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contacted by email at , or by phone at eau Ami and Pacific stars and strips 2007 stars and stripes web site letters to the editor Liberty letter was hat filled this is a shame that stars and stripes prints a letter with obvious Antisemitic in attack on the Liber june half the letter was not remembering the sacrifice and loss of our service but trying to vilify our strongest ally in the Middle it is even More alarming since this person is writing from when we remember the sacrifices of our bravest in world War do we still vilify Germany and Japan the truth of the matter is that most of the facts stated in the letter Are in Conten the uss Liberty is a classic example of the fog of the incident happened Dur ing the six Day we were not enemies with and Israel had no reason to at tack the biggest shame is that the letter writer tries to Honor Brave servicemen Bers and mix his hat filled he is far from an appropriate speaker for such Brave fallen David Halpern Camp Iraq Wannabe terrorists a threat the ignorance displayed by the writer of the dumb and dumber june 6 is he is not wrong in stating that terrorist groups Are becoming More sophisticated and Are adapting to counter terrorism where he is drastically wrong is Assum ing that other Wannabe terrorists Arent it Doest take a High level of sophistication to do extreme look at Timothy one one 168 just because six Guys or didst want figure out How to copy a did Doest mean they have caused considerable harm with just a Little planning and some Wake and realize that Gigantic terrorist organizations Are not our Only Catherine Wood Germany motorcycle safety ignored Here is the Bottom line for motorcyclists Riding some of these Are not being we Are required to Complete an army approved motorcycle safety course every four signs Are supposed to be at each Mili tary installation entry and exit Point to re mind personnel of the requirement to Wear safety i guess that would be for inline skates and use such Media As daily or weekly bul newspapers and bulletin boards to publicize this soldiers have to Wear an approved Hel proper Eye full fingered Long Long sleeved shirt or Bright color garments for Day and Retro reflective for night and leather boots or overt ankle shoes whenever and wherever onor of Post they operate or ride a civilians must meet the same while driving or Riding As a passenger on Tell us vat you think stars and stripes welcomes your comments on editorials and columns that Are published in the and value letters on topics of importance in the lives of our All Fetters 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 Apo a 09211 International mail stars and stripes Postrach 1330 64345 Griesheim via fax country code 0 Dan 3498395 email the installation and while on government business off the the army and air Force Exchange service will offer for Sale Only those helmets that meet at least the department of transportation Stan i have not seen the local Post Exchange carrying do approved and daily or weekly Media to keep us informed does not appear too i dont live in a Community where they allow satellite nor can i receive american forces network on the to or and by the it is True that a great Deal of car accidents involving fatalities could have been prevented if the Driver was wearing a helmet for All motor May not to mention the number of people who could be saved if they wore a helmet in the Shower Nathan Greer Germany army wives1 does a disservice i watched the premiere of the lifetime to series army and came away supposedly written by an actual army it focused on officers and included just one or two enlisted wives who were portrayed As White in no Way did it Deal with what we Deal with on a Day today the enlisted wives deserve better than How we were we Are the Back the ones who Are always the ones who have to Deal with countless deploy ments and in disgusted by this show and found it highly someone needs to Tell it like it really in shocked that this is How our lives will be portrayed to the As an army i spend my Days sup porting my husband and his i live with Afi the separation and Day today prob in educated and by no Means the crude trailer trash that they portray in this i demand that we get equal re Spect and an honest portrayal of what we go army wives is nothing but Gar Laura Roberts doonesbury lazy1 enough to thrive in i am very pleased that stars and stripes did not succumb to Liberal demands that it drop Ann Coulters very enlightening Opin Ion it was especially instructive to read Coulters informed piece on the cultural onslaught caused by immigrants from latin America culture is so Why let it be devalued june you i am one of these hispanic Immi Grants from one of those latin Ameri can style banana who Immi grated to the United states at age a year this luckless immigrant joined the armed forces of his newly adopted after becoming a naturalized traitor Citi i received my commissioning the air Force and went on to serve my country meritorious by for a total of 20 a Lazy hispanic belonging to one of those groups with the highest High school dropout i studied and worked extremely hard and received undergraduate and graduate degrees with High honors from american upon retire ment from the air this incompetent hispanic completed a second distinguished career with a major de Coulter will be pleased to know that i have adopted the English i also still speak Spanish and dutch and i am proficient in German and i do apologize to Coulter for devaluing the and i do not intend to go because i am an Ameri just like she i am just one of the millions of hispanic immigrants who have helped make this country if Coulter Ever has the Occa Sion to visit the Vietnam memorial she will notice if not of he roes with hispanic last names who gave their life for their adopted they continue to do so in Iraq and Many of them Only having a Green Dorian de wind retired Texas liberals just want to be heard regarding the May 30 letter liberals wish to silence again we Are re minded by a narrow minded conservative that liberals Are lower than Pond scum and dont deserve to speak out on Touchy subjects such As the present administrations Bluff and the problem is the letter writer and his ilk have gotten us entrenched in a War no body wants or needs and in which we can not our poor marines and airmen Are suffering because of the presidents ineptness in dealing with the facts 1 there we rent weapons of mass destruction and 2 Saddam Hussein had better control of Iraq than we do and should have been left alone but closely monitored a cheaper and More effective Means of control than the billions of dollars we have squandered so far in the Middle East paraphrasing Winston Iraq is a Riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an by the was also a senior master George Sterpka retired Shaw air Force by 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