Wow. I’m shocked. Not.
“has ended with authorities deciding not to discipline the cadets, but to offer them additional counseling ahead of their graduation “
And to think someone of supreme character like Robert E. Lee once ran this place.
So, the cadets did nothing wrong, but some people might get their panties in a wad over their own interpretation of the event, so...
Counseling? Wow! Now that will really make a difference. NOT.
Of course they won’t.
At the very least.... they should be marching tours every free hour they have between now and graduation...
Profiles in Cowardice at the Superintendent level.
There is no such thing as “white privilege” but I can show one hundreds of “black privilege” examples.
What if they had been White cadets from Southern states posing with a Confederate battle flag?
West Points cadets get punished for having a hair out of place, don’t they ?
An army without strict discipline is not an army. When you join a fighting group you don’t do what you feel you want to do...you follow orders “to the T.”
Failure to do so will get you in the “brig” or thrown out...no exceptions! At least that used to be the way it was before the recruits feelings and opinions influenced whether they would obey orders and regulations they didn’t like.
WORSE YET...these aren’t enlisted ranks...they are the officers who will lead (or run) as the case may be.
From the dawning of time up until the mid 60’s children received paddling and spankings for bad behavior. In the latter 60’s to the mid 70’s they were placed in “time out.” After that, it all went to crap! We found that NOTHING was their fault...it was the fault of society and the reason they violated rules, expectations and laws was because their ESTEEM was damaged by those who enforced such rules.
Now, look where we are? Even the cadet officers can do anything they wish and the commanders are TERRIFIED of he repercussions heaped upon them by possibility of personal punishment in making them do anything. The new disease in military leaderships is “MothePanphobia – fear of everything or constant fear of the unknown like the press and physiologists along with racist “experts.”
Consequently, we don’t have any military any longer...just a mob of people who do what they think they want to do...not what they are ordered to do for THERE IS NO PUNISHMENT ANY LONGER!
The last major war we won was WWII. We’ve done nothing except show the world how weak we become with each international conflict and now they laugh at what we have as a Commander In Chief. What a “slap in the face” for all who gave their life and limb in protection of our way of life and country in the past.
Just makes me sick to my stomach!
Second louies screw up and these girls aren’t even louies yet. The NCO’s will get them into shape, the ones that will make it, that is. Still, this is a problem because the soldiers under their command will have this picture, guaranteed. They will need to have their s#@t together from day one.
I’m not even surprised.
What do you all think women in the military are going to do no matter what color their skin is?
They are going to get men killed.
Bump for later.
This foto will remain in each of their files, regardless of the lack of action now. Their careers will subtly, or not so subtly, suffer because of this. And as the pendulum swings toward military sanity, their future cries of “discrimination” will be buried.
The Commandant got the call from Barry. (the Jug-eared traitor)
Wonder where these geniuses are going to graduate in their class. Does West Point operate a strictly race neutral grading system or do they get extra points for the color of their skins ?
What odds would you give that says in a civil war these WPC would easily shoot white civilians? This should be reviewed for long term implications. The govt won’t need the UN, they have seasoned fighters with a grudge against nonblacks home grown. Very dangerous.
Besides, it’s institutional racism to punish certain racists for racist behavior and a decidedly non-diverse portrait of certain races.
I was in the Army during the Carter years (thank heaven only four). Racial sensitivity training ad nauseum for the white race, training always given by black officers. I can only imagine the ghastly leadership problems honorable officers of all races and certain (vile hetero) orientations must now deal with.
Imagine a first sergeant thru buck sergeant having to sit through sensitivity training from any in this group of lieutenants.
And imagine the suspicions they have brought on themselves and all other officers of the same rough age, gender, and race.
One would think from the post that they didn’t know what they were doing. Guess the USMA has misplaced the honor code as well.
Ok, so if white cadets do something just as wrong and stupid they shouldn’t be punished either? If any of them were dumb enough to ruin their career, maybe donning white robes and lit torches would go unpunished? Or how about wearing armbands and doing the nazi salute? Or what about any Japanese groups putting on a WWII Japanese kamikaze pilot helmet? Or those Latinos that dress up like Pancho Villa? Or any other group that does something along these lines? No punishment right? After all, fair is fair!