European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 16, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse Pago 12letters to the editor tuesday november 16, 1993 a. A. 1 a a ties so Lpes european edition. Col set Van s. Hoffman Usan ,. to us she a a. A Seward a. Zovistoski editor mews arid editorial Rotl Walker european Erti of of Hoofatt Ambar now editor Roo Winekar sports editor oar manat City editor John Taylor acting spatial Sac Tlona editor to write us unit 29480 Apo a 09211 Orp Ostach it 1432 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. 237,255,282,226,326. Sports ext. 225,269,263,332,321,221. Features ext. 230,245,341. Letters to editor ext 208. Education Jim Jones ext. 226. Business news ext. 326. News bureaus Heidelberg Germany Joseph Owan. Room 117. Rel Verstr. 104, 69126 Mel Delbargo car 410, Box 1319, also a 0910? Telephone Dan 370-7010 0t civilian 06221-23421 Tel fax 06221-27239. 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Does not constitute Andorra mama toy me department it detente or the stars and Svopa of the product or Aarvick advertised. Its a waste in reference to the article Quot excellence i a waste delegates fell army Quot oct. 31i believe the delegates to the army family action planning conference told the army Community of excellence Story As it really is. Those posts that have Good facilities and Nice housing will have them further improved due to the Quot prize Quot Money while the rest of us have to make do with Many substandard or at Best minimal army docs not seem troubled by this method of distributing increasingly scarce Money but it is worried about Why we done to like the acre program. The army s answer seems to be that we the Quot recipients done to understand the program and if the army likes the program then we should Clicc the delegates and the people living with and using army facilities understand the program All too Well. We just done to like the results. If the so called beneficiaries of acre say this program is broke then the army should believe it. I can to get rusted and clogged hot water pipes fixed because the maintenance Man says its a Post problem and there a no Money to make such repairs a but there a a spare $11.2 million to perpetuate this program. I have to believe that this Money is being spent the wrong Way. Why should another Post win extra Money when their facilities Are already excellent a the saying goes Quot you can to make a silk purse out of a sows car Quot and for too Many of us that live on Quot sows car posts it is hard to understand Why the army wants to give the a silk purse posts a string of pearls to go with it. It is time to rework this program and distribute some of that Money to posts that have a greater need. A maj. Bill Summers. Stuttgart Germany fanning racial fires i have often wondered As a Young Black woman Why Black leaders show great haste at being outraged denouncing and generally fanning the fire of racial controversy. The first racial slur they hear or discrimination of any kind that is heard and they arc Quick to jump right on it. They refuse to acknowledge the discrimination and intolerance within the Black Community. I agree that what whoops Goldberg and Ted Danson find humorous is tasteless to say the least but Freedom of speech is a right in this country. Instead of wasting time expressing their a outrage Quot in press releases i would recommend that our a a leaders concentrate their time Money and Energy into helping Black people who Are not fortunate enough to have the ear of the press. They might Start with counselling and therapy clinics in the Black communities where. Our children Are literally Shell shocked and the Circle of self hate self degradation and general Lack of self respect caused by 300 years of slavery is still unbroken. This might help in developing More positive role models within those com Munitic so our children wont have to look to celebrities for greater self esteem. They might try to Stop or at least allay the barrage of usages from Black publications no less which Send the message to our Young Black girls that Light skin an Long hair is what they should strive for in seeking we cannot All a just get along with any other race until we can learn to get along with each other. If Montpl Williams and David Dinkins had a problem with what Ujj rep Rcd at the Quot roast they should have talked with Goldberg and Danson along with the other members of the friars club 1 to resolve any differences instead of making a private event into a Public spectacle and diverting attention from the More important and realistic issues facing the Black Community. You la notice that whoops and Ted were hardly mentioned in this letter and when the smokescreen has cleared and the press lets this Quot controversy die Down you la find that that is the Way it should be. Trkla Smith Augsburg Germany. A a a a a unfair slur on somalis the letter a bring troops Home oct. 18 perpetuates a great injustice and reveals great Bias. The writer describes All somalis As Quot Barbaric although angered and saddened by the death of american service members and the Public humiliation of one pictured on the front Page of the stars and stripes we cannot allow sweeping generalizations prompted by racial Bias to govern our thoughts. We cannot simply conclude that a a. The somalis Are doing everything possible to make life a living hell a for All peacekeepers. Not All the somalis participated in military action against the United nations including american troops. Many somalis benefited from the Pursuit of our original goal the Protection of food and Relief shipments to starving thousands. So Many somalis especially women and children live today because of our efforts. Many somalis want us there and have not raised arms against United nations troops stationed there. These masses did not shoot at our helicopters or troops. Did they change our Mission objective from Protection of food shipments to the a capture of aided a did they place american troops under the United nations Flag or deny Field commanders requests for a by Russia that we will be Back to Square one and the peace dividend which god gave us will he lost instead of bullying Ukraine the administration should be ensuring that Ukraine gets a fair share of the Aid going to the nations of the former soviet Union and instead of patting Yeltsin on the Back we should be telling Russia to keep her hands off Ukraine and Start acting like a civilized country if it wants to get any of our foreign Aid and assistance. I Hope the Clinton administration wakes up Ana recognizes that a Strong and free Ukraine is in the National Security interest of the United states and the free world and that Russia will be a threat to world peace As Long As it does not accept the Independence and sovereignty of its newly Independent neighbors. -. A Dan Korolyshyn Albrook of station Panama newspaper praised i would like to Praise the stars and stripes on its reporting and the new spa scr in general i know some stories Are Ard to read like the murder of Little Elora and the dead american Soldier being dragged through the somalian streets but sadly this is reality. The world can be a cruel place and people done to need to be shielded from this. In be read stories that angered and saddened me. In be also read stories that made me smile readers Are naive if they expect a newspaper filled with Only Happy stories and smiling faces. Pc. Ware Zuburg a Germany Mored vehicles obviously not. However the letter writer should direct her misguided anger and Bias toward the military and political leadership in charge of fulfilling the original objective not engage in racist stereotyping. A Marcus w. Undo Wiesbaden Germany a a e a give Ukraine support i found it incredible to read that the Secretary of state went to Ukraine once again to rail on the ukrainians to give up their nuclear weapons which they need to defend themselves from an unstable and still undemocratic Russia while going to Russia to eat Boris n. Yeltsin on the Back and give in our support. Isnit anyone in the administration paying attention to How diligently Yeltsin Ana Russia have been pressuring and undermining the Freedom of newly Independent nations of the former soviet Union Hasni to anyone noticed How Yeltsin recently bullied and threatened the ukrainian president at a meeting Isnit the administration aware of of the fact that on sept. 10, the Senate passed a Resolution commemorating the genocidal famine perpetrated against the ukrainian people by soviet Russia in 19321933? does no to anyone in the state department or the administration understand that if these newly Independent nations lost their Freedom and once again become enslaved How about some hockey where Are the hockey games on american forces network i realize that the National hockey league is not As popular As the National football league but there Are More than a few of us who enjoy the sport. Last year an showed a Fca games and unfortunately Only a few of the playoff games were shown. The league has changed a bit this season to include two new teams this year and two new teams from last year. The Only Chance in be been Able to see any of this has been on can sports. I think the new teams in California and Florida show that the game has become More popular in the states. Give the league a Chance Here As Well. A airman 1st class Eric Tallberg Aviano a Italy editors note we encourage our readers a especially those who have never submitted a letter a to write Tous. Letters expressing readers viewpoints or opinions Are published daily on this Page. All letters must be signed and include address and Telephone number. Preference is Given to Shorter letters so that More can be published in a timely manner. We Reserve the right to edit letters for clarity length and taste. Send to letters to the editor the stars and stripes unit 29480, Apo a 09211. 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