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schedule for a i am writing in reference to the March 30 article general says Lon term surge will mean longer Iraq Tours Mideast i totally support whatever the govern ment deems necessary for the military to do to win this War on terrorism however in no Way can you compare the army dwell time to any of the other services in the article air Force Gen Lance Smith head of us joint forces command in nor Folk a is quoted As saying if seven months at Home is workable for the marines Why would you say the army has to stay for a year you can physically do it i say if the army can spend 12 to 18 months in Iraq then Why cant the marines Navy and air Force also spend the 18 months in country and then go Home for just seven months prior to redeploying Back to coun try in not much of a mathematician but deploying for six months and then spending seven months at Home is quite a bit More dwell time then spending 18 months deployed with seven months dwell time in be tween deployments just some Quick math but out of four deployments a Marine would spend 24 months in country with 28 months at Home whereas an army Soldier could spend 72 months in country with the same 28 months at Home if were going to extend Tours to 18 months with seven months dwell time in Between then Lef s spread the wealth throughout All services sgt maj Tony Lee Bowen Camp Liberty Iraq military set in its ways Good the writer of the March 30 letter Equality is a right for Gays too decried what he perceived to be perceived bigotry on the part of Gen Peter Pace and actually the entire armed forces of this country i found it Tell us Wii at you think stars and stripes welcomes your comments on editorials and columns that Are published in the newspaper and values letters on topics of importance in the lives of our readers ail letters must be signed and must include the writers address or base and Telephone number please limit All tetters to 300 words we Reserve the right to edit setters for length taste and clarity Send your letters to us Mai stars and stripes unit 29480 Apo a 09211 International mail stars and stripes Postrach 1330 64345 Gries Heirn via fax country code 0 Dan 3498395 email interesting to hear the rantings of the far left minority that exists inside the Mili tary it  sir prise me our forces represent our society in society liberals and pro Gay activists Are As minority As the views of Michael Moore Al Franken Rosie Odonnell and sen Barbara Boxer Calif so it came As no Surprise that there Are members of that faction among us the letter writer seems to erroneously equate Gay rights As being consistent with american values and yet also decries paces statement As being somehow possessed of a primitive mindset to Recap for those who went to shop class and not his tory class when was it Ever an american thing this country was established by our founding fathers with a Jude Christian background As the Cornerstone of our Republic there was another Reader last month who failed to grasp this inconvenient truth when he professed his displeasure with intelligent design hypothesis if s All too easy for the left wingers to paint things How they wish and conveniently leave out the historical truths As it suits their Agenda be assured they have an Agenda the military needs to remain the bastion of discipline and self denial or it will fail its purpose to wage War and destroy the ene Mies of the Republic anyone who Doest get that is failing to adapt to the military life style and mindset and should seek employ ment As a social worker or activist dont for get president Clinton bungling attempt to Render the service As some sort of social experimentation Petri dish staff sgt Leonard j Smith South Nestasia new testament verse clarifies in reference to the March 29 letter hypo critical logic on i would like to Cor rect a few of the writers statements Fust Gay people Are not born Gay to be Gay is a Choice everyone has the ability to kill someone at will but for most people they choose not to because it is immoral if you act upon an impulse and choose to be immoral then that is a Choice not what you were born to be second the writer is Correct that it tells us in Leviticus that homosexuality is an abomination to god Lef s go Forward to the new testament romans god tells us Here that homosexuality is Wor thy of death not that you will be put to death the Bible tells us that god will turn homosexuals Over to a reprobate mind that Means that this practice is unworthy unacceptable to god god has Given a Way out of this immoral practice and the answer is to repent accept his son and do this sin no More god is waiting for you chief warrant officer 4 Randy Pauley Baghdad Fri record demands tighter oversight Miami Herald editorial after the frightening events of a compliant Congress heeded the wishes of the Bush administration and passed the Patriot act to give the Fri greater Powers to foil terrorism on us soil it becomes More evident every Day however that the Fri has wielded this expanded authority irresponsibly director Robert muellers latest testimony before Congress failed to satisfy lawmakers who think the Fri int doing its Job properly they have lots of evidence to make their Case for most of its storied history the Fri was focused far More on fighting crime than on Domestic intelligence although that was also part of its Job most Fri Field agents were supposed to Nab criminal suspects and put them in jail but changed All that Over the objections of civil libertarians the Agency was Given expanded authority to investigate terror suspects in this country the Fri was supposed to become the pre Mier Domestic intelligence service but its record Doest inspire Confidence according to a report by the depart ment of Justice inspector general the Fri obtained More than 3000 Telephone records with 739 so called exigent requests it turned out however that the cases we rent emergencies the letters contained false statements about a subpoena being in pro Cess when no subpoenas had been drafted and none were Ever issued the report found that from 2003 to 2005 the Bureau issued More than 143000 requests for information on More than 52000 people via so called National Security letters a nonjudicial subpoena but understated that number in required reports to Congress tens of thousands of records were apparently obtained illegally the Fri provided inaccurate data on doonesbury warrants used to spy on americans Muel Ler defended this by saying warrants can contain thousands of facts and some Are bound to be wrong sen Arlen Specter spa a former prosecutor was not impressed tour agents Are supposed to be accurate on the facts Mueller said he expects even More violations to come to Light after the Justice department s intelligence oversight Board completes its review in muellers View it was merely a Case of Sloppy administration his biggest mistake he said was not adopting a compliance pro Gram for information garnering he said the Bureau is now developing a program across the Board he urged lawmakers not to curtail the Bis expanded Powers under the Patriot act but at this Point that s exactly what legislators have to consider and whether a new or different Agency should take on the Bis intelligence duties if Congress does either the Fri will have no one to blame but itself by Garry Trudeau 35 7ha7caw5d for am Jhb people of v5r Montare coming 706f7hzztopzmanp