Pubdate: Thu, 03 Aug 2000 Source: BuffaloBeat (NY) Copyright: 2000 BuffaloBeat Contact: Fax: (716) 855-0266 Address: 285 Ellicott Street Buffalo, NY 14203 Website: http://www.buffalobeat.com/ Author: Gerald M. Sutliff Note: Title by Newshawk RE - YOUR TAX DOLLARS HARD AT WORK Dear Editor-in-Chief, Kudos for your editorial, "Your Tax Dollars at Work." Of course you were much too kind to Barry McC. I was in Vietnam in 1961 and 62 and saw the "error" of our ways. Now, I feel it in my bones that we're on the same slippery slope in Columbia. Company grade officers need their combat infantry badges with oak leaf cluster ("I've been shot at!!") to make field grade. Hence, after extreme reluctance by the military establishment, they're giving in the urge to "get involved." The question remains how will the Navy get into the action. What was the name of the bay? Gerald M. Sutliff, Emeryville, CA - --- MAP posted-by: Doc-Hawk