European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 26, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 18 stars and stripes thursday april 26 2007 Thomas l Keisch publisher Richard Braun general manager Europe i col Stepheh Oconnor commander news and editorial robs Grindstaff Doug Lawson executive editor managing editor Europe Sam Amrhein Europe Bureau chief Joseph Giordono Mideast Bureau chief Marat Mcentee assistant Bureau chief Washington do assistant managing editors Mary Bender news Sean Moores sports Brian Bowers features Christopher six Patrick Dickson news editor Jos Gromelski web editor address ass us Hail unit 29480 Apo a 09211 ikternat1qhal mail Postiach 1330 64345 Griesheim Germany fax on 3498416 Riv 0 email news letters Central office 52914th Street new suite 350 Washington do 200451301 phone Dan 3127530900 or Civ 202 7510900 fax 202 7610830 editorial director 529 14th St new suite 350 Washington do 200451301 phone Dan 3127630945 or Civ 202 7610945 How to Call us editor Dan 3498264 Civ 0 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at Ramstein air base and Vogel Weh the american and German flags have been at Hal staff since the Day after the Virginia tech shootings no sup port for victims letter april students at Ramstein american High school have been wearing pins bearing the colors of Virginia tech i dont know about Vogel Weh because my kids go to Ramstein but i guess it depends on where you live maybe the letter writer should Start a Campaign instead of complaining about the Lack of one Holly Hansen Ramstein Germany there was no Lack of support the writer of Why no support for Vic Tims stated that she was deeply saddened by the Lack of support for the Vic Tims of the Virginia tech massacre Lack of support where the victims have had constant National Media Atten Tion been covered in every major newspaper and have had flags lowered to Hal staff All Over the country the Day after the shootings our command ser Geant major told our battalion that if any family member was involved they would be Home to Virginia the next Day what should really Sadden the writer is the Lack of support for the Young men and women who Are killed each Day fighting for our country do you think the nine sol Diers killed april 23 by a truck bomb will have the Flag lowered to Hal staff All Over the country will Geraldo Rivera have a special on hour talk show about them will their brutal and unfortunate deaths make the headlines in newspapers All Over the country and have National Media Atten Tion for weeks no those soldiers will be Lucky if they have a 15second Blurb on can the writer also stated that she Hopes there will be More compassion in the Mili tary Community i must apologize that Only some of my compassion rests with the 32 victims of Virginia tech the majority of my compassion rests with the More than 3320 men and women who gave their lives for their country and their families staff sgt Don Schmidt Hanau Germany oif is a worse massacre any loss of life in a massacre As horrible As the recent deaths at Virginia tech is Worth taking up anyone front Page the problem is that soldiers Are dying every Day in a worse massacre called operation iraqi Freedom in the beginning of the War the coverage was tremendous every night before Ilay Down i saw the Jaces of soldiers killed in combat and their families were the first thing i saw on every morning news program now when a Soldier is killed he May get a Corner of his Hometown newspaper and on a slow Day can might place the sol Diers name in the ticker across the Bottom of the screen Tell us what 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 All letters must be signed and must include the writers address i or base and Telephone number please limit All letters to 300 words we Reserve the right to edit letters for length taste and clarify Send your letters to stars and stripes unit 29480 Apo a 09211 International mail stars and stripes v Postrach 1330 64345 Griesheim via fax country code 0 Dan 3498395 email Why is it that the War is on the Back Burner compared to what s happening on the Home front when i am not deployed i dont just go through life forgetting that my fellow soldiers Are still laying Down their lives every Day i make it a Point to read every soldiers name that stars and stripes posts in the us death toll column daily i do it because it could have been me and it could have been my Battle buddy you dont have to know a fellow sol to mourn the loss of their life the grief for the kids at Virginia tech is hard because most of them had their whole lives ahead of them the Media was in a frenzy Over it we have our whole lives ahead of us too where Are the Carrit eras sgt Colleen l Brutton Camp Victory Iraq Stop the bullying we Are now starting to see a clearer Pic Ture of the Root cause of seun Hui chos rampage the first sentence in portrait of a killer comes together the associated press april 20 says it All Long before he boiled Over he was picked on pushed around and laughed at sound familiar i recall similar things being said concerning several other school shootings it seems a pattern is starting to emerge which begs the question when Are we As parents teachers faculty Law makers and other students going to do something to break this pattern Why Are countless children picked on pushed around and laughed at simply because they Are different or they Are not Cool or they Are not on a sports team Why is nothing being done to curb this behaviour Why Are the bullies not being punished school should be a place children go to learn and grow not a place they dread going to these shootings Are a makeup Call for the nation we need to take a More Active role in ensuring that a school is a Safe Haven of learning for All students not just the privileged few the alternative As doonesbury we can All see is to let the bullying continue and watch As More schools Are turned into live fire ranges sgt Chris Tiliman Camp Speicher Iraq dont take away gun fights unfree school zone Only helps murderers opinion Ann Coulter april 23 have come at a better time when the nation is mourning the loss of 32 Young men and women leave it to Coulter to stand up and state the facts Only one policy has Ever been shown to deter mass Mur Der concealed carry Laws i suggest All who missed the column to please go Back and read it you probably will not hear this Side of the proverbial Coin in the months to come it will be hard for our presidential candidates to avoid gun control issues during this presidential race the american people want some thing done to prevent such a terrible act from happening again i just Hope we have a candidate who is not afraid to stand up and state the facts like Coulter did when we allow the government to take away the rights of la abiding american citizens we put Power in the hands of Crim Inal Green car holding resident aliens just something to think about sgt 1st class Jonathan Christian Camp Buehring Kuwait punishment was too Light i am being extended to a 15month tour in Iraq and a Coward is getting out of jail who refused second Iraq deploy ment is released stars and stripes april the 2nd brigade combat team 1st in Fantry division is being kept in Iraq yet a Coward gets to go Home having been sentenced to Only eight months adding insult to injury his pretrial confinement counted toward time served this is entirely too Light considering he abandoned the very soldiers that a medic is supposed to care for now for pretrial confinement he have been confined if he didst pose a flight risk of he came Back after we already deployed Why should this time be considered time served when i get Back i am suddenly going to decide that i am a conscientious objector a Way to get me out of the next deploy ment if it Doest work then i have the ability to say i am the was de Nied ill spend less time in jail than in a dangerous place so what if my brigade loses a few dozen Brave individuals i at least know i am going Home wait of nope cant do that i am a bet ter person than that i would never shirk my responsibilities to my men much less the oath i took what is the military Justice system com ing to what kind of example is this set Ting what will our soldiers think i would impose a sentence like two months for every month of deployment a Soldier skipped out on additionally there would be no Appeal for a bad conduct Dis charge they get what they earned staff sgt Daniel Bjork ramada Iraq by Garry Trudeau to 0lamz rai98 him fanta5y i comp Nom is a 6009 m j
