European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 10, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 12 european edition col. Steven s. Hoffman Usan Corr Narter pub Fisnar Bernard a Zovistoski editor news and editorial Deborah a or news editor Bim Waltor european editor Bob Wicker sports editor City editor to write us unit 29480apo a 09211 orpostfach11 1437 6.4278 Darmstadt Germany news Tel fax 06155-601416 to Call us dial 06155-601 plus Extension or Dan 3484 plus Extension As follows news ext. 237,255,282,326,326. Sports ext. 225,269,263,332,1921,221. Features ext. 230,245,341. Letters to editor ext. 208. Education Jimi Jones ext. 226. Business news ext. 326. 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First they criticized Fth fact that the Airdrop with the food supplies was All wrong. I guess they would have preferred the pilots to Fly in circles for a couple of hours and then maybe if they were Luck they would be Able to land and save a few thousand lives., As for the water purification program i am a Soldier in the 574th Supply co stationed in Mannheim Germany. In Case you Haven t noticed those Are my fellow soldiers that have deployed to Goma Zaire to provide water for the Rwanda people. I am very proud of the hard work they Are doing to help the refugees. How Many people can endure an 11-hour flight land in Gama and set up operations so that within two hours they Are Al ready producing purified water i pretty proud of them. I guess it is a lot easier for people to criticize when you Are not directly involved in the situation. Let s support and country for once. Especially when we Are really doing a Good . Jacqueline Eatley Mannheim Germany upgrading berated last year the government quarters my family and i were living in were scheduled for , there did t seem to be anything wrong with the building we were already living in. We had All new appliances and the Wood floors had just been couple of years ago. Second they scheduled the move Dur ing a major Field exercise. Imagine the training time wasted while units release their soldiers to come Home and assist in the frustrating was the condition of our supposedly upgraded new we moved in my neighbor has had an electrical fire due to faulty wiring an circuits kept blowing for the first month we were there. An upper closet door falloff and three other Large closet doors have fallen off their hinges. Just Las week a Large window fell of fits hinges. The dishwasher has been worked on five or six times in the past four months. Every time the repairman comes an looks at it he either tells us that he does t have the tools he needs with him what do they carry in those tool trucks anyway or he snakes the heating element and exclaims that there s nothing wrong with it. ,. As Long As people accept this kind of poor service our tax dollars will continue to be wasted. While Bosses turn their Heads the other Way to help a Friend cover Over mistakes for a buddy and re fuse to hold each individual accountable for their Quality of work there will always be a Federal . Jeffrey l. Wilcox Schweinfurt Germany trashy attitude apparently the 98th area support group has activated an elite new unit the garbage Gestapo. I stopped at an army and air Force Exchange service fast food facility for Coffee while on visit to the Kitzinger area. After making my Purchase. Returned to my vehicle and threw the remnants of the packaging from several cafes fast food meals into the dumpster located beside the facility. As i got Back into my vehicle i was assaulted by one of the storm troopers of this elite unit. This individual was i physical training uniform did not identify himself was extremely rude and made number of remarks such As people like you make my soldiers get blamed for this garbage and my soldiers have to climb in the dumpster after it and so have to Point out that the dumpster in question was serving an cafes fast food facility and was half full of exactly what i was throwing into it. That which i tried to dispose of was generated during the duty Day and on Post. Cafes does not provide facilities for customers to sort the remains of their meals hint hint not Only that there were no fewer than two. Clean paper Recycle dump sters within 100 Yards filled to overflow ing. Perhaps this situation Falls into area. Perhaps i was wrong i m not sure. I Recycle both at Home and at theoffice and do indeed understand the problem and the need for the new 98thasg regulation on sorting garbage. How Ever the implementation of this aspect of the program leaves something to be de sired. ,. I suggest the 98th try training their garbage Gestapo before loosing dogs on the Community. This training could stress some sort of com Mon sense and use of military and com Mon Courtesy lest one end up on insubordination and disrespect charges. In fact the main Effort might be better spent visiting offices department of de sense dependents schools cafes another places to provide information and assisting commanders and managers i ensuring that their units and workspaces implement the James Munich 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 Are published Dally on this Page. All letters must be signed and include address and Telephone number. Prefer ence is Given to Shorter letters so that More can be published in a timely Man Ner. We Reserve the right to edit letters for clarity length and taste. Send to let ters to the editor the stars and stripes unit 29480, Apo a 09211. Or fax coun try code 49 06155-601-463, Dan 348 8463. Commentary instability prevails Long after Gulf War by Holger Jensen Scripps Howard news service ,. . Air forced b-52s carpet bombed Kuwait s Northwestern desert last week on the fourth anniversary of the iraqi invasion to remind Saddam Hussein he d better not try it again. But the american show of Force also underlined How Little has changed in the persian Gulf which remains highly unstable. Saddam is still in Power still a regional threat. His Arab neighbors remain weak divided scared of both Iraq and dream of creating a joint army has evaporated and they continue to rely on american Protection. With revenues from Jnore than 60 per cent of the world s proven Oil reserves the six member states of the Gulf cooperation Council -7 saudi Arabia Kuwait Qatar Bahrain Oman and the unit Darab emirates have spent close to $50 billion a year on bolstering their individual armies since 1991. But they have made no Progress to Ward integrating them into a joint Force that was to be called Peninsula they have been Able to agree on is that it would be impossible to form Suchan army without the assistance of Syria and Egypt. That brings us to another postwar Security formula that has t been realized the Damascus declaration signed by the Council Egypt and Syria shortly after Kuwait s liberation in february 1991. The pact designed to head off an iranian role in regional Security envisioned a pan Arab peacekeeping Force mainly egyptian and syrian troops protecting the Gulf. In return the Council states promised substantial Aid to Egypt and Syria. The Damascus declaration has produced no tangible results other than a series of conferences and eloquent pronouncements on Arab Unity which remains sadly lacking. A flurry of meet Ings on Yemen s civil War could t even come up with a decent peace initiative " the conflict Only ended when Aden fell july 7. Having failed to achieve the Newara Security order they proclaimed at the conclusion of the Gulf War five of the six Council members have signed Mili tary pacts with the United states. Only saudi Arabia has t signed while allow ing a substantial . Military presence there. In effect the Florida based . Central Cpd now has responsibility for safeguarding two thirds of the world s Oil supplies. Sanctions have caused widespread suf Fering in Iraq. Two . Agencies the food and agriculture organization an the world food program have reported massive deprivation chronic hunger endemic under nutrition for the vast majority of population collapse of personal in comes and rapidly increasing numbers of destitute but sanctions have no weakened Saddam s grip on Power. Holger to International editor of the Rocky Moun Tain news in Denver /. How can you Beim. . Is who trl to. Cut Ray Blac Sarb Over thi5 and Habb you in Obnial it you 7w/5 Ca 5� if Pumo in a equal Justice that it but that con vhf at qom 15, what
