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reids party prerequisites Are under debate in the Bill i would have loved to see him try his pork and withdraw Al deadlines in similar Bills during world War i and world War the United nations passed the Resolution to put weapons inspectors into Iraq twelve years of in inaction passed after the inspectors were ejected Congress approved Bush Iraq War since then thou Sands of corpses were found from Sadd ams Domestic policy Agenda with 12 years i could hide the great Pyramid i still dont see a lot of Border restrictions be tween Iran or Syria and Iraq As for schools two years ago actor Gary Sinise had to beg to get on the tonight show with Jay Leno to get word out that he was supplying iraqi schools the us military had already built no real us news program would cover it on the late show with David letter Man sen Barack Obama Del said the us  go to War unless we know the Intel is Good i love that one what youre going to just go ask the enemy directly Intel is As Good As it is and unless you have agents in the enemy govern ment if s going to be a lot of projection and Guesswork Congress is most certainly trying to give away our movement schedule in a Bill so that All sides in Iraq know when the fallout civil War is going to Start Doest anyone see we Are keeping a lid on that powder Keg master sgt Eric Ayers Ramstein air base Germany finding out the Mission finally someone has the guts to ask for a clarification on the military role in Iraq s the letter april to the statement 1 think it is time to find out what our Mission statement is theres one simple answer ask your com Mander in chief failing that ask your generals in command failing that ask your senators both Republican and democratic apparently the Mission statement Hast reached the troops who Are doing the fighting and i am totally serious the letter writer should write to the people mentioned above and make them give a detailed explanation on Why he is in Iraq Why his missions involve being targeted by Road Side bombs when the us has the greatest firepower in the world Why the us cant pull Back from the cities and defend its own areas Why it cant partition the coun try Why the us cant evacuate civilian populations let the remaining people fight their civil War then nuke anybody we dont like and if the letter writer does get Thor Ough answers which i think is highly unlikely does he agree with the answers Al though he is in the military it is his Tell us 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 or base and Telephone number please limit All letters to 300 words we Reserve the right edit letters for length taste and clarity Send your letters to us Mali stars and stripes unit 29480 Apo a 09211 International mail stars and stripes postfachl33q 64345 Griesheim via code 0 Dan 3498395 email go Given right to question the Mission statement creators and ask for change if need be knowledge is Power Paul Desjardins Raf Mildenhall England be grateful for privileges in sorry to hear the writer of  we thank cafes letter april 25 disagrees with the army and air Force Exchange service Gas Price change he should Only live on the Economy and pay our prices not Only that i see cars on Post idling in the summer this is wasting Gas and adding to the greenhouse effect he should be grateful for what he can get on the american bases All Over Europe George Kahela Reutlinger Germany make others share Fate agreed Don iras should have been put off the airwaves Many years ago in rut Gers women basketball coach c Vivian stringers statement on Imus she stated if s about us As a people when there is not Equality for All or when there has been denied Equality for one there has been de Nied Equality for All that statement really opens up the big picture in american society so lets All really apply the coach statement and practice Equality for All that would really be wonderful if Imus had made a similar disparaging remark about president Bush would the National association of Black journalists or essence Magazine still demand he be canned i doubt it very seriously where was the american civil liberties Union Imus should have a right to express him self  he that another Story the Imus Blunder is a Fine example of How american society has really become lopsided some can get away with being an idiot and then some cant the Imus Inci Dent was really stupid and needed to be dealt with but we should All feel the same Way and give the same coverage and re door Lesbury spouse to All racism and sexism incidents in All walks of life the coach was right its about us As a people senior master sgt John a Boyd retired Camp Zama Japan providing a platform is worse Hooray for the writer of the april 15 let ter Imus should be a no Factor the Man is 100 percent Correct Imus is not the prob Lem the problem is those who give radio personalities like him an audience to claim i would also like to add that if s a shame those leading the charge for Imus ouster were people who themselves have also been guilty of the same offence Jesse Jackson for calling jews homies and the Rev Al Sharpton for a reference to Recy cled White where was the outrage from the  Community As a chinese american it pained me to see no response from any prominent asian americans what a great message of Unity that would have conveyed against racism Mikelies Okinawa lend a hand to Law tradition in the United states our patriotic Cus Toms believe it or not Are governed by Law one of my pet peeves is attendees at base Heaters who do not know proper protocol when the National Anthem is played my adolescent years in elementary school always started with the pledge of allegiance to the Flag with hand Over heart in reverence and respect to our country i say this because it appears generations Young and old Are missing or forgetting something Here during the Public acknowledgement of our National Anthem the next time you go to a movie on base and the National Anthem is played before the showing of the picture look around Al beit briefly in years i have not seen so much As one or two other people in my View who Are Correct in their display of honors to the National Anthem United states code title 36 chapter 10 patriotic customs regarding conduct during playing of the National Anthem reads in part present except those in uniform should stand at attention facing the Flag with the right hand Over the heart the Bottom line Here standing at the Posi Tion of attention during the playing of the National Anthem is Noble placing ones hand Over ones heart is Correct morally and by the Book the in just annoyed As i seem to be one of few who knows the proper display of Cus Toms and courtesies during the playing of the National Anthem especially on a Mili tary installation in not perfect by a Long shot but a simple act of respect such As placing your hand Over your heart for the nation Al Anthem which most of us Learned at an Early age should not be forgotten so soon and hey if s the Law master sgt Warren l Vannortwick Okinawa by Garry Trudeau think is it Mother 50 Bow a Vars