European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 30, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 12letters to the editor saturday july 30,1994 european edition col Steven s. Hoffman Usan a commander publisher a Bernard a. Zovtis Fosky Earlor news and editorial Deborah Abither news editor  european editor Bob Wicker spoils editor George mane qty editor a to write us unit 294b0 a Apoate 09211. Or Postrach 111 37. A 64�?0 Darmstadt Germany. News Tel fax 05155 601416 to Call us dial 06155-601 pins Extension or Dan 340-b plus Extension As follows news ext. £37, �55, �02. 326, 326. Sports ext �25. £69, 263,332,321, 221. Features ext. 230,245, 341. Letters to editor exl 200. Education Jimi Jones ext. £26. Business news ext. 326. News bureaus Heidelberg Germany Joseph Owen. Room 117. A Flo Wair to 69125 hol Dolberg chm 419, a 1318, Apo a 0st&2 Telephone Dan 370-701 1 or civilian 06221 -23421 Tel fax 06221 -27239. 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Tha appearance of advertising in this publication including inserts or supplements does not constitute endorsement by the decan Mam of a e in 5 a or the Siars and str Pes of lha prod ads or arvites  Retiree there has been a lot of Retiree bashing on the letters to the editor Page lately. It has Likely caused a lot of emotional distress in Many retirees. This is sad. I am an army Retiree. After looking at the situation in Europe and elsewhere i believe i have the right attitude. I do not think i am anybody special. Further i accept the reality that the army Congress our illustrious president and a a Here husband would rather see me dead let alone care if i get medical and other benefits. Those were never guaranteed in writing anyway. Thus i have Learned that the system is not to be counted on i am an american by birth for what it is Worth. 1 live in Germany because this is where i found work when i retired. It is not a question of a love it or leave it a but one of a love it if you can eat  quite frankly i often wish i had quit after one enlistment gone to College had a meaningful career and led a Normal life. But As columnist Linda Ella race puts it a and so it goes a Robert a. Baird / Secic Nchim German Mai reflects life in response to the recent article about mad Magazine being banished to the adult Section at the Patch Barracks Bookstore in Stuttgart personally have been a Reader of this Magazine for More than four of my 16 years. I have copies in English German and dutch. Now one person who probably has read very few issues is trying to Tell me that i cannot buy them. My parents Are supposed to buy them for me if i ask i know they will buy them because my parents bought my first mad Magazine for me and quite a few of them since then. Sure it May have gotten dirtier but so has real life. Mad Magazine is a reflection of our times. If there had been no John Bobbitt Case there would be nothing for mad to make fun of. If you Are going to take mad to the adult Section because of the Bobbitt article then i guess you d better put the stars and stripes Back there too because they covered the Case. If you want All adult things out of the Way of children you a belter put the whole Magazine Section behind the counter. Only a few magazines do not Deal with adult topics. An article in readers digest is about sex drives. I guess that one goes out too. And what about All the teen and women a magazines that talk about sex and a a adult things a column in teen Magazine this month has a headline that says a my Boyfriend wants me to have sex with other men a an adult topic for sure but the name of it is teen. Does that one go too All these articles and columns were written because that is what is relevant today. This is today s world and if you dont like it you can to put that in the adult Section. All i have to say is that Lam very glad i Don t live in Stuttgart and i Hope that there Are some open minded people there that will fight this to the finish. If you do not like articles like the one in mad then you have a Bug Job ahead of you because its not the magazines its real life and if you done to like that Well too bad. Brains out to save the taxpayers millions of dollars is simply preposterous on Many Levels. Lets Start with the right to a fair trial. Isnit any american no matter How famous he or she is or How heinous the crime or How maliciously he or she is portrayed in the Media still considered innocent until proven guilty a now lets consider common decency. Who is Rooney or anyone else for that matter to suggest that any person should take their own life suicide is never the answer for any problem. I fully respect Rooney s first amendment rights to Freedom of speech and the press. But his remarks lately Are beginning to sound a lot like shouting a fire a in a. Crowded movie theater. I think Rooney is turning into a Petty vindictive Little Man who should seriously consider retiring. A tech. Sgt. Paul e. Dorsey. Spang Ahtam a Germany. Editors note a Janice Loar Pitburg a German Rooney should retire i usually enjoy Reading and listening to the opinions of Andy Rooney but i take great exception to a comment he made in Nis column june 10. To have a a who cares attitude about the suicide of nirvana Lead Singer Kurt Cobain whom he claims he a never heard of is one thing but to actually suggest that . Simpson should have a blown his we encourage our readers a especially those who have never submitted a letter a to write to us. Letters expressing readers viewpoints or opinions Are published Dally 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. Or fax country code 49 06155-601463, Dan 348-8463.commentary talk of Haiti invasion a sign of frustration by the new York times president Clinton feeling less pressure from refugees and sensing opposition at Home is having second thoughts about the urgency of invading Haiti. First he wants a new desert storm style . Resolution that he Hopes can persuade Gen. Raoul cd dras and Nis cronies to leave on their own. Yet the . Strategy hich would authorize member countries to use a fall necessary Means to restore president Jean Bertrand Aristide to Power and disarm his opponents also relies on the logic of a military solution. Meanwhile . Forces conspicuously practice invasion preparations off the haitian coast and White House and state department aides Pepper the airwaves with pointed warnings. Federal prosecutors investigate drug charges against haitian military leaders in ways that Are certain to recall the indictment of Manuel Noriega that became a key justification for the 1989 invasion of Panama physically removing Cidras and his cronies from Haiti should be easy work for a Large enough expeditionary Force. But then what military Force is a notoriously Blunt instrument for solving political problems. Unlike Many opponents of military intervention we fully endorse the return of Aristide to Power and Harbor no illusions about the intentions of Esdras and his murderous cohorts. But invasions eve ii of Small countries with weak armies Are not a rational solution to presidential frustration the need to look Tough or Lack of other ideas. To invade would be an irresponsible use of the worlds most formidable military Force. The administration Hopes for a . Vote soon. But it will take another month at least to recruit countries to join in. An invasion and a subsequent peacekeeping Force. Administration Hawks should use the delay to throw off their War fever. The Cunt on administration has yet to present compelling arguments that invading Haiti is in the Best interests of the United states. Human rights Are being massively and flagrantly abused. But Over the Long months when Washington looked the other Way for fear of having to Grant Asylum to fleeing refugees tub tobacco corps it Blu this outcome As a trs a swoop Victory tits a a. My Poos o l Tigi Visus at least one mors Chance and possibly so viral Chancre to make our Casc again in an open courtroom the terror was almost As bad. Similarly drug allegations have been kicking around for years but until very recently Washington seemed eager to talk Down their significance. The surge of refugee departures has fallen off drastically in recent Days since Washington began denying boat people any Chance of entry to the ., while providing Safe havens elsewhere. At last the administration has found a politically sustainable refugee policy. Meanwhile Public opinion remains sceptical or downright hostile to the use of . Military Force in Haiti the Constitution and the precedent established in the persian Gulf War would require congressional not just ., approval for an invasion. Horrible things Are going on in Haiti. Democracy has been hijacked. People Are being terrorized and a pitiful Economy is being strangled. These Are Good reasons to put the strongest diplomatic and economic pressure in the Junta and to provide Sanctuary to fleeing refugees. They Are not Good reasons to Send in the marines. 50 you see Kips this Story poes have a Happy ending of or. 00715 i pct 1st you coun