European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 25, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Monday april 25,1994what newspapers Are saying at Home the following editorial excerpts Are selected from a Cross Section of newspapers throughout the United states. The editorials Are provided by the associated press United press International and Scripps Howard news  York times so now the Senate armed services committee has it joined the old boys network that protects the top military brass from accountability. It recommended that adm. Frank b. Kelso ii the chief of naval operations retire at the rank of four stars As his predecessors traditionally have. The morale and Good order of the armed services will suffer if commanders Are allowed to escape responsibility for major scandals that occur virtually under their  Angeles times the Pentagon promises that the tragic incident Over Northern Iraq will get the thorough investigation that it manifestly deserves and that the White House has ordered. Learning from mistakes is one Way to avoid repeating them. But a measure of realistic perspective is important when considering the Art and science of War. Basically it is a Messy business full of human error St. Paul Minn Pioneer press Friendly fire an abiding curse of the America military in policing Iraq has worked its tragic spell again. Under Clear skies in Broad Daylight Over Northern Iraq missiles from two american Jet fighters shot Down two . Blackhawk helicopters killing the Crews and passengers from four other nations. The returning curse of Friendly fire in this confounding incident Over Northern Iraq is a warning to policy makers and purse string holders to ask those questions and answer them deliberately. More lives Are in the  Sun once again a congressional committee hears horror stories about the bookkeeping chaos that passes for financial management at the Pentagon. Once again we feel Safe in predicting the legislators will Trot off after the sound bites have run out. When will someone in authority the president the Secretary of defense Congress a do something besides wring its hands Over the billions of tax dollars poured Down a rat Hole by a military establishment that is fiscally out of control Washington Post the events of the weekend in Gorade could yet become a defining Point of the Post cold War Era. At this refugee swollen mostly Muslim town in Eastern Bosnia the idea of International responsibility is reeling under successive devastating blows. For the United nations humiliation is near Complete Boston Globe the Clinton administration is once again sending hopelessly mixed signals to serbs and muslims alike about its Ever confused Bosnia policies there Are arguments both for and against intervention but the Clinton administration has wound up with the worst of both worlds a bombing the serbs and then letting them Call our  a Tribune review last week american fighter pilots were ordered into action by a United nations general in Bosnia. A Pentagon official later assured Congress that there was nothing to worry about a the president would never relinquish command authority Over United states forces a said Gen. Wesley Clark speaking of american led North Atlantic treaty organization raids against bosnian rebels. He a wrong. The president already has relinquished this authority. He should now take it Back Chicago Tribune it Wasny to supposed to come to this in Gorade. The serb aggressors like so Many schoolyard bullies were supposed to Back off after getting their noses bloodied by a few air strikes by nato warplanes. A commentary the stars and stripes Page 13 that anyway was the Rosy scenario. Instead Tittle More than a week after the West delivered its first blows Gorade stands on the verge of being overrun by serb warriors who in the words of the russian special envoy Vitaly Churkin a have fallen ill with the madness of War and Are a out of control with  Constitution the United nations must do More than just talk it must take action to ensure the safety of bosnian muslims a or pull out. If the . Does not take action a and there is no reason to believe it will a it should end any pretence of bosnian involvement. As it withdraws the . Should also lift the embargo on arms shipment to the bosnian  Francisco examiner backlash that a the screaming tabloid headline president Clinton must see in his dreams about the Public a reaction to the Whitewater affair. A Good reporter does no to make a Story a big Deal if its not. Sifting the truth takes time care and self a scepticism. Presidents Are fair game but the game should be fair. A Good audience demands a Tough Story a and also Tough standards for reporting  free press the american tobacco Industry a current mantra is a a choices even if cigarettes might be bad for you a which of course Industry executives still wont concede a any mature informed adult should be free to choose to smoke. So the argument runs. But if As a growing body of scientific evidence suggests cigarette manufacturers manipulate the Levels of nicotine and other ingredients to make and keep their products addictive the Case for describing smoking As a pleasure giving freely chosen behaviour is weakened a and the Case for enhanced government regulation of cigarettes As dangerous and potentially lethal drugs grows stronger Christian science Monitor Boston flooding of midwestern farmlands in last years torrential Rains. Resulted in devastating losses for Farmers in nine midwestern states. . Agriculture Secretary Mike Espy. Demonstrated vigor know How and compassion in meeting the needs of Farmers and the interests of All americans in this emergency. Our Hope now is the flooding leads to new More efficient and less costly policies for the future Cincinnati enquirer the land is filled with Grumpy irritable people who i cd tax returns this month picking up the Tab for governments runaway spending. So who do we blame for our misery and $5 trillion of debt filed tax returns this month picking up the Tab fording. So a a a misery a Start with your own congressman suggests the National taxpayers Union an Independent Washington watchdog group. To help the group has rated every member of the House and Senate on spending in the 1993 session. Bottom line taxpayer friends in Congress Are scarce. A a. A a a a a a a a a. \ a. A a a a a a a a. Elpaso Texas times the Pentagon never had a real interest in the drug War. In fact before the Bush administration pressed the military into service defense officials stood opposed holding that the drug War would distract their troops from their real jobs. Now consumed with troubled places such As Bosnia and Herzegovina the Pentagon is agreeing once More than the War on drugs can be better fought a and won a at Home. Commercial dispatch Columbus miss. Haven to we just about heard enough of this what we re speaking of in particular is this incessant whining from the people in the generation x age group now their icon Kurt Cobain of nirvana Fame has committed suicide and the Media at Large Are scrambling to find what this Means a or the generation x people. Their Leader is gone the headlines have screamed what will they do. Give us a break. Generation x needs to just grow  Jefferson county Union fort Atkinson wis. The debate Over Singapore a planned caning of an american teen Ager who admitted to vandalizing cars is a waste of breath. Not because we support so medieval a form of punishment but because we feel no one should be immune from the Laws of the land in which they commit a