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Why Have Military Academies? The fall of West Point raises an uncomfortable question for patriotic Americans
American Thinker ^ | 10/10/23 | Tony Lentini

Posted on 10/10/2023 6:14:39 AM PDT by SeekAndFind

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1 posted on 10/10/2023 6:14:39 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
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Do we really need military academies anymore? I don’t think so. Commanders are being relieved of their commands as fast as the academies can pump them out.


2 posted on 10/10/2023 6:16:25 AM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (Prosecutors say Trump may have broken the law admiring gun in South Carolina" ROTFLMAO!)
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To: SeekAndFind

I’ve had no idea it’s been getting this bad


3 posted on 10/10/2023 6:16:45 AM PDT by MNDude
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To: SeekAndFind

We need them so women can crash ships at sea, and blacks can eliminate Special Forces in the Army.

All the people here pining for WWIII think our military is at a 1980’s level.
They have no clue.


4 posted on 10/10/2023 6:21:44 AM PDT by EEGator
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To: SeekAndFind

Forget about military academies. A more basic issue is that the U.S. should not even have a standing army of any consequential size.


5 posted on 10/10/2023 6:24:21 AM PDT by Alberta's Child (If something in government doesn’t make sense, you can be sure it makes dollars.)
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"West Point transitioned to a liberal arts institution offering degrees in a wide variety of disciplines, many of which have little to no relevance to the battlefield or to leading troops."

America is toast, stick a fork in it... :(

6 posted on 10/10/2023 6:26:50 AM PDT by unread (I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America, and to the REPUBLIC..!)
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To: SeekAndFind

One of the Founders argued against professional military academics, as it would lead to elitism (I think it was Benjamin Franklin, but I’m not sure). Better to train all future officers at colleges. We know that program today as ROTC.

That idea has some merit. Or should I say, had some merit. Because we are now stuck between a rock and a hard place. Do we want our future generals to come from woke West Point or from super-woke Harvard?


7 posted on 10/10/2023 6:28:02 AM PDT by Leaning Right (The steal is real.)
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The Army War College and Navy equivalents have also gone to hell.


8 posted on 10/10/2023 6:29:21 AM PDT by laplata (They want each crisis to take the greatest toll possible.)
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BS degrees is the only way to get low IQ women and minorities to pass.
This is known and deliberate.


9 posted on 10/10/2023 6:29:46 AM PDT by EEGator
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If USA went against Russia or any modern army, we would get our asses kicked.

I can imagine the tiktok videos of homos filming themselves crying in the battlefield and how they want to go home.


10 posted on 10/10/2023 6:29:56 AM PDT by MNDude
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I talked to a friend feom the military and he said he went in an Army post recently and they were flying the queer flag


11 posted on 10/10/2023 6:32:18 AM PDT by MNDude
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"Better to train all future officers at colleges. We know that program today as ROTC."

When I was in the army in the mid 60's, believe me, there was one helluva big difference between an ROTC and a West Point man..

During tough times, discipline and trust can go a long way...

12 posted on 10/10/2023 6:36:35 AM PDT by unread (I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America, and to the REPUBLIC..!)
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Most here really don’t get it. Half our country was freaking out over the Iraq of Afghanistan death toll.

Russians can suffer and have 120 million people.
China has 1.3 billion people.
Iran has 90 million people.

Are we going to draft Gen Z? Have you met them?
Or are we just going to pop off a thousand nukes?

I’m convinced that the internet has ruined people’s ability to think.
People respond without thinking. Impulse control is down across the board.

Imagine describing the geopolitical ramifications of WWIII in 140 characters or fewer.


13 posted on 10/10/2023 6:37:17 AM PDT by EEGator
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She/he/it broke a nail switching mags, and that nasty ol’ helmet - and just LOOK what it’s done to her/his/its hair - it’s a CRIME!!


14 posted on 10/10/2023 6:38:59 AM PDT by Montana_Sam (Truth lives.)
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She/he/it broke a nail switching mags, and that nasty ol’ helmet - and just LOOK what it’s done to her/his/its hair - it’s a CRIME!!

"My Hair! He shot my hair! Son of a bitch!"

15 posted on 10/10/2023 6:41:02 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: SeekAndFind

“World Religions”

Future officers should know the basics of Islam and its history.

I don’t think military academies can be replaced by instruction at civilian universities.

Much of what officers need to know is military specific and officers need to get to know each other and to think in similar patterns.


16 posted on 10/10/2023 6:43:36 AM PDT by Brian Griffin
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“Communism will Win”


17 posted on 10/10/2023 6:44:49 AM PDT by KobraKai
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To: unread

America is toast, stick a fork in it... :(

We disagree, and what looks like we been forked hasn’t happened yet. It gets worse from here, but in the end we will find minority woke needs, and will get the forking it deserves.


18 posted on 10/10/2023 6:47:48 AM PDT by wita (Under oath since 1966 in defense of Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness)
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If USA went against Russia or any modern army, we would get our asses kicked.

Right, the same Russian army that's struggling in Ukraine for 594th days against an enemy, with no air force, is going to "kick our asses". No

19 posted on 10/10/2023 6:48:20 AM PDT by tlozo ( Better to Die on Your Feet than Live on Your Knees )
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To: SeekAndFind

The value of focusing on engineering is that it weeds out glib idiots.


20 posted on 10/10/2023 6:56:04 AM PDT by SauronOfMordor (Either you will rule. Or you will be ruled. There is no other choice.)
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