the writers who want the Sta Sand stripes to censor the lieutenant s letter and Quindlen s column the stars an stripes is not meant to be an Extension of the government s position nor to Parrot what happens at the moment to be Politi Cally Correct. There Are countries where the newspapers print Only what is dictated or approved by the government but i Don think i want to live there. Gene Phillips Frankfurt Germany unacceptable incompatible our president has announced his policy in homosexuals in the armed services but the debate is far from settled. Advocates of homosexuals in the military have repeatedly stated As one of their justifications that unidentified Gays have served with distinction for years. That is True but it is also an argument that does t hold water and Means  doubt unidentified paedophiles have served with distinction but no one want them in the military. There Are probably unidentified soldiers and airmen who enjoy having sex with animals even some who have served with distinction but who wants them Aren t paedophilia and bestiality Only other forms of sexual orientation some alcoholics have served honorable and with distinction but do we want the military to retain or recruit them More than a few overweight people have served capably and with great distinction but the military goes to great lengths to Force them out. In fact i be had to get rid of overweight people under my command even when i recognized them As Superior performers. / homosexuality May be genetically caused and unidentified Gays May have served with distinction in the past but that does t pre clude the fact that homosexuality is still in compatible with military service. Just Aspe Tophilia bestiality alcoholism and obesity May be genetically caused they Are also judged unacceptable and  Weierbach Germany what s All the fuss i am an american who is Black african american for the politically Correct demo rogues out there and finally witnessed some recorded episodes of the Rush urn Baugh show for the first time and i was shocked by what i did t see. I did t see a Rabid Lunatic groveling in coherently to the Public. I did t see a racist spewing Forth a Litany of hate while soldering crosses in the background illuminate an i cognizant audience As the Goose step in cadence to the nazi Era Horst Wessell song. I also could t find Amale chauvinist f in parading buxom can can girls on stage. I tried to find Rush As a sexist bigot editor s note letters from readers expressing their View Points or opinions Are published daily on this Page. All letters must to signed. To Reserve the right to edit letters for Darity length and taste. Preference is Given to Shorter letters so that More can be published in a timely manner. Let ters should include address and Telephone number. Send to letters to the editor the stars and stripes unit 29480, Apo a 09211. And i could t. What i did see was a Fatman excuse Ore caloric ally challenged male calmly and sometimes energetically articulating the fallacies of modern liberalism and making millions of Dollar doing it. Would someone please Tell me what All the commotion is about bring Rush to an Jeffrey Cruz Wiesbaden Germany \ v More should care y one Rainy and miserable Day while driving Home from work t noticed a disabled Girt with packages in her arms obviously having some difficulty walking Down the Street. I pulled Over to offer her a ride which she graciously accepted and 1 proceeded to drive almost two Miles to drop Heroff where she lived. As i drove Home i could t help wonder ing How Many people saw her walking and kept right on driving without noticing her. I realized of course that people did notice her walking but just did t care. And when i angrily told the Story to the people at work guess what they did care either. Certainly this fact about people is nothing new. We either just Don t care enough or we just Don t care at ail. We Don t car enough to say Good morning to a neigh Bor or a co worker. We Don t care at a labout a homeless person after stuffing our selves at an All you can eat  Don t care enough to ask a kid that s fallen off a Bike if he or she is All right we Don care at All about the victims of a natural disaster when we re at Home comfortably watching them on television. The list goes on and  admit that i often Don t care enough and sometimes i Don t care at All. But the girl i offered a ride to made me believe that at least i am Able to care a Little. Are you give it a try. As corny As it May seem you just might make the world a better  airman Steven j. Plater Spang Dahlem and Germany Pagao american and russian tankers face off at the Berlin Wall la october 1961. Let s remember the Berlin brigade the article hit list grows july 2 was what All of us working for Lisa eur and its sub commands Nave been waiting for. The article proved noteworthy How Ever not Only for what is said but for what it did not say. Fulda gets the lion s share of recognition followed by v corps in Frankfurt. Oesterberg and in the Netherlands bit Burg a bad Hersfeldt and others Are All mentioned. But one command the sym Bol and focus of the entire cold War period and seat of the occupation military government of Germany was overlooked when the kudos were being handed out. It is first mentioned in the text on Page 2, As one of the other significant army closures in  it is Only mentioned in the text in passing in one other place. To relegate Berlin and its Berlin brigade to such insignificance is scandalous. How soon Are the Berli Airlift the Berlin Wall crisis and for Mer president John f. Kennedy s Ichuin Ein Berliner speech forgotten perhaps one reason Why Berlin is so easily overlooked in today s fast mov ing High tech world is due to its Geo graphical separation from the rest of what was before october 1990 West Germany. After world War ii Berlin Lay for 45 years a Hundred mile behind the Iron curtain deep in what was then communist East Germany. For 28 of those years from 1961 to1989, the Western sectors of Berlin comprised an isolated Island of free Dom surrounded by the infamous Ber Lin Wall. The . Garrison Berlin tasked with defending the american sector of Berlin against the threat of encircling soviet and East German forces was officially predesignated . Army Berlin brigade during the Wall crisis of 1961. The Berlin brigade More than another . Command visibly symbolized to the world both America s resistance to communist expansion and her commitment to Freedom. The Ber Lin brigade was at the cutting Edge throughout the cold War and the Cit Yit protected was literally the barome Ter of East West relations. Those of usin Berlin Are proud of our brigade s history. Charles ii. By Piper Berlin