Let’s Abolish West Point

Salon ^ | January 5th, 2015 | Bruce Fleming

[Jacquerie]

Full Title: Let’s abolish West Point: Military academies serve no one, squander millions of tax dollars

Extensive article. The author has long criticized affirmative action policies at the Naval Academy.

[SkyDancer]

Is she the ghost of Benedict Arnold?

[Da Coyote]

How about abolishing Harvard and confiscating all their funds?

The “leaders” they produce would more rightfully be called unconvicted felons.

[dfwgator]

Well can’t they at least wait until they beat Navy?

[Jarhead9297]

I’m not getting the point this author is making. Sounds like screed to me.

[willywill]

“they don’t teach morals, they don’t make better officers, and they cost you a bundle”

is west point a public school?

[2ndDivisionVet]

If each state had something along the lines of VMI, The Citadel, Texas A&M or Norwich, we wouldn’t really need them.

[Tzimisce]

The West Point money would be better spent on Muslims who hate us and illegal aliens who have hopped our border.

[greatvikingone]

“People fawn over you in your spiffy uniform in airports, and thank you “for your service.””

That is exceedingly demeaning to all service members who by the wear of the uniform show they are willing to die for American ideals.

[Veggie Todd]

Bruce Fleming has been a professor in the English Department of the U.S. Naval Academy since 1987. The author of Annapolis Autumn, Why Liberals and Conservatives Clash, and numerous other books and articles on a wide range of issues, he has received an O. Henry short story award and the Antioch

He doesn't seem to have any problems taking their money for the last 28 years.

[july4thfreedomfoundation]

Lets’ abolish Salon.

[2ndDivisionVet]

It’s paid for by your tax dollars and is run by the government, as are the Merchant Marine Academy, Air Force Academy and Naval Academy.

[HiTech RedNeck]

Sounds like a case of throwing baby out with bath water

[outofsalt]

I did not read the article but I suspect that whatever issues the Acadamies have are a result of liberal civilian policies forced upon them.

[Fungi]

Liberals truly have a mental disease. No morals? Well by what morals do you judge them? Nonsense.

[nascarnation]

Harvard is a private institution, and while it and its graduates certainly have been damaging to the Republic, I see no jurisdiction government should have to shut it down.

[Bob]

Publication in Salon practically guarantees that it’s a screed.

[Regulator]

Every Reserve Officer I ever met has all the same criticisms.

And almost every AFIT officer I ever met was smarter on average then the Academy grads I knew.

And every NCO who ever did the night school thing followed by OTS will claim experience over class ring any day.

Flame away, folks! Just a few observations...

[military cop]

Go away,Bruce.

[stubernx98]

“Lets’ abolish Salon.”

Yup, where is ISIS when you need them/s