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ombudsman welcomes comments from and can be contacted by email at of buds , or by phone at european and Pacific stars and stripes 2007 stars and stripes web site letters to the editor War not but necessary in response to Christopher Fettweis june 16 column Iraq syndrome Una void in not in the but i am an air Force i cant be Lieve you would print such an opinion in a military what does the author think Hes done to troops morale after implying we have Al ready lost in Iraq he must be related to Harry saying something is wrong or has failed when its still in Progress is just an Opin in it might not have been Given enough the author implies that the War is for iraqi Oil in we can buy it on the open Market we dont need to occupy Iraq to get the author says the founding fathers would think the nation they created had fundamentally lost its let me assure him we did that a Long time ago when we put political correctness before moral Val the War in Iraq has nothing to do with anything the author president Bush recognized the danger of allowing islamic extremism outside of the Middle 11 was an example of what Hap pens if its not we need to quit comparing the Iraq War to every other it is not apples for a this is a War like weve never seen be fore and it will just take longer to figure out How to win it and do it in the politically Correct manner that everyone the american people lost their patience with the invention of the microwave and fast we expect wars to be fought with the same so i certainly depend on us to give support for something for any length of time unless it feels really Good really Michael Smith Tell us what you think stars and stripes welcomes your comments on editorials arid 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 Postrach 1330 64345 Griesheim via code 49 0 Dan 3498395 email the sop clearly states that if a person is outside when an Alert he is to immediately seek cover in the nearest if a person is inside a High occupancy he is not allowed to leave until the Afi Clear order has been those Are direct any thing less would be considered ins Bordi i dont understand the letter writ ers sops Are not open for they Are meant to be followed and should never be regarded As frivolous or the reason the doors Are locked when an Alert is heard is to keep the people inside Safe and to keep the insurgents out in the event of a possible perimeter i suggest Reading Over the base sop once again to avoid any preposterous situation the writer might 1st class Aaron Lorenz logistics support area Iraq Iraq int repeat of Vietnam pagans Are Good people Christopher Fettweis syn drome should Check his Calendar its not whatever dark room we Are walking into now wont be a repeat of Vietnam and its aftermath i remember the Viet Nam did not begin with an attack More devastating than Pearl Harbor in the financial and cultural capital of America and the modern the vietnamese did not de sire to destroy America in the name of nor did International the commands of the Prophet of communism Karl Marx do not compare to the unyielding relentlessness of the command of allays bloody this defeat Means War on our then we can talk about Brendan Doran Iraq no confusion Over sop this is in response to locked out of Safe areas april since i work in the same i would like to clarify a few upon everyone attends a mandatory briefing on base Standard operating the problem with discrimination is that the people who practice it do not recognize it As the june 18 letter pagans dont belong in Chapel reeks with prejudice and i am a Christian who has friends who Are practising they Are some of the most open minded and charitable people you can they do not feel they Are in a spiritual War they just Are offended by the Iny surface attitude similar to what the letter writer while i disagree with their i am always impressed by their and their care and con Cern for All of gods i am always impressed by How they raise their Chil i have yet to meet any who have Chil Dren on drugs or in the penal i have never been proselytize to by a Druid or practitioner of any other Pagan but i have been offended by Many members of Christian denominations with this same attitude toward any denomination but their it is amazing that the writer cannot see the in Herent prejudice in the last statement foundation of absolute and irrefutable attempt at doonesbury this sounds exactly like the Radical mus lims who Are killing any other muslims not of hopefully the writer will continue to educate herself until she feels confidant enough in her own belief to quit at tacking Grace Anne Striz Camp Iraq separate but equal mindset i honestly cant believe such an attitude still exists dont belong in Chap the letter writer claims to be tolerant and proud of the diversity of religions in the military in the same is outraged by pagans in the Chapel at mis Awa Japan air As far As providing support by giving the pagans at Misawa their own separate place to worship or dont support them at that merely a spin on the separate but equal argument that Tore America apart for so Many i believe anyone who uses the phrase one True god exposes his or her own zealotry and especially when you consider that christians claim to be monotheistic while worshipping a that letter exposed the writers Igno Rance of just what Many Peoples Faith truly is base chapels Are ecumenical in nature by definition its Why there not referred to As if this is political so be it wicca and other Pagan religions Are recognized by the military and have equal rights to use the base Chapel for Christian Friedman Camp Iraq Chapel not a Standard Church in response to pagans dont belong in the writer made some rather Bla Tant and very biased statements and apparently tried to legitimize her intent by throwing in a few kind a military Chapel is and never will a it is a building set aside for religious services without regard to the religion using it is not a House of Wor ship of the one True it is not Politi Cal correctness to use a building set aside for religious services for the services of any sectarian the building is being used for what it was religious zealots Are the Bane of every some refer to themselves As fun they see anything that does not fit in their tiny boxes As an affront on their chosen the writer believes that this is a matter of spiritual War fare and an attack on christianity itself when it is religion is religion no matter the and not one has the Corner on the absolute and irrefutable the Constitution in regard to the first Freedom of religion and the exercise comes to the fore front and demands equal Access for All and the exclusion of those who believe 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