European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 8, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 16letters to the editor monday August 8,1994 thes. European edition a col Steven s. Hoffman Usan commander publisher. Bernard a. Zovistoski. Editor news and editorial Bill Walker european editor. Deborah Kabahar Bob Wicker George Manea news editor sports editor City editor to write us unit 29480. Arose 09211-� Orphos Tkachu 14 37. 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 Jimi Jones ext 226. A business news ext. 326. News bureaus Heidelberg Germany. 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The appearance of advertising in this publication including inserts or supplements does not constitute endorsement by the department of defense or the stars and stripes of the products or services  names the writer of a upset by . Polls july 23 Felt that if the alleged perpetrators name were Smith rather than . Simpson there would have been Little publicity. _ after making a valid Point for racial nondiscrimination the writer expressed the thought that . Will not get a fair trial not because of his color but because his name is not Smith. I beg to differ. He will certainly receive As fair a trial As William Kennedy Smith probably with the same results. A Kenneth e. Kaplan Heidelberg Germany a. A one unhappy camper on the night of july 16, just 12 Days after this proud Flag was one of Only four on display during the fourth of july weekend at the Garmisch Camp ground in which probably 200 americans were camping that weekend a thief removed it from lot no. 71, earlier that Day a German camper asked what special Day it was for me to display the american Flag. I replied that i was proud to be an american and that when i camped j always flew the american Flag. I mentioned that this was a proud Flag. This Flag was first flown for a Day Over the Capitol of Florida then sent to me in the Republic of Vietnam where i displayed it proudly. It has flown from every residence that i have had since including fort Hood Texas fort Carson Colo. Again in the re Public of Vietnam Mannheim Germany Lanau Germany fort Bragg . Florida Michigan Kentucky saudi Arabia kit Zingen Germany Macedonia and Back to Germany Only to be stolen. I am deeply saddened to believe that a fellow american camper would stoop so Low deceptive dealing. As to i in the _ destroy a Flag with a history. This incident has undermined this americans Faith in fellow campers whom i always trusted implicitly up to now. Robert w. Holley kit Zingen Germany. A looking behind badge after Reading your headline Story on july 10, it is High time that something was said about the Law enforcement Here and in the Continental United states. The fact that this officer was found innocent is precisely the reason Why people such As myself have become hostile and disrespectful toward a a officers of the  cops write parking tick ets Point flashlights in our eyes and treat us like criminals while crimes of greater magnitude go unpunished. I am supposed to sleep better at night knowing that the police Are out there to serve and protect. But i cannot because i still do not know whose interests they Are serving and protecting. There Are More Security police military police in the Kaiserslautern military Community area than Polisei. Do we need More a serving and protecting than the natives i see More police vehicles Here than in Washington . Or Richmond va., two of the nations most crime Ridden cities. I. Would like to have the police on my Side but it wont happen until the policy straighten out their priorities. In the Case of sgt. 1st class Jeffery Brady and Many not All of his a Law enforcement colleagues worldwide i ask All to look behind the badge. You will see an unpunished criminal. A Tom Rollin Ramst Einab Germany the 00 bait and switch tactic is alive and Well with the army and air Force Exchange service. 1 just received notice that if i use my deferred payment plan after a certain Date my entire balance would be subject to a new variable rate. Cafes reeled us in with Low attractive rates and after people took advantage of this program cafes changed the rules of the game. This is unfair to say the least. I will pay off this Bill with All deliberate Speed. Cafes must employ the same people who abolished the Ira deduction for All taxpayers in 1986. ,. Get real cafes. You Are Here to serve the military a remember a Reggie Browne Frankfurt Germany c editors note j 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 06155-601 -463, Dan 348-8463. Commentary u military acts like peace corps with guns perhaps irs time to change the name of americans armed forces. Here Are a couple of suggestions the worlds 911 number or Uncle Quot same a salvation army. This is one Way of saying that the defense departments role is changing. Its purpose used to be to fight a and win a the nations wars. Now it looks like a huge Relief and foreign Aid Agency. Since the persian Gulf War ended american troops have rescued kurd in Northern Iraq helped South floridians after Hurricane Andrew broken the famine in Somalia air dropped supplies to civilians in Bosnia picked up haitian refugees at sea and built a tent City for them at Guantanamo Bay. Even As president Clinton sent soldiers to alleviate Rwanda a suffering he ordered 1,000  marines to Washington state to fight Forest fires. What a wrong with All that one might ask. Isnit it better to feed the hungry and protect the threatened than to shoot people of course it is. But that misses the Point. Fighting starvation and sheltering refugees Are primarily the duties of a raft of United nations and private Relief organizations. When the Job is done by the . Military. Combat training suffers readiness is eroded and scarce funds Are diverted from defense needs. And Congress with its preference for pork and entitlements is unlikely to make up the shortfall. The . And other countries have devised a sly method of getting the americans involved Only you they say flattering by have the Airlift or sea lift or expertise to meet this terrible need. And Good Soldier Sani soldiers on carrying a disproportionate Load. Some very Rich nations a Japan and Germany leap to mind a have developed sophisticated rationales Why they can to do their share in handling International crises. And they take unkindly to suggestions that Washington be compensated when it does too much. Quot the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff Gen. John m. Shalikashvil has mixed feelings about running a kind of peace corps with guns. He is proud of what his troops can do but he suspects b. J. Cutler he a being taken to the cleaners. A we have a capacity like almost no on else to help with tragedies of a magnitude Quot like we re witnessing now in Rwanda a he said. A but we also at the same time need to strengthen the United nations so they can do More on their own without always having to Call a Posius or we done to have to play As Large a  Shalikashvil makes a Good Case. When Washington participates in a . Peacekeeping or Relief operation it pays about one third of the Cost. When it undertakes a .-Type Mission on its own As in Rwanda it picks up the entire Bill. Thus the world is and will be tempted to ring up the , emergency number instead of building an adequate International Rescue Force of its own. Signs exist that americans big heart is draining its War fighting ability. For example the. Army has sent five shipload of medical supplies tents and trucks from Thailand Saipan and Diego Garcia an Island in the Indian Ocean to rwandan refugee Camps. That equipment had been pre positioned to Supply american troops if War _ break is out in Korea which could happen. C Scripps Howard news services Hsu no actually in to but i was m very Ost Rapio Contact Rome ukr a amp no /nit/1 Hap a major major. �?~5t0ry, and 77/by just Letaj a amp off