European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 20, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 16 letters to the editor i thursday october 20,1994 thes european edition col. Steven s. Hoffman Usan commander publisher Bernard a. 20vist0ski. Editor news and editorial Deborah Aba her news editor Bill Walker european editor Bob Wicker. Sports editor George Menee City editor to write us unit 29480 Apoate 09211 or Postrach 11 14 37 64278 Darmstadt Germany news Tel fax 06155-601416 to Call us dial 06155-601 plus Extension or Dan 340-8 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 Effle Bathen room 117, Rome str. 104, 69126 Heidelberg Telephone Dan 370-7010or civilian 06221-23421teletax 06221-10554. Kaiserslautern Germany Kevin Dougherty John Bohmer and Donyta Tillman. 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Its Friday evening and its payday and you Are dressed ready for a night on the town a Good night on the town. Then suddenly you realize you need some Money so you Stop at your neighbourhood automatic Teller machine Ana then Whyalla no Money.1 no problem the notice posted there says there is another machine just Down the Road. You then Burn a few dollars Worth of Gas Only to find the next atm is out of Money too. By now you know what the Drift is. Try the next atm until you have circled your Community and other communities in the area in search of Money for a Good time on the town. This scenario was played out to some people in the Kirch guns area recently. My question is Why can to the administrators of these arms recognize paydays when they fall on a weekend or German Holiday Why can to a number be posted on the machine so that someone can be notified to come in and service these machines maybe the answer is monopoly. No Choice in this place. Alex c. Cheke Kirch Gons Germany have done but the teacher was watching. A v a a. A. A the maps on the other hand Are doing a Job. If you have a complaint about them take it to the Provost marshal. Sure they get a bad rap but so do the grunts. All soldiers know jokes about How dumb grunts Are but no one really believes All infantrymen Are stupid 1 if an my is accused of wrongdoing some other my will write Back that the writer is undermining their authority or the writer has no grounds for their argument unless they have All the facts. If maps Are so sensitive that they feel directly attacked when one of their colleagues is caught doing something wrong they Are obviously ill suited for a position of authority or for dealing with people. I know this will offend some people but hopefully it will cause some people to put a Little More thought into their let a a ters. Paul m. Nuernberg Heidelberg Germany tickets dinners vacations and a scholarship for his Girlfriend he As much As admits his guilt by reimbursing the gifts arid travel expenses for the indiscretions that have been discovered. Yet the White House concludes that no further action is necessary. I sure Hope the a a Espy Rule applies when i forget to pay my taxes next year. Kick Welton Mannheim German letters lightweight i have read the letters to the editor on and off for about four years now and i feel obligated to give my input. Most letters address valid issues and Are presented in an orderly and intelligent manner. The vast majority however Are written by whiners and morons. The two most popular themes in be noticed Are army and air Force Exchange service and the military police. In be noticed no appreciable change in the variety or service at cafes As a result of these complaints so Why done to the writers actively seek out a solution to these problems cafes employees Are not self employed. Take the Issue up with that person s supervisor. These people remind me of schoolchildren. They got pushed or insulted at recess but did nothing. Later they indignantly told their friends what they would name of the game in response to the article a hearts sink in Mannheim oct 11i think that the sergeant needs to quit snivelling about being put on Alert for the desert. As far As being on a roller coaster his wife should be thankful they were on it together. I was in Panama desert storm and Somalia and i am now deploying for operation deny flight. I have More than 160 try Days this year alone. So in a glad i Only have to read the stars and stripes when in a try. I am not a big fan of crybaby stories. Start sgt. David c. Smith or. San Vito As Italy lots of news at cafes in response to a a Lack of letters oct. 5we can to expect the stars and stripes to investigate items readers write to the editor about. First of All stripes would be spending most of its time at the army and air Force Exchange service either at the base Exchange where a visit can be viewed As your worst Nightmare turned to reality or at the cafes garage which is sometimes known As a the Rob  the stars and stripes needs to stay focused on the news so that it stays a newspaper instead of a forum for complaints like cafes customer service. A David a Stone Ramst Einab Germany to our readers Espy getting off easy let me see if in be got this right. Mike Espy our soon to be sex agriculture Secre Tail defraud the government and taxpayers by having us pay for his personally leased jeep and excessive trips to his Home state of Mississippi. He then gets in bed with the very people be is responsible for regulating by accepting payola in the form of sports let us know what you think 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 daily on this Page. All letters must be signed and include address and Telephone number. It Send to letters to the editor the stars and stripes unit 29480, Apo a 09211. Or fax country code 49 06155601 -395, Dan 348-8395. We Reserve the right to edit letters for clarity length and taste. Commentary exiled Cedras making out like a Bandit by the los Angeles times the United states is currently detaining scores of haitians suspected of committing unspecified crimes under the three year Long military dictatorship. Meanwhile the biggest Crooks of All led by it. Gen. Raoul Cedras have been allowed to leave Haiti with a plane Load of possessions to help assure their Comfort in exile. That .-guaranteed Safe departure was no Surprise. Washington has for some time embraced the idea. As president Clinton repeated at last fridays White House ceremony for returning haitian president can Bertrand Aristide there should be no a revenge or retribution after the end of Haiti a latest despotism. What does come As a Shock a what comes As something of a National humiliation a was the extraordinarily generous and wholly unnecessary Severance package that c6dras was Able to squeeze out of the United states just before he slunk off to Panama. Over the next year the United states will provide for the transportation care and feeding of c6dras, his family his chief of staff Brig. Gen. Philippe Biamby and 23 members of Cedras clan who were allowed to enter the United states. At the same time the United states has Unfrozen at least $79 million that hundreds of haitian army officers and backers of Cedras have on Deposit in . Banks. A further the . Government will lease at a Cost of some tens of thousands of dollars a year three Homes belonging to Cedras and his Mother. Why these apparently late concessions demanded by Cedras were even seriously considered let alone granted is baffling. With Haiti firmly under . Military control with Many of the goons who sup ported Cedras either disarmed or in hid my the deposed dictator had no cards left to play. Washington had already promised Cedras that he  have to face the Wrath of his fellow citizens. The right response to his outrageous demands should simply have been to Hustle him aboard the plane waiting to Fly him into exile. For years Cedras his cronies and supporters sucked millions out of Haiti a desperately poor Economy. At least some of the ruling clique Are suspected of being deeply involved in the International drug Trade. Anthony Lake Clinton a National Security adviser Calls the Deal that led to Cedras departure a Success and says there a nothing to be apologetic about. Yes there is. Its called the moral Honor of the United states and today its looking pretty bedraggled. Respect a key element in character that gov erne How we treat other people pj6ht, up. A a a respect. Of course is something 7ha to earned. Cups look at an instructive episode from  s past.,. Hey. We were Down by ten but we came Back and kicked butt me showed character i we forced them to respect us w but can you Force someone to respect you poes kicking. Butt really 5h0w character Damn betcha lets see it a6a/n.1