European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 14, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 16 letters to the editor monday november 14,1994 european edition col. Steven s. Hoffman Usan commander publisher Bernard a. Zovistoski editor. News and editorial Deborah a her news editor Bill walk european editor Bob Wicker sports editor George Manet City editor to write us unit 29480 Apo a 09211 Orost Tachell 1437 64278 Darmstadt Germany news Tel fax 06155-601416 to Call us dial 06155-601 plus Extension per 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. 208,400. Education Jim Jones ext. 226. Business news ext. 326. News bureaus Heidelberg Germany Effie Bathen room 117, a me str. 104, 69115 Holdenberg Telephone Dan 370 7010 or civilian 06221-23421 Tel fax 08221-10554. 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Including inserts or supplements does not constitute endorse ment by me department of defense or the Star and Sopea of the products or service adverted. Civilians ran too in response to the article sweat Startseff season of helping the needy oct. 31i participated in the fun run in Kaiserslautern and was pleased by the number of participants from All categories soldiers air men department of defense employees local National employees and civilians. But i would like to adjust your reporter s perception of the event just a Little. He wrote the soldiers ran either five Kilometres about three Miles or 10 kilo meters about six mile while civilians went for a brisk  is not entirely True. Some civilians ran the five Kilometre or the 10-Kilometer event alongside a few soldiers. In fact one civil Ian employee won the timed five kilo me Ter event for his age group. Many civilians work hard on their physical conditioning. If the truth be known Many of them can pass the army physical fitness test and score very Well for their gender and age group. So pleas give credit where credit is due. Ernie  Germany i really do not care if it bothers people that i breast feed in Public. My Hus band s motto As Well As mine is if you Don t like it Don t  i do not con Sider breast feeding disgusting or  Fane it is Normal. Margie Brycc veld Ramstein a Germany breast feeding Normal i am a new Mother of a Little girl. Breast feed her whenever i can and she also takes the bottle when we Are i Public. But when nothing will work i will breast feed in  have breast fed my daughter at the base Exchange the no club a Ramstein our Church the commissary and on Volks marches and have never been told to cover up because it bothers people. The Only place is at the Ramstein Bowling Alley. On nov. 1 and three weeks prior my Hus band was told that if i was asked to cover up and refused i could be asked to leave. Only prison works in response to your recent coverage of a father daughter incest Case prior to joining the army in 1991, i worked forthe California corrections system and participated in one of the largest treat ment program evaluations Ever con ducted in the United states Between the California department of correction Sand the state mental Hospital system in the treatment of child molesters. We were not allowed to use the Ter rehabilitation. There was no evidence that any of the treatment programs de Vised had any effect on reducing the number of child molesters who would leave prison and go out and molest an other child. Child molesters and drug pushers continue to have the highest rat of re offending. California after spending millions of dollars trying to devise an effective treatment program conclude that the Only effective treatment was incarceration. Working in both civilian and army psychology clinics with scores of incest Vic Tims i share the desire of thet Ocial work advocates to see some effective therapeutic intervention but the track record of therapy with All sex offenders is Dis Mal. As a therapist i must Register the strongest possible dissent with any treat ment program which assumes that it is in the Best interests of the victim to be Kep with the offender. The Cost in human terms for the Vic Tims of incest is staggering. Family Sepa ration financial ruin and broken lives Are just the tip of the iceberg. But the Solu Tion to these problems must include the hard facts that the Only proven method of keeping child molesters from committing their crime Over and Over is the imprison ment of the perpetrator for the longest possible term. Capt. Ronald d. Howes Vilseck Germany no paper for retirees a wry look at the erosion of benefits for retirees living or travelling abroad in Izmir retirees Are denied Access to the newspaper and magazines As Well As the clothing sales store. Steadily the Bene fits become things of dim memory. Alas Frank Leaku Sadashi Turkey 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 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 06155 601 -395, Dan 348-8395. We Reserve the right to edit tetters for clarity length and taste. Commentary foreign policy May become tug of War by Donald m. Rothberg a democratic Congress pushed president Clinton to end . Enforce ment of the arms embargo against the bosnian muslims. Starting in january a Republican majority will pursue its own Aims challenging Clinton policies on foreign Aid nato the United nations and Haiti. The incoming Republican chairman of the Senate foreign relations commit tee Jesse Helms of North Carolina Settle tone the Day after the gop election sweep when he called for an end to this stupid business of giving away the taxpayers Money  Helms also took a swipe at nato a Keystone of . Foreign policy for nearly half a Century. I have been concerned for a Long time about our people our taxpayers being required to Bear the Brunt of the Cost of nato he said. The conflict Between presidents an Congress Over control of foreign policy is As old As the Constitution. It s a dispute that does t always layout along partisan lines. It was fellow democrats who challenged president Johnson s policy on Vietnam and pushed through the War Powers act to limit presidential authority to commit . Troops without a declaration of  very easy for the Hill to be negative to say no said Arnold Kanter who was the third ranking official in the state department during the Bush administration. If it s Tough minded enough it can transform its Power to say no into very sweeping  Kanter pointed out that Congress forced Clinton to lift the bosnian arms embargo by cutting off funds for the operation As of tuesday. Mickey Edwards who was a Republican congressman from Oklahoma Tor 16 years said that As chairman of the for eign relations committee rather than it ranking minority member Helms will be much More Able to use the War Power act to cause grief for the  now a lecturer at Harvard University in Cambridge mass., Edwards said that in a Case like Haiti or Somalia an aggressive committee chairman could hold hearings and fire a lot of salvos to make the president s position  at the same time Edwards a former chairman of the american conservative Union said Helms was not a Good Bell wether of Republican thinking on foreign policy. -. Helms represents the Kooky Pat Buchanan Wing of the party he said. Edwards and historian Michael Besco loss agreed that a Republican Congress would have made it much More difficult for Clinton to use a threat of invasion to Force the military rulers of Haiti fro Power. It would have been much More difficult for Clinton to go into Haiti with out congressional authorization said Schloss the author of books on the cuban missile crisis and the end of the cold War. I Don t think Haiti would have happened said Edwards if it involved Send ing . Troops into Battle. A Republican Congress probably would have stopped it from happening by threatening to Cut off  Likely target of the new gop majority is the United nations. They now have a majority that is much More sceptical about the value of the United nations said be Schloss. Helms put it far More strongly calling the United nations that Nemesis of Mil Lions of  the associated press. As a matter  aljekna7&. Great. Esau Uttof funny you 5hoop a vat of foot bail