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integrity and Marine David Mccarthy Baghdad angered by local nationals i was thrilled to see someone finally address the problem of local nationals in the Exchange and commissary in june its Nice to know i am not the Only person who feels this it is so especially when posts Are downsizing and items Are being these stores Are Here so that soldiers and their families can not Only Purchase american but do so with out having to lose Money changing their dollars to the los who come on Post to buy our items earn their Money in and when they buy in dollars they get a tremendous and illegal everyone loves to save but taking advantage of what Little we americans have available to us is just not it certainly Doest help our rela 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 Apo a 09211 International mail stars and stripes Postrach 1330 64345 Griesheim via fax country code 0 on 3498395 email tons with the germans knowing that they Are taking advantage of the Situa when i go into the commissary and not one person in the aisles Speaks i cant help but get and i have to admit that in some Small Way it does affect How i feel about the German i really try not to let it bother but it i wish More people would speak up so that the system of checking identification cards would be put Back into Diana Ortega Germany stocking up at base stores i agree 100 percent with visitors in i am tired of seeing the local nationals coming on base and stocking up on certain knowing they will sell it off for on Many occasions i have seen people stocking up on a certain product just to name a but what really gets me is How we let them shop at the commis sary or Post Exchange when our own reservists cant shop except when they Are on How is that fair i know we have but unless the commissary and Exchange managers step up and do their Job of watching the nation then they be allowed to shop and when the Exchange rate is Why is it that the nationals get to shop at our Exchange and commissary and pay less than what we pay for items How is that fair to us until somebody can explain this to i think those of us who Are tired of having to go to the Exchange when it first opens to get a certain item should Start confronting the local nationals when we see them Stock ing up on certain because we All know the managers Are not doing Lauren Ross Span Dahlem air Germany stores Are for too while the writer of visitors in commissary did cover some she did not cover them doonesbury i am a retired Soldier living in i show my identification card As Well As my German tax card As required for All my purchases on As Little As they May i have found Only a Penny of a differ ence in prices Between on Post locations and of Post some think the Exchange rate makes a big it does i know Many from privates to who prefer to shop off Post for Many mostly the Quality of goods and freshness of the by the not All foods come from the to the if someone has a valid they should take it to the respective store Man using our facilities is a not a for to include our and not just Warren Jordan Germany enforce shopping rules what is up with the fact that non identify cation card holders Are even allowed in the commissaries and exchanges tors in this is outrageous that soldiers and qualified id card holders cannot shop in their stores i have to go shopping and hear nothing but German being spoken while i am in line waiting to pay for goods that Are ear marked for id card holders and their Why Are there not random id card checks being conducted to Stop these folks from shopping in our establish ments who is responsible for enforcing these regulations that keep the locals out of our stores while we want to shop the organization responsible for enforcement should be responsible to the Mil itary Community and step up its game in enforcing the rules so the rest of us can enjoy our so called Sarahann Germany Media gives terrorists voice Christopher in Iraq syn drome pervasive june Calls the iraqi Freedom War an the reason the american people no longer support the War is because of people like him and the Media in America who air these types of statements like this Are Only fueling the i whose Side is he on people like him should be prosecuted for the reason this War continues is be cause of people like him fueling the terror the american Media is giving the terrorists what they want a if we take away the aired statements and Nega then we take away their allow us As marines and sail ors to do our we could handle this Job the Way it needs to be peo ple with these types of opinions have never been Here in Iraq and seen the devastation these people have seen As 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