Posted on 09/25/2007 8:24:08 AM PDT by oldtimer2
COLUMBIA'S LOSS By RALPH PETERS
September 25, 2007 -- THE Iranian president's welcome to Columbia - following a self-serving whine by the university's president - reflected brainless activism, not academic freedom. It was the professoriate imitating Hollywood's embrace of terrorists. Meanwhile, Columbia denies our military's ROTC programs the chance to recruit and teach on campus - ostensibly because of the Congress-approved "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy. Of course, it's just a cultural issue when Ahmadinejad executes homosexuals (although, according to him, there aren't any in Iran).
The victims of the ban are students - who are denied one of the greatest career opportunities our country has to offer. Certainly, not every weenie scribbling a master's thesis on "Cold War-era gender oppression in Archie comics" is meant for a military career. But for the right student the chance to serve would be, literally, the chance of a lifetime
The price paid by our military? We now have the best motivated, most professional and best educated armed forces in our history.
The result for the students? President Ahmadinejad - Israel-hater, religious fanatic and sponsor of terror - commands the stage at Columbia, where our veterans are unwelcome.
Who really loses?
Ralph Peters' memoir of his adventure travels in uniform, "Looking for Trouble" is due out next year.
(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...
I am determined to MAKE THIS STICK! The Dems and Ahmadinejad are talking THE SAME POINTS!!!
Bingo!
As for your sentiments I agree one-hundred percent!
Thanks for the pic McBuff. I am going to staple it to telephone polls in my ‘hood.
I have already been putting up signs such as:
“ DEMOCRATS - Making the world SAFE....for TERRORISTS!”
“Osama wants you to vote Democrat”.
Of course, the libs tear them down almost daily and I just put them back up.
This is a nice addition in the fight for our lives(Election ‘08).
This old WVU grad enjoyed 26 years as a Navy Pilot and I wouldn’t trade a day of it for anything these Ivy League Wussies have done.
This whole mess is but one more example of how American colleges and universities have swung to the far left and are poisoning the minds of our next generations.
I used to think colleges were liberal when I was there from 76-80 but in retrospect they were downright conservative compared to today.
With two daughters currently in college I have to debrief them each summer to wash off the liberalism that is trying to stick to them.
Just like Jake Grafton!
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