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European command. The appearance of advertising in this publication including inserts or supplements does not constitute endorse Merit by the department of defense or the Stais and Shipes of the products or services advertised. Unfair to animals a a in a writing in response to the article Quot boy 3, killed by Wolf dog . 12. We say that life is precious but what we really mean is that Quot human life i<5 precious. Why do we. Feel that it is fitting and just punishment to Quot destroy not Only the 2 /2ycar-old female dog but also her litter of nine 10-Day-old puppies As Well i have never heard of punishment so Swift and Quot just where we humans Are concerned. If we Quot destroyed men and women and their progeny for committing the same Type of crime i.e., killing maliciously would we then be serving society in a positive manner in a quite sure that the people that ordered the dog destroyed feel that they did the Community a great service and have made the neighbourhood a safer place to live not Only because they destroyed the dog but also because they destroyed her puppies. We All know that All of the pups would most certainly grow up with a desire to Maul Small unattended children and being that human life is the most precious of All we cannot let that happen. While in a not suggesting thai a dog should be granted a fair trial i am suggesting that we revise our punishment of humans to match the obvious fairness that we inflict on animals. A Cheryl Chesnut Ansbach Germany Send toys to hospitals in reference to a toys waste space . 19i definitely feel the critique is right however Here is a possible qualifier. A Small amount of toys should be shipped destined for children in hospitals. Having toys May not physiologically enhance a Healing process but they do have a certain psychological relevance. A Eddy Collins meeting in Germany Clausewitz principles in reference to the letter entitled Quot Washington relevant a . 17i believe the writer misconstrued Harry g. Summers intent. Summers consistently bases his editorial remarks on Clausewitz an principles. Carl von Clausewitz a renowned prussian student of War has been credited with elucidating a number of truisms about the use of military Force. The most relevant important Claus wit Zian axiom is a War is merely the continuation of policy by other  a number of scholars have debated some of the finer Points extrapolated from the aforementioned however there is general agreement that the statement rightfully indicated that the military is or should be subordinate to the political leadership and that use of military Force must be congruent with politically derived objectives. Summers has cautioned his readers to be wary of . Military involvement in Bosnia and Herzegovina and Somalia the latter prior to the loss of 18 army Ranger because the political leadership has not provided sufficient direction nor specified attainable objectives. What Are the . And . Goals in Bosnia and Herzegovina How would the use of military Force facilitate such endeavours an implicit concern is identifying the limitations of applying military Force if consideration of these interrogatives leads policymakers to conclude that military Force is inappropriate so be it. Summers does not advocate isolationism he counsels due consideration prior to committing . Military Force. Or. Heinrich. Augsburg Germany. Errors of evolution in response to the letter Quot evolving evidence nov. 24% in a afraid the writer does no to have All his facts in order. First there May be lots of a evolution research in our libraries but the question remains of its correctness. An example of a a research in this category is All the work published of Quot Pil Down Man which was later discovered to be a hoax. Furthermore anybody who has been involved in an academic environment knows that research that challenges fundamental underlying assumptions of the prevailing the copy in a scientific discipline generally docs not get funded or published its great for the proponents of the prevailing theory but it does no to help get to the truth. Toncre Are plenty of folks in All the scientific disciplines he mentioned that have fundamental problems with the theory of evolution. Second the writer misunderstands the Issue involved with the second Law of thermodynamics. The Issue is not whether an individual organism a left to itself will tend toward disorder. The Issue is whether the evolutionists claim that an organism of a different species Wilt evolve into a More Complex organism of a different species in direct violation of the Laws of physics the scientific evidence for this claim both historical and experimental is tacking. Third regarding fossils there is no solid agreement either within the evolution Community or outside it that there Are any a a documented transitional forms. I agree that we should not do a shallow comic Book analysis of the arguments for or against evolution. 1 would Challenge the writer and other readers to look at scholarly writings challenging evolution. A Genevieve Houston Ludlam Wyck Tissington England. Teaching method works this is in response to the a homogeneous grouping method of teaching. This method was used in the elementary school i attended. As a first grader i was in the a a slow Reading group with three or four other kids. By the time i was in fourth Grade i was Reading at the Lith Grade level and  too Long at College level. I would say this method works. A sgt. To Alf Gaur Spang Dahlum a Germany. A nral so silent majority in every Little bit helps with gun control the writer says there is much More to come and that the Brady Bill is Only the beginning. The sad truth is that he will be right if american gun owners continue to sit by and let it happen. I am talking about the 49 percent of americans that Are gun owners but never voice their opinions. Most gun owners Are nonmembers of the National Rifle association i he Era has been carrying this silent majority since the �?T50s, and its about time they speak up before our rights Are completely gone. At last estimate Only 15 percent of gun owners belong to the Era probably be saturday sunday december 25/ge. A cause they figure the Era will continue to take care of their rights for them to nral a approach to crime is to control the problem not the symptom. They have pushed for the instant background Check for years but politicians  let it pass because this would do the same thing the Brady Bill will do without the wait. They have pushed for the three time loser Law that would have put away violent criminals.1 such As the one that murdered the 13-year old girl from California. They have fought hard to end plea bargaining and Stop the re voicing door prison system but they continue to be stopped in can Gross. The Era has launched a gun safety course aimed a children which has reduced the number of accidental shootings even though the number of gun owners has increased. What has the president and Congress done on crime to really solve the problem nothing other than waste your Money by hiring More police officers who will arrest criminals so the courts can release them Back into the Community. A Ken Pettingill Sembach a Germany. A Label a on the tube. A. It it. The first time it happened i was sure it was a Fluke. Now it happened again. I am referring to the editorializing in the a on the tube column. I have enjoyed this Section until recently. Since it is not labelled As an editorial presumed it to be a news or feature column. I too am a journalist but for a student newspaper. At the beginning of the school year Susan Dromey sponsor the accent lion tales required All the staff members to read Over the journalists code of ethics. I feel that staff writer Craig Martin should spend a Little time Reading it and tone Down his opinion or make certain that it is act Early labelled As whatsit is. A Mary Leasck a a j  Germany. A. A Cross country kudos thanks to those people at Heidelberg who once again held the european Cross country championships. It taxes a lot of work to put on something like that and it was once again Well done. Also thanks to those administrators who finally let athletes from England participate this year. In the girls category it made the race. Hope to see More of that in the future. Fred Hicks Giessen Germany editors note we encourage our readers a especially those who have never submitted a letter a to write to us. 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