Trust me, this was starting when I was there 25 years ago. Its not just Obama. We’ve had around 40 years of ‘politically correctness’ in this country (practically my entire life), and it has taken a toll. Blaming it all on Obama leads to the false hope that his absence alone will fix the problem.
Your point is well taken. The American military reflects the American nation and its culture. Over the last fifty years much of America has descended into neo pagan hedonistic debauchery. These cadets come to West Point from an epicurean lifestyle that features widespread drug use, abortion on demand, pornography, open homosexuality with all its permutations, earth and celebrity worship as well a constant mocking of the very nation they are being trained to defend. Merit and ability is sacrificed on the altar of diversity. It is no surprise that West Point itself has changed so as not to become incompatible with the contemporary culture. It nods to tradition but conforms to reality. The nation has changed, It elected and reelected a fornicating, left wing draft dodger as its leader. It elected the dry alcoholic not terribly bright son of a former President. It elected less than eight years after 9/11, a doctrinaire leftist, sympathetic to those who attacked us and who made no secret of his intentions. Then they reelected him. None of this has occurred in a social or political vacuum. West Point has indeed changed as has America.