European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 03, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 12 letters to the editor wednesday August 3,1994 european edition col Stevens Hoffman Usan commander publisher fat Bernard a. Zovistoski editor news and editorial Deborah Absher news editor. Bill Walker european editor Bob Wicker sports editor George Maries City editor. To write us unit 29480 Apo a 09211 f orpostfach11 1437 64278 Darmstadt Germany news Tel fax 06155-601416 " " to Call us Deal 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 Jimi 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 -27239. 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Double Standard i recently read about a lieutenant Colo Nel from Ramstein a who was sentenced for Gay offences committed at the Ramstein fitness Center. What service have you provided your readers by print ing this individual s name this individual and his family have suffered enough and i feel that print Fig his name was unnecessary. It seems the military has been extremely diligent in prosecuting the individuals involved in this Case. When will the military exercise this Type of Diligence toward service members officers and noncommissioned officers who commit adultery child abuse an spousal abuse imagine what criminal investigation come office of special investigations would find if a similar sting operation to the one in Ramstein was set up in the Bachelor officer quarters billets to ensure married registered guests travelling alone were indeed sleeping with their Lega spouses. Amanda Fondl Atlanta a. T cheap Oil that s it in response to the writer who was an gered at the insinuation that the Gulf War was fought for the Sake of cheap Oil none of us related to the military likes to think that the motives behind what we Are ordered to do Are anything less than honorable. We could All feel so much better if we knew that the reason we were there was to protect human rights and democracy. Take a look around. If human rights and democracy Are the. Reasons we were there and babies being murdered and women raped Why is it we Only take action where our eco nomic interests Are yes we did some thing in Somalia but compare it with our efforts in Kuwait. And what about Kuwait what democracy sad to say we were not de fending one there. Kuwait s human rights record shows that As a country it has no interest in Freedom and democracy it did t before its liberation and it does t now. When it was encouraged after the War to consider some reforms such As rid Ding the country of slavery we were told to mind our own business. Sure looks As if the War was for cheap Oil Margaret my Good Heidelberg Germany unprofessional response after serving my unit leading by an impeccable Standard in the execution of All assigned duties i find it impossible to believe the unprofessional response i received upon departure. In order to expect High morale and discipline from a unit True concern for the soldiers and their families must become a commitment. _ i believe that you give you get and it is time for All who give All  got to be recognized in return. Honestly if a Battery or company. Level command group to include the com Mander and the first sergeant would place absolute Trust and Confidence in their Junior officer and senior noncommissioned officers we could obtain not Only a better relationship but also better satisfaction. A Strong team concept is imperative to accomplish any Mission in . Army. Last but not least Mission  sgt. 1st class Gabriel Maldonado or. _ Schweinfurt Germany Wiesbaden what a happening to our communities recently i read a letter about a stolen Barbecue Grill and i was thinking hey this does not happen just Here i Wiesbaden  one morning in May we woke up and someone had taken our Grill during the night. Then our car was vandalized probably by someone who was drinking and thought was showing off great athletic skills by jumping Over our car. Too bad he did not quite make it. He landed on the top of the roof Caus ing $5,000 Worth of damages. Of course nobody reported anything suspicious Over the fourth of july weekend our neighbors 3-year-old picnic table was stolen. Who is so desperate for a picnic table that he cannot afford to buy or to rent one from morale welfare and recreation -1-- what bothers me most of All is this feeling that these Are not rare occurrences. Ute Stolp Wiesbaden Germany editor s note we encourage our readers especially those who have never submitted a letter to write to us. Letters expressing readers View Points 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 06155-601 463, Dan 348-8463. Commentary  �. Blundering world Bonk if win no fans by the Baltimore Sun no Champagne corks Are pop Ping to celebrate the Golden anniversaries of the world Bank and the International monetary fund. These two global financial institutions created by world War ii allies at Bretton Woods , 50 years ago a re under attack from left and right from environmentalists and Liberta rians from economists with conflicting ideologies who nevertheless see the Power of private financial markets Over whelming these government supported behemoths. Consider first the International monetary fund. At its inception it was commissioned to enforce the Bretton Woods system of fixed Exchange rates an unworkable scheme mercifully buried by president Nixon in 1971. Since then it has been funnelling Bil Lions to support the currencies of govern ments in dire financial Straits to ensure repayment of its Loans it has insisted on austerity programs that fragile govern ments would not dare to impose them selves. The result is that if is almost univer Sally detested in countries it has helped most especially by the poor who blame the fund for High unemployment and High taxes if anything the world Bank is even More unpopular. Long associated with massive development projects dams highways Power plants that have ripped into the environment of recipient societies world Bank president Lewis Preston now admits his institution has made monumental mistakes in the past. By putting 200 environmental specialists on the staff up from Only three a decade age and by promising to funnel More into human resources the Educa Tion of women health and worker re training As Well As to poverty stricken South Asia and sub saharan Africa the world Bank Hopes to stave off vehement criticism from an and hoc coalition called fifty years is enough its belated Effort will probably fail. Today the const Puc Fin of. A Quarter billion Dollar new Headquarters in Down town Washington attests to the aloofness of a huge secretive 11,000-member bureaucracy accustomed to Large tax free salaries. _ _ _ the if under the aggressive leadership of Michel Ca Dessus is seeking to justify its existence by spearheading efforts to help the former soviet states Cre ate Market economies and scramble  financial free fall. A More fundamental Challenge to the if is to re establish its relevance in a world where the private financial markets Are taking Over As the main source of Cap ital for Middle income nations in Latina Erica and East Asia. _ if the world Bank and the if Are to play a positive role in the Post cold War Era they would be Well advised not Only to acknowledge but to act on criticism of their past insensitivity to the needs of the poor and the destruction of the environment. If governments principally the United states lose Faith in these institutions their second half Century will note a Happy one. _ Themma othe jury room for of mrs. A i Hope r can to it Justice. I m you can Pear. 0-3 a a and friends thy have be funds and pream5 jul stub of Hgt. Human &eing5i but then thought hol in human bejn65 they re today heavens what a