European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 5, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 12 letters to the editor monday december 5,1994 european edition col. Steven s. Hoffman Usan a commander/publl3hor Bernard a. Zovistoski editor a a news and editorial Deborah Aba her news editor Bill Walker european editor Bob Wicker sports editor George Manee City editor to write us unit 29480. Apo a 09211 or Postrach 11 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. 208,400. Education Jimi Jones ext. 226. Business news ext. 326. News bureaus Heidelberg Germany Elfie Bathen room 117, Rome str. 104, 69115 Heidelberg Telephone Dan 370-l7010of clvl1lan06221-23421telelax 06221-10554. Kaiserslautern Germany Kevin Dougherty end Doyle Tillman. 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They were without exception kind and thoughtful people who respected the feelings of others enough not to make them uncomfortable. They would not think of exposing themselves to strangers. It should be a matter of common Courtesy rather than rules. I Salute the staff of the Bowling Alley that had the courage to speak up on behalf of the other patrons when common Courtesy did not prevail. The a a done to like it done to watch approach is Fine when in the privacy of your own Home but it does not hold water in a Public facility As open As a Bowling Alley. Maybe an alternative might be a room or area set aside for breast feeding mothers to use. R while breast feeding is certainly not disgusting some of us would prefer that this experience remain private. Carolyn brawn Mannheim Germany it seems they took justifiable precautions before firing. I am sorry their mistake was paid for by the lives of . Soldiers. Regardless of whether their actions Are right or wrong they will be punished the rest of their lives with the guilt of killing Friendly soldiers. I believe that is a tremendous punishment for anyone. Staff sgt. J. Brookhart Sharmel sheikh Egypt pilots punished enough i have read several articles in the stars and stripes concerning the Downing of the two army uh-60s Over Iraq. It is not for me to decide if the air Force f-15 pilots Are guilty or innocent but i certainly believe their actions were based on Good intentions. I have never flown in an f-15, but i am sure visual recognition is difficult at High Speed regardless of the distance. Anyone who has been in their position knows those decisions Are hard to make. To me Hague violations. Have you been informed of your a a Protection under the rules of the Hague convention 20 ust 3611? that Protection includes among Tom right to be server toned overseas. 1 if you re served judicial and or extra judicial documents from the United states those documents must be served to you through the proper channels. The . Legal system is required to Send the documents through the . Department of state to the ministry of Justice and Down to the military installations. The Bottom line is that simply being served papers via certified or registered mail does not satisfy adequate service in accordance with the rules of International Law specifically those chartered by the authors of the Hague convention. The . Government signed on with the other signatories of the Hague convention. This Means that the . Government accepted the treaty and integrated the rules of the convention into its Federal Legal system. Federal and state courts for the garnishing of wages the courts will Send a copy of the judgment to the defense accounting and finance Center Daft who will a rubber Stamps the document following a cursory review and begin garnishing you wages. Daft does this because there a another Federal Law out there telling them to ignore the rules of the Hague convention. The Daft is bound by Federal Law to obey the ruling of state courts regardless of the of errors made by those courts leading up to trial. In other words the Legal a a experts at Daft work against you not for you. Or worse yet they done to work at All. They re broke. And i done to mean  while you might assume that International Law takes precedence Over Federal Law when there s no a a watchdog Agency looking out for your interests you re helpless against the local  lesson Here for the Soldier Sailor airman and Marine stationed overseas is this your Protection under the rules of the Hague treaty exists on paper Only. The Protection provided by your government is virtually nonexistent. Joel e. Dougherty Ramstein a Germany l to our readers j Are required to abide by those rules. They done to however. The . Courts will hold proceedings against you while ignoring your rights to proper service. In other words a trial can be held against you without allowing you the Opportunity to be represented. You Are relegated to the role of second class citizen like that of a . National. Only this one has an interesting twist. If the judgment against you Calls let us know what you think we encourage our readers a Espe Dally those who have never submitted a letter to write to us. Letters expressing readers viewpoints 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 stare 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 3 Mexico s now president deserves our help by the Washington Post Mexico is going through a political revolution led from the top. Both the president who stepped Down and his sue Cessor who took office thursday Are committed reformers determined not Only to give their country a modern Economy but to replace its authoritarian one party regime with genuine democracy. The great question is what happens As Progress toward democracy erodes the discipline and Power of the governing party that has been the instrument of change in the hands of the former president Carlos Salinas de Gortari. The new president Ernesto Zedillo is among other things a Man of great physical courage. He replaced the party a first nominee after his assassination last March under circumstances still not adequately explained. The Secretary general of the governing party the institutional revolutionary party privas similarly assassinated in september. The dead Many a brother until last week Deputy attorney general has accused other leaders of the Pri of obstructing the investigation into that shooting. While not much else is Clear in this Cloud of accusation and scandal its evident that a tremendous struggle is under Way for control a of the party and through it Mexico a future. The idea of opening up the political system and leaving Basic decisions to democratic processes is a direct threat to Many of the party a leaders those who Are fighting the modernizes and reformers. There Are links Between some of these people and the drug traffickers who Are a major Force in this fight. The september killing seems clearly to be linked to a drug Cartel a it was apparently intended As a warning to the Pri to Back off a and perhaps the March killing was similarly related to drugs. Zedillo a primary task and the one on which everything else in his presidency depends is to strengthen and support the people and institutions in his country that Are pushing for open elections open markets and the defeat of the drug Barons. A a a a he has a lot of allies especially in Mexico a rapidly growing Middle class but like Salinas Zedillo will have to exercise uncommonly Brave and decisive leadership. _ the United states has the most imperative kind of reason to help him. His Success will bring Large benefits to this Side of the Border just As failure would mean serious trouble to both countries. American action against illegal mexican immigrants will have to be conducted with More care and skill than californians proposition 187 offers. One of the United states great contributions will be a Strong and growing Economy at Home lifting the mexican Economy that is now closely tied to it. As Zedillo starts his term the United states  foreign policy concern More urgent or profoundly consequential than his steady Progress in the transformation of his country. A this newspaper is an authorized unofficial publication Tor 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 endorsement by the department of defense or the stars end stripes of the products or services advertised