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system functions primarily As a Tri service and then is mandated to quickly Transfer the remain ing care to iraqi civilian healthcare Cen during my time caring for coalition forc Many iraqi soldiers and police were reluctant to be transferred to their facilities for fear of sectarian violence and the Lack of capability in their under staffed and under supplied As a i witnessed the beneficial effects of caring for these iraqi soldiers and police until they were ready to return to duty or be discharged and not dismiss ing them to their inept medical our soldiers fight the Way they do be cause they know should they get wounded in the Best possible med ical care is available to our forces Are training the iraqi military to defend it perhaps it is time for us to do the same with the iraqi military medical sys air Force Jerry Pratt Bush cues the amen chorus id like to thank Dale Mcfeatters for makes sense to a but More changes needed june recognizing defense Secretary Robert Gates concoction to nominate a Navy Admi one who was not part of the initial plan Ning of the War and someone who can conveniently play the amnesia is Only the first step in a number of bureaucratic moves to support president Bush and our occupancy in Call me but Michael Mullen will Start his reign with an assessment of the situation be cause As a Navy he Doest know whats going mind David War Czar Douglas Lute and Gates have All conducted their own Little assessments upon taking All of which have resulted in More More time and More forget the obvious of asking the newly elected iraqi officials what they think they that because without being some iraqi officials have already dissented occupancy there probably not in of fice any so that Doest doonesbury 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 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 populace overwhelmingly Dis approves of our occupancy in by sur rounding himself with fresh and untainted Bush will be Able to continue with his own personal for exam i think Hes one person who wont be complaining about Gas the changes sought after in Mcfeatters column will apparently have to wait for november Kendall Navares Afghanistan Bush int to blame the writer of liberals just want to be heard june 11 needs to keep in mind that our poor marines and airmen Are suffering not be cause of president Bush but rather because of attacks by Radical islam its using equipment supplied by groups like Al Aida and or nations like Iran and in regard to his fact that there we rent any weapons of mass destruct there we rent the stockpiles that every intelligence Agency was positive were but Saddam Hussein did pos sess he used them on his own peo you cant ignore the fact that Saddam would have been willing to give weds to groups hostile to the weds we rent the primary reason we invaded we invaded because of Iraq violations of resolutions regarding weapons in that we found so Many conventional weapons that were illegal for Iraq to possess should show that trusting Saddam about anything was one cant assume that Winston Church ills membership in the Liberal party in 1904 would equate to his support ing the modern Liberal the Epi thet of Liberal has different connotations Churchill left the conserva Tive party for the Liberal party because he Felt strongly in favor of free a Posi Tion the liberals were strongly for in in Stark contrast to the leftist Liber als of he also left the Liberal party in 1922 to again become a conservative based on his views As a constitutional liberals tendency to ignore inconvenient facts in logical arguments in favor of attacking the character of those who Dis agree with them highlights their motives and tenuous political stance far More than any words of the close minded conserva first Jonathan Ritsema Al Shafra air United Arab emirates some like those stories i would like to address some of the let ters about stories on Michelle Manhart and Paris some people might not want to read about these but some of us maybe Manhart did a disservice to the air but by using the same material she got kicked out Shes doing our vet Erans some that Means a lot to since some of my Best friends Are now disabled As for Hilton i wanted to know More about it when i heard she had got out of prison and was put on House sounded like she got some privileges because of the Money she but now Shes Back in that something Worth Reading to me letting me know How judges Are handling things in the if you dont want to read then its the Basic freedoms we Are serving dont try to take them away from those who Are willing to sacrifice it All to keep those staff Dev Nodland Camp As Qatar Don Johnson Holster int Cool muzzle awareness problem june 13 questioned the use of pistol hol sters that Point the muzzle at everyone be Hind the a Little history for you younger folks Don Star of the Miami vice to had a Holster made for his Char Acter on the a maker of Fine made the Holster and offered it for Sale to the i suppose it looks Cool to have your Don Johnson horizontal Holster pointing your weapon at your Fol Lowers in the Chow but just like turn ing your pistol As seen on it Doest make this is not to we use real bullets that really All fire arms training i have been a part of lists pointing a weapon at anything or anyone you dont intend to kill in the top three rules for Safe i suspect the reason there have been no As far As i is that just like a Star on another to show most of us stuck on the base carry our Barney Bullet Andy Griffith in our shirt pocket so that we dont Hurt including the Don Johnson horizontal Holster and its imitators need to go it is not a Safe Way to carry a loaded or it is shows a Lack of a Lack of leadership and a Lack of respect for the weapon and for those who must share the same you cant negligently shoot some one if your weapon is not pointed at master Charles Edlin Camp Iraq by Garry Trudeau you i certainly Hope excuse that wow h5u071wy alittl5
