European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 07, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 12 letters to the editor Friday january 7,1994 the europ an edition col sieved s. Hoffman Usan commander publisher Bernard a. Zovistoski editor news and editorial Deborah a or news editor Bill Walker european editor Bob Wicker sports editor Georg Manet City editor. To write us unit 29480 Apoate 09211 Orost Facell 1437 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 Owen room 117, Rome str. 104, 69126 Heidelberg car 419, Box 1318, Apo a 09102. Telephone Dan 370-7010 or civilian 06221-23421 Tel fax 06221-23421. 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The appearance of advertising in this publication including inserts or supplements does not constitute endorse ment by tha department of defense or tha stars and stripes of the products or services advertised. Switch Rush off after two nights of Rush Limbaugh i m glad there is an option to turn him off and go to bed. He states that not Many people Cal protesting his opinions. Is it because they Don t listen to his self righteous rhetoric give me a break. He says he Samerica i Hope not. De Morrison Ramstein a Germany. I anti Rush hysterics nearly every Day you print pieces Crit ical of Rush Limbaugh a letter writer stated that Limbaugh slanders Blacks females and hispanics his support by Law makers portends David Duke Foi  in the same Issue a be our guest opinion piece described Lim Baugh s second Book As mein kampf part 2. Why such hysterical attacks if  s critics wish to be taken seriously they ought to provide a reasoned argument with evidence to support their charges Limbaugh has written two books an broadcast thousands of hours of opinion an enormous Public record. If his critics want to prove him a racist and bigot they could quote their evidence from that ample Public record. Neither of the anti Limbaugh writers3uotes Limbaugh. Could it be the Evi ence does t exist Anthony German Heidelberg Germany. Coloured Road reports on Jan. 3, after listening to american forces network and determining that the roads were classified Amber my family and i left for Gie Belstadt army Airfield. In route to Gie Belstadt from our Small town of Eichelser we encountered three automobile mishaps. One Accident happened right in front of us As a German vehicle lost traction and went off a Blufland into the Field below. We stopped and rendered assistance and continued on to Gie Belstadt. Upon arrival at Gie Belstadt we checked the Road condition sign that i posted by the front Gate. All roads were marked Amber. After dropping Tny family off i continued to Wiir Burg. From Gie Belstadt to Wurzburg i counted 12 Acci dents All of which were Road condition related. An continued to announce the roads As Amber. I called the Gei Belstadt military police and asked who determines what color code the roads should be and How they come to that determination. The desk sergeant s reply was that for each to . Gie Belstadt Kitzinger Etc a patrol goes out and. Checks the roads and phones Wiir Burg amps to inform the the roads Are Amber Green or red. On Jan. 4, the stars and stripes re ported five injured soldiers and one fatal Ity in the Wurzburg area alone. The Gie Belstadt medical det had two Accident related cases signed in and the detachment commander also had been involved in an  is a glitch in the system some where and it needs to be taken care of. Who will take responsibility when our children go on their Ivi hour bus trek from the outer reaches of Gie Belstadt to Wurzburg and an Accident occurs be cause the Road conditions were not code the right color Maryl Byers Gie Belstadt Germany fight drugs not guns .5 -. The writer of something must Bedone concerning people owning guns has some strange ideas about the rights of american citizens. She suggests that the stars and Stripe was scraping the Bottom of the barrel by printing a letter supporting the right to own a gun. Obviously she does t be Lieve in the right of free speech either. Any student of history knows that the first thing an oppressive government wants to do is disarm the average citizen because an armed citizenry can be a real pain to any occupying Force. History also tells us that the excuse the government uses is to get crime off the  if a government can take the citizens guns they can then take the citizen. The same people that foam at the Mouth at the thought of the Law abiding citizen having a Means of self defense beat their chests and grind their Teeth at the thought of the death penalty. If America really wants to get a grip on crime getting a grip in the criminal is the place to Start. First the Sale of any drug in any amount should result in the death penalty if bar owners can be held responsible for a drunk Patron s actions Why can t drug Pusher he held accountable for sell ing drugs. Drug users should be made aware that any misuse of any drug is totally unacceptable period. Rehabilitation should be available the first time but the second time cold Turkey and they Are con fined to break the habit or die trying. As far As the gun control argument criminals Are not supposed to have gun anyway. Enforce the Laws already in the books. If the second amendment Means nothing could the first amendment be the next to fall because what we say and think is not politically Correct Jack Hensley Rhein main a Germany editor s note the Holiday season has produced a Short age of letters so this feature has been abbreviated. We encourage our readers especially those who have never submitted a letter to write to us expressing viewpoints that Are published daily on this Page. All letters must be signed and include address and Tele phone number. Preference is Given to Shorter letters so that More can be published in a timely manner. We Reserve the right to edit let ters for clarity length and taste. Send to let ters to the editor the stars and stripes unit 29480, Apoate 09211. Commentary fair s fair so Pollard should stay locked u by James j. Kilpatric by the time this gets into print president Clinton May have made up his mind on the matter of Jonathan Jay pol lard whether to commute the spy s life sentence or to Jet the fellow rot in  would let him rot. A review of the re Cord convinces me that Pollard was fairly judged and justly  is a just sentence the first Rule it is said is to make the punishment fit the crime there is More to it than that. The sentence must also fit the criminal. What was the magnitude of his crime what was his motive was his act deliberate or was it spontaneous is he remorseful or is he stoic All these considerations were present in the Pollard  refresh your memory Jonathan Pollard was a civilian intelligence research specialist with the . Navy. In june 1984, he began Tun Eling highly classified material to is Rael s equivalent of the Cia. In novem Ber 1985, the Fri put him under  the initial interrogation Pollard telephoned his wife. Using the code word Cactus he instructed her to remove a suitcase filled with top secret document Sand to Alert his israeli handlers. As pol lard stalled for time the handlers flew the Coop. The Fri belatedly arrested pol lard s wife As an accomplice in espionage / the Case never came to full blow trial. Over a period of several months Pollard s lawyers worked out a plea bar gain with the Justice department. One string was attached Anne Hen Derson Pollard also would have to plead guilty to a lesser charge or the wholemeal was off. Jonathan Pollard agreed arid on june 4, 1986, the parties appeared before . District judge Aubrey e. Robinsonjr. He accepted the plea. Nine months elapsed in pre sen tence investigations. Then Robinson called Pollard into court and gave him life behind bars. It seems evident looking Back that Federal prosecutors had developed an understandable animus toward the recalcitrant defendant. To this Day Pollard has not shed one Teardrop of remorse or regret. He believed the . Government had been disloyal to his beloved Israel by not sharing certain secrets with its ally. He alone would put things right. And on yes Israel would pay him $50,000 along the Way. Pollard s defenders say the life sen tence is out of line with lesser sentences imposed on other spies. No matter. Sentences Are individual not historical. If Clinton Grants clemency the commutation will have More to do with politics than with Justice. In Pollard s Case As i see it Justice has been quite Well served. C Universal press Syndicate  Pip Ouk 0�$t during the Camak in to contain his compulsions. Um.6uhat prozac. Pip you but we room coup he map who ecu aftzrtheg&4 strategy forgetting &6gwthkdu6h