The Virginian-Pilot
                             THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT 
              Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: Thursday, November 9, 1995             TAG: 9511080021
SECTION: FRONT                    PAGE: A14  EDITION: FINAL 
TYPE: Letter 
                                             LENGTH: Short :   22 lines

A BUNCH OF INGRATES

Call me the ugly American, but I was offended by the public criticism of the United States by the leaders of France and Britain while speaking at the United Nations. These two nations owe the United States a debt that can never be repaid. In fact, were it not for the human and financial sacrifices by the American people during World Wars I and II and the Cold War, neither of these countries would exist today as sovereign nations. How soon we forget!

WILLIAM D. KIMBALL

Virginia Beach, Oct. 26, 1995 by CNB