European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 29, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 16 letters to the editor thursday. December 29.1994 european edition col Steven 3. Hoffman Usan commander publisher Bernard a. Zovistoski editor v news and editorial Deborah Absher news editor Bill Walker european editor Bob Wicker sports editor George Manet City editor to write us unit 29480 apoae09211 orpostfach111437 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. Business news ext. 326. News bureaus Heidelberg Germany Effle Bathen room 117, Rorrie str. 104, 69115 Heidelberg Telephone Dan 370 7010 or civilian 06221-23421 Tel fax 06221-10564. Miser Slauter Germany Kevin Dougherty and Doyle Tillman. 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It s the sacrifices in reference to the feedback column of . 11 with the question what does the 50th anniversary of world War ii Battle mean to you my concern is with this response by an army staff sergeant in Frankfurt i Don t think it s a Cele bration that we americans dropped two nuclear bombs. To me it s just cheap  did this individual actually listen to the question let alone the response heave did he even Stop to think about the countless american lives that were lost during these great Battles i think this individual should feel enor Mous Pride that he has the Honor to Wear the uniform of the . Army. Secondly he should have considered the countless sacrifices that americans made during world War ii. If these sacrifices were not made who knows if this Man would even be Wear ing a uniform of the United states dropping two nuclear bombs to save thousands of american lives and hasten the end of a world War is just Fine in my Book. A. Staff sgt. Peter j. Manghan Ramstein a Germany 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 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 letters for clarity length and taste. Play on the world stage and there Are More important things than ethnic purity meanwhile the third ranking nuclear Power is not Britain or prance bit Ukraine. The legitimate Security con Cerns of this nation and its neighbors concerning future russian expansionism Are More important than a Binal hyper Bole. Let us follow George Washington s admonishment to conduct foreign policy with our Heads not our hearts. , Germany teachers Aren t parents in response to a recent letter concern ing profanity and vulgar behaviour by teen agers i too am appalled by the Way Many teens behave but i think the writer errs when he blames the education sys tem. I think most educators do a remark Able Job when you consider what they have to work with. There was a time when an educator s Job was to teach the children now it seems teachers Are also expected to raise them. Parenting is difficult but that does t absolve parents from their responsibility. It is the parents Job to teach a child How to behave with respect for themselves and those around them. It is unfair to society and especially unfair to the child to expect anyone else to do that. School should reinforce those lessons not pick up the Slack for parents who Don t do their Job. Nancy Wiersma Wun Tburg Germany the so called gang  if gang members started wearing three piece suits would we then Tell businessmen their dress code is inappropriate ". I am sure All of the clothing Labelling people can find something More Worth while to do instead of finding negativity in one s Way of dress. Try focusing on achieving peace and knowledge Angelina Fielding Camp Doha Kuwait cubans go Home i was very troubled As i read with dismay the Story about the recent riot in Panama where More than 200 american Soldier were injured by Rock throwing cubans  testing our delay in finding them Perma nent Homes. I must have missed something i thought they already had a permanent Home. In Cuba. Maybe it s time to return their inner tubes give pm some meals ready to eat and Point them in the right direction Jim Downing Rota Spain baggy jeans Don t do it in reference to the clothes Issue cloth ing does not make a person a gang Mem Ber. If it does lock me up right now along with a Large majority of Young servicemen and women. I am a 29-year-old Mother who enjoys dressing in baggy jeans and the rest of no  interest enough of Bosnia it Al. Enough especially of the hand wringing punditry Over the supposed moral debacle of Europe s failure to intervene. Eighty years ago a serbian terrorist assassinated the Austro hungarian heir apparent near a Bridge in Sarajevo. A re cent Herald Tribune Phi tit shows French soldiers repairing this Bridge now named after this terrorist soldiers from a nation which lost an entire generation 350,000 at Verdun alone. In the ensuing War to end All  the question for the United states is simply this does the Fate of the Balkans Impact on our principal National Security objective i.e., the preservation of the country As a free and Independent nation it might but no one has even at tempted to establish such a linkage. Rather As in the european press of 1914, there is much preaching about atrocities and moral imperatives.", nato a defensive Alliance is held up to ridicule for hesitating to mount an Offen Sive expedition to save no allies. This is like criticizing a spoon for being a Lousy Fork. There is of course the genocide contingency which obligates All nations to intervene to prevent the physical extermination of an entire people. Massacres unfortunately Are relatively frequent but genocide has been attempted Only once this Century. If the Fate of the Balkans fails the National Security test then All policy options Are Only optional and do not in my Opin Ion justify sending soldiers into harm Sway. In any Case military options should at least be feasible. Germany lost 20 Divi Sions in Yugoslavia in world War ii. Arete prepared to do better someday the Balkan tribes and gangs will realize that Only nation states get to real women out there in response to heading for disaster . 11i find it interesting that those who would seek to keep women from combat roles cannot argue from any but an emotional standpoint. I wonder just what it is that these people have to lose to admit that women and even homosexuals have just As much right and ability As anyone to defend the United states. If one would examine the facts one would see that throughout history women and Gays have been on the Battlefield fight ing and dying. Look to our own revolution and one sees Molly Pitcher who when her husband became wounded took Over his Cannon and wreaked death and destruction to the British. It is probably a True statement to say that from recorded history real men have been arguing against women on the Battlefield and for just As Long women have been there. I too am a combat Veteran and i have always maintained that fighting spirit was a state of mind and not a fact of gender or sexual orientation. There Are some women that i would not want next to me in Battle but there Are some men that i would not want next to me either. Being a heterosexual Man carries no special qualities toward being a Good line dog. After All i would rather Start a Bay Onet charge against a dug in enemy with Ray Zap Hollit from american Gladia Tor by my Side than Paul Peewee her Man Reubens. Mark j. Currier Wilseck Germany incredible Schurno Cal Thomas column . 1 is another in a series of conservative attempts to poke the administration in the Eye Over the military. Thomas should look at the source of his information. Unsubstantiated remarks from a staff sergeant who is known As Schmo Are hardly the kind of credible information Thomas should have in hand when he makes a Blanket charge against our National leadership. Thomas should leave advice about Mil itary affairs to other More credible commentators both conservative and Moder ate and limit his comments to the religious and moral commentary he ordinarily plagues us with. As far As i can Tell a unit with soldiers using the president s picture As a target is suffering from unlawful misconduct on the part of its Lead ers and readiness deficiencies which should be addressed after a court martial is convened and a More professional commander can be  d also shop for a new Supply sergeant who is professional enough to be addressed by his name and rank. William Russell Heidelberg German you have to unp5r-5tanp, zonk. In a pk&v/ol&hmm.1h&issucha Tough fa5hioncall