European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 11, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 16 letters to the editor thursday August 11,1994 european edition col. Stevens Hoffman Usan commander publisher Bernard a. Zovistoski editor news and editorial Deborah Absher news editor Bih Witker european editor Bob Wicker sports editor Georg Manet. Chy editor to write us unit 29480 Apoate q9211 Orphos Tkachu 1437 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 , ext. 226. Business news ext. 326. 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Advertising Tel fax 06155-601412 please Recycle Unis newspaper is an authorized unofficial publication Lor members of the military services overseas. Contents of the stars and stripes do not necessarily reflect the official views of or endorsement by the . Government the department of defense or the . European command. The appearance of advertising in this publication including inserts or supplements does not constitute endorse ment by the department of defense of the stars and stripes of the products or services advertised. Devotion to duty regarding a recent writer s asinine re Mark about All civilian and military police officers being unpunished criminals hid ing behind a badge i suppose he s deduced that All firemen Are actually arsonists doctors Are really molesters and volunteers Are secretly stealing from places of work. Just who does this Guy think he is As a Security policeman assigned to Sembach a i take great Pride in protecting and serving my Community. I be also had the unique Opportunity to work alongside my Kaiserslautern military Community counterparts and found them to be courteous professional and caring did it Ever Dawn on the writer that the reason for the despicable condition of Large cities in the United states is due Toa Lack of police services Why did Congress fund hiring an additional 50,000 sworn officers if not for the deplorable criminal state of our streets the crime rate throughout the Kmic has decreased seven percent from last year 20 percent on Sembach. This is due to a proactive Community oriented policing approach note visibility rather than a reactive where Are the cops when you need them stance. As for wanting police officers on his Side perhaps if the writer obeyed the Law offered to assist his neighbors and helped make the Kmic a better place to live and work rather than Divide us he d realize we re All on the same Side. By being equal to All Security and Mili tary police offer Protection against As Sault vandalism theft and terrorism without discrimination. I Challenge the writer to step into our shoes patrol the Kmic during one of our 14-hour nor Mal Days and listen to rhetoric like his on a daily basis without even a kind smile or thank you. Though i doubt  ple like he can Ever be satisfied with our work i la still Don my uniform with Pride and continue to carry out my Mission to protect and to serve the people of the Kmic. I sincerely doubt an unpunished criminal would be so devoted. Tech. Sgt. Steve Longoria Sembach a Germany wants the facts i could not believe it when i read the letter looking behind the badge aug. 8. Does the individual have any proof that Many police officers ate unpunished criminals or is that As i suspect the rantings of someone who has had run ins with the police on More than on occasion if he has any direct information As to what crimes Are being committed by these police officers or what other inter ests they Are serving then Why does t he come Forward with the facts i would like to know what he would have done if he had been in the situation of special agent Brady. The Driver of the subject vehicle was driving recklessly in excess of 100 Mph in a Clear attempt to avoid pursuing maps runs one Roadblock and then at another Roadblock tries Torun Over an my. This is the first i have Ever heard any one ask for less police Protection. I m sure that All the maps working excessive hours with minimum manpower would love a Cut in the commitments. And they would probably love to disregard the parking tickets and other complaints while chasing after the other crimes that go unpunished. Has the writer Ever thought that i Washington , and Richmond va., had More police patrols then they would t be some of the most crime rid Den cities sgt. 1st class David untre Darmstadt Germany fueling isolationism the Story ". Taking knocks for Refu gee Aid operation aug. 1 describes yet another event where America is criticized for trying to help. Once again while most of the rest of the. World appears inept in capable and even unwilling to help alleviate a human tragedy America deploys its soldiers on very Short notice i a Mas Sive Relief Effort. Another front Page Story quotes the Secretary of defense As saying that . Service members May stay a year or More in Rwanda Zaire. How Many of the critics intend to stay that Long America was also criticized by some civilian Relief workers for sending an assessment team first. In the future i guess we should rely on care and doctors without Borders to coordinate the initial phase of military air sea and ground transportation of troops equipment and Relief supplies. With hundreds of people dying every Day in Central Africa Relief workers on the ground should have More important things to do than criticize a sincere Effort to help. This Type of criticism and Ingrati tude Only serves to fuel an isolationist attitude among .  is in no body s interests in the Long run. James m. Heaton bad Kreuz Nach 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 religious right members a spirited group one of the strangest political developments in american history has to be the recent emergence of something called a religious right and the number of people Liberal democrats but also secular republicans like Barry Goldwater who Are alarmed by its Power and in fluence. It is strange because when you try to identify a religious right in the United states you end up with a Bod that cannot exist. I suppose what s meant by the religious right is people loosely sharing views on abortion on certain rights of women both in religion and in society and on unconventional sexual behaviour. The religious right is rigid in its opposition to any stat interference with religion. But it is curiously not to say acrobat tidally flexible in its interpretation of the establishment clause of the first Amend ment with respect to the uses which organized religion can make of the state be they subsidies for sectarian schools tax exemption of religious property enforce ment of prayer in Public schools the codification of religious positions into the civil and criminal Law or partisan religious influence in the secular Politi Cal process. But if the religious right were to hold a Conven Tion what a pie Bald congregation it would be. There would be a huge delegation of Bible Belt protes Tants. Either Pat Buchanan or car Dinal Johno Connor might Lead a mighty delegation of catholics some of the More unconventional Christian sects with organically conservative doctrines would agonize Over whether to Send delegates As would those forces of politically Active orthodox jewry with big stakes in the earthly issues Robert Reno of state assistance to religious schools and other official accommodations of religious practice. And it would be difficult in theory to exclude the islamic fundamentalists whose views on the inseparability of god Liness and politics Are no less passionately held than Buchanan s. Given the hostilities historical to such a group the convention would probably have to begin by adopting a Rule of no knives or pistols inthe meeting Hall. And when these people have succeeded in putting god into politics and even if they can somehow approve a plat form defining with any coherence Buchanan s concept of the United states As a Jude Christian nation they will still be left with the divisions that have Sepa rated them both before and since such unpleasant Ries As the crusades the thirty years War the Spanish inquisition and the Cross burnings on the lawns of Southern catholics. C new Day tub thing is Ray if n0toj., the who maybe it was that coup have amu66�k.14jbjust wow know until. Coop Hurt to Chikit out. Thinh Hilary any num Berof a Opl