European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 24, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Be our guest done to let . Have control Over our troops William. Corbett Send in your column plus photo of yourself to be our guest sunday Magazine the stars and stripes Apo 09211 or Postrach 11 14 37, d-64278 Darmstadt German to the mat for kids the National Security Council staff is finalizing an executive order to be known As presidential decision directive-13. The add will allow . Forces to serve under the orders of foreign commanders in missions dictated and directed by the United nations. Beware . Foreign policy and military operations dictated by committee or a a multilateralism More than two nations participating. Turning foreign policy Over to an International organization will allow president Clinton to finesse his weak foreign policy suit provide an excuse for for eign policy omissions and failures and allow him to concentrate on the Economy a like a laser Quot but at what Cost the United states will find itself More frequently in situations where its troops Are commanded by officers selected by committee and quota. For example what was a .-appointed Navy Admiral doing commanding infantry troops fighting ground combat in somalian cities n. Secretary general Boutros Boutros Ghali said a the United nations has been mandated to undertake comprehensive and costly endeavours to transform societies and  does the United Stales really want to join the United nations in doing that and if so transform the societies int what . Foreign policy Given up to multilateralism will sacrifice sovereignty introduce Quot policy by commit tech and tar the United states with the bigotry Bias and venality found in a bureaucratic bickering United nations. The chant in Somalia is not Quot Down with the .�?� but Quot Down with the .�?� should american troops be exposed to the Keystone Kop Type shenanigans witnessed among the 29-nation military coalition under . Com hand in Somalia a superbly equipped 19,000-Man . Force vainly sought to capture a Middle aged warlord whom the United nations declared Quot an enemy of the  when that Effort failed the United nations declared him a reasonable sort with whom we could negotiate. There was faulty intelligence causing assault of the wrong House. Italians not liking their orders picked up and moved. The nigerian troop commander following the ambush death of seven of his soldiers heatedly accused nearby italian soldiers of Quot not firing a single shot in defense of my  More recently in Bosnia French peacekeeping troops under fire from serbian gunners screaming for air support. . Combat aircraft identify and Circle the aggressor for three hours while awaiting . Approval to attack. When approval finally arrives the guns have departed. Who wants their sons and daughters involved in such a mess beware the Siren song of  some contend that president Bush in forming the Allied coalition for the persian Gulf War started the United states toward a policy of multilateralism. But that version was a matter of the president saying to the jellies Quot the United states will kick Iraq out of Kuwait. Get on Board or get  in other words a matter of leadership. A far cry from the current administrations talking Tough then pleading with the allies to Back you up. Considering Boutros Ghalie a saying that countries Quot will not enjoy Complete stability unless and until the criminal elements have been apprehended and brought to Justice a a one wonders if the Secretary general plans to Send a battalion of . Troops to Miami. Washington will need at least a brigade. William Corbett live in let Echt Erdington Germany. Greg Luze it has become commonplace in our society to trash the values and achievements of our a Young people a frequently comparing die Quality of their education to the children of other More enlightened nations and finding it wanting in the balance. There seems no end to the ingenuity of some cultures in mass producing generations of geniuses. Recently i read about chinese women teaching their children English in the womb. English mind you. These unborn babies have apparently already mastered chinese and maybe their calculus Homework too. I also read about inadequacies of the american educational system. You know the Type of article that says 50 percent of american High school juniors can to find Britain on a map. They Are the smart ones. The other half can to even find it in a dictionary. Its time someone set the record straight. The Sim pie truth is that children learn those things they need to survive in their particular environment. An education does no to mean just the classroom. Our schools Are supplemented by the most exhaustive to programming in the world. Our children learn from it too make no mistake. Recently i introduced my 2-year-old son to that Staple of american culture saturday afternoon Tele Vised coverage of the world wrestling federation. In the preceding 34 months since Conception he d mastered Only that one childhood critical word  in barely two hours plus commercials he Learned Brett the Hitman oink the Clown and of course Yok fatso. Proving that learning is More than just an exercise in memorization he also acquired such skills As the kick to the head the thumb in the Eye and the Yoko fatso dive from the top rope. For that last move he uses the Arm of the Couch american children Are so resourceful to leap onto the comatose body of his Defeated foe my role in the education process. He already knew the Headbutt to the Bridge of my nose. Something he must have Learned in the womb from his mothers Side of the family. Eat your hearts out chinese mothers. Guess whom your geniuses will be making sneakers for  Luze is stationed in Frankfurt Germany. R contents from the cover ----------------------4-7 suicide. Sidelights.9 Clarence Page on lashing out. Odds amp ends. 10 Erma Bombeck on starry stories. In tune. U goodbye Arsenio  weeks films. 12-13 a White Fang 2&Quot a dog with Chuck Vinch. Military circuit listings. Television listings .14-17 local Cable and satellite schedules. Home entertainment .18 Here comes a mrs. Doubtfire. A comedy 20 laughs from Thea Vidale. Voices. 21 Linda Ellerbee s healthy plan. Words amp wit. 22 William Safire goes a Long Way. Books________________________________________24-25 Richard Herman a novel approach. Bonding with Patti Davis. On Parade. 27 readers say help the homeless. Last laugh. 28 Dave Barry in England. Sunday is a weekly supplement of the Vars and stripes editor Bucky Fox cover Story design Peter Jaeger production Bernard Jensen editorial assistance Louis Pierce Page 2 sunday april 24, 1994