European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 04, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 12 letters to the editor tuesday october 4,1994 european edition col Steven $. Hoffman Usan Corriander publisher Bernard a. Zovistoski editor news and editorial Deborah Absher news editor Bill Walker european de for Bob Wicker sports editor George Manes City editor to write us unit 29480 apoae09211 or Postrach 11 1437 64278 Darmstadt Germany news Tel fax 06155-601416 to Call us dial 06155-601 plus Extension or Dan 34#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, 400. Education Jimi Jones ext. 226. Business news ext. 326. News bureaus Heidelberg Germany Effie Bathen room 117, Rome str. ,104, 69126 Heidelberg Telephone eos 370 7010w civilian 06221-23481 Kaiserslautern Germany Kevin Dougherty John Mph me and Doyle Tillman. 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The Appo Iannce of advertising in this publication including inserts or supplements does not constitute endorse ment by the department of defense or the stars and stripes of the products or services advertised. An insult to soldiers the writer of promote Only the Best sept. 26 and her husband fee that be cause of women and minorities he was not prompted. So i guess All the White male soldiers that were promoted Are All qualified and Only women and minorities Are selected based on a quota system. Everything she said was racial. I am a minority and i am Here to Tell you that every promotion that i have earned i have worked hard to achieve and what she said is an insult to All soldiers. If what the writer says is True then minorities need to have someone at the top explain Why statistics show that As Whites and minorities move up m rank the percentages get smaller As to the number of minorities being promo Icid and the num Bers go up for White males. How can the writer be so sure that the Only reason her husband has not been promoted was because of his promotion being handed to a female or a minority based on his so called quota system has she stopped to consider the fact that maybe her husband s military records and evaluations did not reflect that he was such an outstanding Soldier if she truly feels that her husband has been wrongfully passed Over for promo Tion he does have the right to request a retook Law a 600-8-19 0ard. Otherwise without substantial evidence i Don t think she should be blaming my. Noritis or downgrading those people who have been chosen for promotion. Charmaine Harris Frankfurt Germany just could t sit Here and say nothing. The . Military has always had a mis Sion of peace. It is not our Mission to go out and invade other countries. We must always try the Road to peace first and i have always believed in talking peace first but ready to Back it up with War. I was in Panama during operation just cause and i saw the Metal coffins and the wounded. It was tragic and if it could have been prevented then All the better. But it want and death when unnecessary is tragic. I just want to say Don t be disappointed that your troops did t go to War. I m sure their morale wont suffer for Long. Just be a Little patient and you might get what you wish for. Staff sgt. Miguel a. Correa Aviano a Italy Don t wish for War is i have always tried to remain objective and respect other people s opinions but when i read the article pumped up pulled Back and feeling put out sept. 20i cafes scare tactics this letter is concerning a violation of my constitutional rights through scare tactics that the assistant manager of the army and air Force Exchange service Baum older recently used on me. I am a concessionaire Here with less rights than a German National being an american without support in any Way from cafes. One of the few benefits i enjoy is an occasional can of Coke from the vending machine. I walked into the new bookmark Bookstore to ask for change for a $5 Bill As i had done at various times in the past Only to be told we can t open the  i then used my right of free speech As an american by stating that i already miss stars and  As i proceeded to walk out the door i was accosted by the Ranager and verbally abused As to the policies of cafes and she then asked where i worked. As i told her she then informed me that she would Tell the concessionaire manager about my statement. Stunned i Stam mered out my apology even though i did t know what i was apologizing for. She then started to dictate to me cafes policy for the next five minutes drawing numerous stares from the people walking into and out of the store. She then stated that cafes was not a Bank and if i wanted change i could go to the cashier s Cage inside the store very difficult to do without an id card after being released from this verbal barrage i walked away wondering Why i gave up my Freedom of speech rights so easily. The answer was that by not making Waves i get to keep the Honor of working on base until cafes figures out How to take my con cession from me. Is cafes the new communist that we must All fight will there come a time when All we can buy is cafes Brand products is cafes what George Orwell predicted in his Book 1984 and will Book Mark carry it ? Only time will Tell. Scott a. Chmielewski Baum older Germany to our readers let us know what you think 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 t n this Page. All letters must be signed and include address and Telephone number. Send to letters to the editor the stars and stripes unit 29480, Apo a 09211. Or fax country code 49 06155 601-395, on 348-8395. We Reserve the right to edit letters for clarity length and taste. Commentary nato pc Fet meant to placate Belgium by Lance Gay Scripps Howard news service Amsterdam Netherlands the curious Choice of belgian foreign minister Willy Claes to be the new Secre tary general of the North Atlantic treaty organization has More to do with euro Pean musical chairs than military issues. Known neither for his trans Atlantic vision nor for his military expertise Claes 55, was Given the High profile Post to soothe Belgium s Hurt feelings Over this summer s acrimonious rejection of belgian prime minister Jean Luc Dehaene As the new head of the european Union. After Britain vetoed Dehaene the Job of running the eur s 15,000 euro rats in Brussels Belgium went to Jacques Santer of Luxembourg. By giving a belgian the Job of running 7 nato British sources say the Way is cleared now for appointing the new head of the Western european Union the eur s a military Arm. Also coming up is a decision Jan the new head b of the. Organization of economic cooperation and development which is being fought Over by France and Canada. But the appointment of Claes is raising eyebrows in some military circles. He was a socialist opponent of the Reagan administration s program of modernizing nato s nuclear forces by installing ground launched cruise and Pershing ii missiles in Europe in the Early 1980s. He also has taken controversial stands recently on integrating former communist countries into the eur contending in a Vienna Austria speech that the prospects of eur membership ate better for countries of protestant and roman Cath Olic backgrounds Poland the czech re Public the Baltic nations Hungary Slovenia and Croatia than those of the orthodox tradition Serbia Romania Bulgaria and Russia. He s not the most impressive of  pie said Andrew Mchallam of the Institute for european defense and Strate Gic studies . I think the Choice is a reflection of How much nato is on the Back Burner  Claes colleagues rallied behind him saying he is committed to strength ening nato and is just the sort of Leader the organization needs to carve out its new Post cold War Mission. He s an exceptionally talented individual said fellow belgian Karel Van Miert an eur minister. Van Miert expects Claes to concen trate on bringing France Back fully into nato. France withdrew All its troops from the integrated military command of nato in 1966. Charles de Gaulle the French Premier at the time contended it was too dominated by America. France continues to coordinate its defense poli cies with nato however. Claes will be responsible for the partnership for peace program which envisions the gradual integration of East Ern Europe into nato military Struc Tures and for closer cooperation with Russia. He also will be responsible for devising nato plans to Deal with former Yugo Slavia. In recent comments Claes said he agrees that Bosnia and Herzegovina has a moral argument that the West should allow it to defend itself since the West wont  he also has warned that lifting the . Arms  have incalculable consequences Lance Gay is european corresponds nor Scripps How Aid news service a Nice of  to comb on 6u&5 5o, wort no fwu th1& \ i Pon t imagine . /wanna-john.ha5 a Vry. But you of the Ryou mom are5w�etl&/ a my of Momb a. What s mcmmy5as&1t, my going on. Pappy Herasto