European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 26, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 12 letters to the editor wednesday october 26,1994 european edition col Steven s. Hoffman Usan commands publisher Bernard a. Zovistoski. A. A a editor. News and editorial Deborah Absher news editor Blit Walker european editor Bob Wicker sports editor George Manea a 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 348-8 plus it 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 Efio Bothen room 117, Rome str. 104, 69128 Heidelberg Telephone Dan 3707010 or civilian 06221-23421 Tel fax 06221-10554. Kaiserslautern. Germany Kevin. Dougherty. John. Bohmer and Doyle Tillman. 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The appearance of advertising in this publication including inserts or supplements does not constitute endorsement by the department of detente or the stars and stripes of the products or services advertised crybaby Soldier on oct. 11 on the front Page there is a photo of an army sergeant and his wife. This Guy Hasni to even deployed and he son the front Page. Well i was deployed for operation desert shield As Well As desert storm. On top of that in the last 24 months in be been try for almost 12 of them in support of operation Southern watch and operation provide Comfort. Ever since we of Lyllas and Falls left Europe we Are the Only base that deploys. Our efs Are try for at least six months a year to either saudi or Here in Turkey. Yet nobody seems a bit concerned about How this affects our families the least you could do is a Little research and find someone else to put on the front Page. I was so angry when i saw that crybaby i almost puked. A of us Here arc Here have been Here and will be Here again so done to insult us. Sgt. Patrick j. Wiseman in Ciurlik a Turkey and got to work. I recall spending two or More weeks a without pay a trying to get those schools ready to open. The teachers All agreed that it was our task to a make it or break it for the kids. I guess our dedication to kids and to our profession made the difference. If any teacher still feels abused by department of defense dependents schools i would love to take his her place. I would give anything to be Back in the classroom. I would go so car As to be creative in the absence of equipment and books. Pamela Mckedy Friedberg German just do it teachers in the article a schools unfit for classes oct. 3i was Reading with great interest to determine if the Walls had caved in or the roof perhaps blown away. No by Golly we re talking about two Brand new schools former italian schools. Apparently teachers arc angry because two Brand new schools serving Avi Ano a were not in 100 percent ready to go condition when school began aug. 29. Well shucks my friends there Are schools All Over America that find themselves in such a state of disarray when opening for the first tire. How do i know i helped colleagues open two schools during my teaching career and it was not fun by any Means. However instead of whining and turning to our Union to bail us out we rolled up our sleeves no comparison this is in response to . Rosenthals column of sept. 23. Rosenthal As Well As others tries to make the Haiti situation a Black White Issue. He even went As far As to try to compare Haiti with our neighbor to the North Canada. The Only comparison i can invoke is they Are each geographically close. That is about where the comparison ends. Rosenthal states a this was not a global policeman ship but a response to a neighbors screams which is something quite  a a a a a a. A Well if its not police action can we Call it War i seem to remember that Congress is supposed to get involved in those. As for comparing Haiti with Canada lets do that. What has been the history of our neighbor to the North when was the last time they had a military tinhorn dictator overthrow the government when was the last time the leaders of Canada openly murdered the Competition is the Ca-Nadian-. Relationship a mutually beneficial affiliation i think so. What has been the habitual history of Haiti have they always had a stable government with a viable Economy where is the Mutual Benefit is the Mutual Benefit one where the United states gets Job guarantees by going in and cleaning up the fees on haitian streets while the citizens of Haiti run to urinate and defecate one last time on the pile is this the Type of comparison Rosenthal was getting at or maybe the Mutual Benefit will be that our soldiers will have career advancement when things really Start to Roll and go wrong. There Are such things As blood stripes i guess. Maybe the Mutual Benefit will be the millions of taxpayers dollars used to continue to try to keep the democratically elected head of state in office so we can exercise influence Over him. He has already demonstrated he can to remain in Power on his own. While we re at it Why done to we just go into our neighbors property 90 Miles off Florida a coast if we must get involved at All would it riot be More beneficial to provide training weapons and Money to those who Are committed enough to democracy to fight for it when was the last time someone said a they yanks we know you want Freedom. So you just stand aside while we die for yours Archie l. Tucker Naples Italy to our readers 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 Are published Dally on 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 06155601-395, Dan 348-8395. We Reserve the right to edit letters for clarity length and taste. Commentary . Cuts costly Deal with North Korea by Scripps Howard news service by backing Down on several key demands and offering generous enticements the Clinton administration has won North koreans agreement to freeze its nuclear program. The White House has paid a High Price for promises from a country with a Long record of deceit. This time we Are told there Are safeguards. . Negotiator Robert Gallucci says it provides for a continuous monitoring of North koreans nuclear facilities its 5 megawatt reactor spent fuel rods currently in a Cooling Pond two. Much larger reactors under construction and a reprocessing Plant. To be effective however such monitoring requires inspectors free Access to the relevant facilities. In the past North Korea has frequently interfered with the activities of inspectors from the International atomic Energy Agency. \ if this pattern is repeated will the Clinton administration look the other Way. Monitoring moreover is already required by the Iaea. Pyongyang a new Concession is the Promise to dismantle the above facilities within about 10 years. ,. Throughout that period the danger will remain that North Korea could break the agreement and quickly produce nuclear weapons. Nevertheless starting in just a few months Washington will be supplying. North Korea a a country the state department lists As supporting terrorism a with free Oil. It will also oversee the construction of two less threatening Light water nuclear reactors Worth $4 billion paid for mainly by South Korea and Japan. And it will open Trade and diplomatic relations. If Pyongyang did keep its Side of this bargain the nuclear threat from North Korea would vastly diminish in the next 10 years. In retrospect All these american concessions might seem worthwhile a unless other rogue states Are noticing that nuclear intimidation works. It has worked for North Korea. Instead of insisting that Pyongyang live up to existing obligations under the nonproliferation treaty Washington negotiated a special Deal. Galluccio a agreement suspends North koreans commitment to allow a special inspections of two suspected nuclear waste Sites for about five years. Finally Washington implicitly consents to live with the probability that North Korea already has one or two bombs. Full compliance with existing obligations should come before any form of Aid. The precedent set by this agreement weakens the nonproliferation regime a and leaves relations with North Korea nearly As Uncertain As they were before. Or