Video: Andy Rooney calls troops “losers”

Hot Air ^ | 3/12/07

[colorado tanker]

A lot of Andy's synapses disconnected a long time ago.

[FlyVet]

I wasn't one of the brainiacs, but there were plenty of enlisted people around me who had, or were working on their bachelors and masters degrees, while working their regular job full time. A lot of very smart people.

And, the average General's educational resume would put Andy Rooney's resume to shame about three times over, I'd bet.

[MSF BU]

The Army does accept folks with a GED and is now taking a larger percentage of them; the average score on the ASVAB for junio Army personnel is down. As usual, Rooney chose a poor avenue to deliver some uncomfortable facts. My father was a tenth grade dropout and served as an infantryman in the Korean war, spending several days on a hill surrounded by Chinese. He went on to become a successful construction business operator and he's worth several millions of dollars. Lack of a diploma than and lack of one now are two very different things.

[CholeraJoe]

Even at that, would you classify those who were in the military during WWII as the "loser" class of American society?

Not at all. They were skinny, under-educated poor kids, who once they were well-fed and properly trained became a force that liberated millions.