European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 7, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 14 j letters to the editor wednesday december 7,1994 thes european edition col Steven s. Hoffman. Usan. Commander publisher Bernard a. Zov1stoski. A. Editor news and editorial Deb Refl Biber now editor. A Maior european editor Bob Wicker sports editor Georg manat City editor to write us unit 29480 Apo a 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 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 Jami Jones ext. 226. Business news ext. 326. News bureaus Heidelberg Germany eff soften room 117, of Meritt. 104,69116 Heidelberg Telephone Dan 37u-7010 or civilian 06221-23421 Tel fax 06221 -10564. Kaiserslautern Germany Kevin Dougherty and Doyle Tillman. 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A accept others this letter is in response to those people who have written to you regarding gangs dress codes. They Are so full of illogical reasoning that it sickens me. My problem is that certain individuals have written letters concluding that if a teen Ager is described As sporting baggy pants starter jackets backward baseball Caps and listening to rap music that teen Ager must be african american. It does no to take a rocket scientist to realize that the majority of fashion conscious children and teen agers fit this description. Yes that a right i know american children who Are of hispanic american Indian Oriental african and european descent who dress in the Fash Ion. A a a a a ,. Quot i believe that by being a part of the military Community we Are All privileged individuals because we have an Opportunity to meet and befriend people of All backgrounds. Our children demonstrate their willingness to accept each other by exchanging fashions Etc. I pity those who do not take advantage of this privilege. Its time for the adults to follow suit and quit looking for every reason to yell a a discrimination or a that a not i Shauncey Simpson Pir Masens German problems with germans Pomi in october 1949, our 11th air transit so returned to Westover fab ass. A a a a a we just spent 15 months flying Between Rhein main a and Tempelhof Airport Berlin. Our Airlift Crews delivered food Medicine Coal to the inhabitants thirty one Allied personnel lost their lives m operation vittles. A Short while later i made an air transport Mission from Westover to Rhein main. A . Military policeman came aboard our aircraft with an army private in Handcuffs. He told me he was delivering the Soldier to the in Frankfurt. S no by the new York times during the cold War there was no disagreement Between America and its allies Over natos purpose it was Europe a shield against a common enemy. The serbs War on Bosnia has exposed deep divisions among the Western Powers Oyer natos role and the question of european Security ,. Some . Policy makers believe that the Way to revive nato is to enlarge it by offering membership and the military guarantees that membership confers to a few countries in Eastern Europe. Their rallying cry is a expand or that is a questionable idea. If Washington continues to move in this direction it is sure to generate More trans Atlantic divisiveness. It will Burden natos existing members with risky new obligations. Moreover inviting Poland Hungary and the czech Republic to join will affront those who Are Likely to be left out such As Ukraine and the Baltic nations. Att bum we Enjo Jhb autograph we \5ema7dry a a amp it a a /4 h i a the Man was accused of killing a German prostitute. The Federal Republic of Germany had an extradition treaty with the United states. The following year a German tourist strangled an american woman in the .a, the . Requested extradition. The germans refused citing our death penalty. Germany does no to have one. The German Schleswig Holstein state court has released red army faction terrorist Irmgard Moller from prison Over the objection of the . State department. She drove a car loaded with explosives onto a base in Heidelberg and killed three american servicemen. The United states military and its allies have protected the people of the Federal Republic of Germany for Over 40 years we saved the inhabitants of Berlin from certain starvation with our Airlift. What happened to cooperation and Ger Man american Friendship it looks like a one Way Street. William j. Sheehan Wiesbaden a Germany for the courage they displayed on and off the stage the Range the court and the Field this year. The outstanding sportsmanship and perseverance they have shown under the pressures of criticism and school Community draw Down is to be commended. \ Sheryle a. Wilson Furth German smooth move for All those people with negative expectations about returning to the ., maybe our experience will help. Our 8,000-Pound shipment of household goods arrived last week from Germany. Nothing was broken nothing was damaged every piece is Here. It was the same with our storage shipment and unaccompanied baggage. Thanks to All those responsible for our successful leave and May everyone be As satisfied and delighted As we Are. Paula Renfroe Ariton pm i had to laugh when i read the letter from the lady in Mannheim who was de dressed at the Lack of Craft supplies at her it Ca Post Exchange. Since when has the army and air Force Exchange service tried to Supply the average family member with our daily wants and needs talk about isolation. Try living in a place like Garmisch where the pm managers seem to be obsessed with ordering hummels smokers and nutcrackers already carried by the Small shops there. I would be Happy to see a few spools of thread now Ana then. Thank god for mom Back Home and for Craft Cata logs. Jod Rysavy _ Garmisch Germany to our readers students applauded Quot i just want to say How proud i am of the Young women men and coaches of the Nurnberg Middle High school eagles commentary let us know what you think we encourage our readers a Espe daily those who have never submitted a letter a to write to us. V letters expressing readers viewpoints Are published Dally on this Page. All letters must be signed and include address and Telephone number. 1 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. Worse yet expansion could strengthen russian nationalists opposed to Boris Yeltsin and his Western oriented reformers. A. A a a a. A the net result is that a larger nato could Kimmish rather than strengthen european Security. If it goes Forward in its Quot present form and is not derailed the proposal will leave some Tough questions unanswered. _ will the United states extend its nuclear umbrella to Eastern Europe will Allied troops be based farther East How will soviet trained Eastern european officers be integrated into the nato military command. Above All How can Russia be included a or be reconciled to being excluded but the biggest question of All is this Why Rush to decide now about bringing Eastern Europe into nato the Reg Ioji faces no imminent great of attack. If despite Western efforts aggressive nationalists do seize Power in Russia it expansion wifi be years before they can raise an army capable of destabilizing Ukraine and threatening Poland. That is time enough to bring Eastern Europe into the Alliance. A rancorous. Debate. About expansion is Likely to distract nato members from confronting the main causes of Eastern Europe a insecurity a the political economic and ethnic tensions arising from the end of the Gold War. As a purely military Alliance nato is ill equipped to ease those tensions before they explode As they did in Bosnia. Rej eggering nato is not necessarily the right answer to these More com plex problems. Yet As currently conformed the Alliance still provides a useful venue for coordinating . And Western european military strategy and an insurance policy against the revival of aggressive Russia. Why expand it to the breaking Point it would be far better for president Clinton to join his european counterparts ii seeking More creative solutions for Europe a problems
