[xzins]

It’s what I figured. He was a brilliant, scholarly, black kid from inner city Detroit and in JROTC, and he met Westmoreland. I’ve no doubt that the general would have offered help for him to get into West Point. Westmoreland was a graduate himself.

[Lumper20]

West Point requires an application. Westmoreland could not offer West Point.

[wagglebee]

He was a brilliant, scholarly, black kid from inner city Detroit and in JROTC, and he met Westmoreland. I’ve no doubt that the general would have offered help for him to get into West Point. Westmoreland was a graduate himself.

Keep in mind that Carson DID get a full scholarship to Yale, so he was certainly qualified for West Point.

General Westmoreland was not only a West Point graduate, he was Chief of Staff at the Army when he met Carson. If Westmoreland wanted to get someone an appointment, I would imagine that there was a near 100% probability of an appointment.

I've met Carson and I think very highly of him, I just don't think he would make a good president. But these attacks on him are pathetic.

[PapaBear3625]

It’s what I figured. He was a brilliant, scholarly, black kid from inner city Detroit and in JROTC, and he met Westmoreland. I’ve no doubt that the general would have offered help for him to get into West Point. Westmoreland was a graduate himself.

Is there anyone here who doubts that West Point admissions officers would not hesitate to accept a brilliant black cadet from Detroit?