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and the ombudsman welcomes comments from and can be contacted by email at , or by phone at european and Pacific stars and stripes 2007 stars and stripes web site letters to the editor draft has negative effects Many letters have come in concerning the in this time where the a Tiv duty army is stretched thin by con Stant to Many it seems like a Good i doubt they would consider the serious negative effects it could not Only on the but on the while no one questions the govern ments right to draft soldiers in times of most would agree that the draft should be reserved for times of National and according to what most of America says the Iraq occupation does not qualify As a National Emer Congress would have declared the country in a state of since the end of world War the country has not had a declared while troops were deployed to areas deemed vital interests to the no emergency was the country should be wary of trying to Force its military age men to join in an unpopular War such As the last time the White House used such a the War ended to say the for until the end of this cur rent i would keep the War to those who Volunteer to Carlo Longoria Camp Iraq alcohol versus other drugs i agree that Banning Beer or other Alco hol is not the solution Beer not the May the teamwork looking out for your is at least part of the an i disagree with the idea that baseball should consider fight ing the right namely on illegal Check the and i am sure you will find alcohol is hundreds if not thousands of times More Likely to be the major cause of death or injury in Acci crimes and in my under Louis Pitcher Josh Han Cocks blood alcohol level was detected at a i do not recall hearing of any test results for marijuana or other illegal in there Are numerous anti his medications that Are Central nervous system try to detect Ralph Cooper m logistics support area Iraq Carter Speaks the truth though president Carters administration was not marked with Stellar accomplishments a National Dis May this current one by the had More years to do More in Many opinions Home and abroad Hast been Carter is one of few people who has the Tell us what you think stars and stripes welcomes your comments on editorials and columns that Are published in the and values letters on topics of importance in the lives of our All letters must be and must include the writers address or base and Telephone please limit All letters to 300 we Reserve the right to edit letters for taste and Send your letters to mail stars and stripes unit 29480 Apoate 09211 International mail stars and stripes Postrach 1330 64345 Griesheim via fax country code 0 Dan 3498395 email fortitude to speak the Plain truth about this current it Doest Surprise me that an officer would find such remarks we All know that Many officers not All do encourage and seek deploy ments so that they May receive that club Bird or Carter is saying what we soldiers have been saying these past five John Kerry words could not have been truer when he said that if you dont get a Good you will be stuck in this is my fourth deployment and i have not met one Soldier who thinks we should or even wants to in i just wish More of our leaders would stand up and hold their ground to those neoconservatives in if we could get those Ann Coulter re publicans out of then maybe we can get since this current administration is Adamant on keeping us in this current our Only option is to wait until the 2008 elections and re move those truly senile and insane con what truly amazes is that they have Money for but cant feed the staff Marlon Harris Camp Iraq remember attack on the Liberty june 8 is the 40th anniversary of the at in International on the uss a Navy surveillance by air and naval forces of in which 34 american sailors were and 171 others although Israel attempted to Call the at tack a mistake of the attacks repeated bombings and strafing by planes and boats were conducted in perfectly Clear weather during Bright the Liberty even flying a Large american Flag at the time of the most of the american casualties were made after our men attempted to escape their Burn ing vessel and were attacked in their life rafts by the Israel although not widely the commander of the William received the medal of Honor for his heroic efforts that i Hope this letter May be published in order that those Gallant naval personnel who died and sustained horrific wounds due to the unwarranted Israel attack be remembered for their heroism and not be swept under the proverbial Rug of political they Are not forgot ten Jim Busbin Germany when silence int Golden regarding the May 30 letter liberals wish to silence others and the letter writ ers statement that the Only voice heard is exactly what liberals want always has always will has the letter writer seen the Oreilly fac Tor on Fox news Bill Oreilly will Only listen to guests if they share his he actively silences others who do not share his conservative liberals Are not the Only people wishing to be the sole voices but neither the letter writer nor stripes ombudsman just what is the medias message March 20 is we must realize that both sides Are guilty of attempting to silence the other but neither is willing to admit that they do what if a news program invited an abortion provider and a prolife advocate to share ideas with the nation at the same time would you want a show like that on television or would you push to have it taken off the air would you push to silence one Side of that argument if we Are As concerned As we say we Are about not being then we must realize that we Are All just As guilty of then voluntarily silence ourselves Long enough to let others that Way we dont become what we accuse each other of then everyone can expect to be notice instead of using my time and words to continue the i chose to use them to share some ideas a truly balanced news network letting everyone speak so we can All expect to be now All we need Are More people willing to do the same with their time and now All we need Are More people willing to these ideas Are not at least not to those of us who Are truly will ing to do what it takes to ensure we Are All and an idea can change the silence just one idea and you silence an Opportunity to take another step now All we need is More people who Arturo Ortiz Japan doonesbury by Garry Trudeau our Olp pal Jimmy thuvpuck5r has propp80ytvchat with us about tub of the music arb still 05ing flit sharing a so Al up burning no can a so 0apthat half of Limp r5czntiy Edlaw school of How Bap it
