I have a measured IQ of 164 and flew for Uncle Sam in SAC. Guess I'm really more of an idiot than I thought after all. The pain........the pain..........
Thank you for your service.
Like others in this thread, I am beyond angry at the statement we are discussing.
As a tenured college professor in mechanical engineering, I have proudly and repeated written my strongest recommendations for students who have chosen to pursue rigorous officers training programs.
I can't tell you how offensive I find the statement we are discussing.
There's more I could say about about my college friends who pursued amazingly successful in military careers (when I was an undergraduate student, more than 25 years ago) and where the best of the best from my class (I graduated 3rd in my major, 7th in my college - my betters where Navy ROTC engineers).
Well sir, you just might be an idiot...but you were one of MY idiots!
And despite your higher rank and IQ, thousands of people thought our primary job was to do anything and everything required to ensure you could and would, fly that munitions delivery system to our designated targets.
And we also expended quite a bit of effort to make sure it was at least theoretically possible, that you return to whoever was left, alive.
And we all still looked each other straight in the eye, everyday...
I very much doubt any person whose sole qualification in life appears to be that of a "student of higher education" is qualified to opine in any worthwhile manner, on the topic of the military, which appears to be incomprehensible to him/her/it.
I also would not trust this persons uneducated opinion on how and where to build an outhouse, and who is best qualified for the task....
I always figured they would not hand nukes over to stupid people. I'm gratified to have that confirmed. Thank you for your service