I got my USAF commission through AFROTC. It gave me a direct route to pilot training, a job immediately after graduation, a start to my planned career, and a small stipend (a long way from a scholarship) to help me through school. For many who can't get an appointment to one of the service academies, it is a route to the service which they want to give for their country. For some like me, who got an appointment to USAFA on the second try, it was still a good alternative and I took advantage of it.
We hear that academia has gone far left in America, particularly on the east and west coast where the prestigious top-tier universities prevail. The evidence has been around for decades now about animosity toward the military in general and ROTC in particular. The touchstone of justification for the position has evolved to the question of discrimination based on sexual orientation. The reasoning being that the military doesn't allow openly gay members, therefore the military is inherently evil and must be thwarted. The ROTC is a route for those who select it to serve in the military. Although no one is compelled to choose ROTC, the mere presence of such ideas among our superior students would corrupt them behind belief. Their ideas might not survive.
Columbia Jeers Wounded Warrior
Who defends these children of privilege who lack the courage to defend themselves? Are they so isolated intellectually that they do not recognize that there are threats to our national security? Are they so naive as to believe that a nice campfire, a round of s'Mores and a rousing chorus of Kumbaya will solve the world's problems?
Are they expecting to outsource the fighting and be able to remain recumbent in their togas sucking on grapes and fine wine?
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We all know about wolves,sheep and sheepdogs but maybe the shepperd is a problem too. Like the One, the professors and their administration.
From age 15 until my draft notice (at 19), I was the Hammond B-3 player for a (locally) very popular band in NYC.
During that time, we spent a number of Sunday afternoons entertaining the fathers (and in some cases, grandfathers) of these Columbia 'legacy' students, at student mixers and frat houses. It was a disgusting time for us, but since they had no qualms about paying our substantial fee, we took their money.
Oh, they all were bright - but deathly afraid that the VN war would last longer than their student deferments. They would manufacture - on the spot - endless reasons why the war was wrong; their favorite: it would take the lives of the nation's 'best and brightest' (meaning themselves, of course) - against their will, and thus against liberty, Mom, and apple pie. It was a 'criminal' war, don'tcha know . . .
Apples don't fall far from the tree - especially when they are rotten from privilege and the hubris it brings.
According to the 20 somethings I know through various means....The idea of the USA being a Great Shining City on a Hill is bull, they believe the US has caused most of the worlds ills by stealing and looting and supporting evil dictators. They truly believe the US should be more like Europe, and that all national borders need to be removed. It is very sad that they are so sheltered from the "Real" world.
They are chihuahuas who think they are German Shepherds because they rule their little dog patch. Wait until they run into a real German Shephed away from their dog patch, there will be a large puddle under a very small dog.
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