Cadet Bush at West Point: Screw That Chin In, Beanhead!

[sproutster]

You guys *have* to read the whole thing

http://mrzine.monthlyreview.org/ryan310506.html

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Four years ago, you were introduced to the graduating class of 2002 as "a man who exemplifies the West Point motto of Duty, Honor, Country." That now revolts some graduates of West Point. At West Point, we uphold the Cadet Honor Code . . . a cadet will not lie cheat or steal or tolerate those who do. Mister Bush, it seems to us that you and your ilk have done exactly the opposite. (Keep that chin firmly in!) And you are still, cooking up war stories, unalloyed of truth, further proving, if such were still necessary, that lying, even under your combat imaginings, jeopardizes the lives of fighting men and women. And Saturday you told the graduating cadets that "the war began on my watch but it's going to end on yours." Perhaps you would like to correct that statement? Perhaps consider adding what is now widely known, that the assault on Iraq began premised on lies. That it is illegal. That these lies have severely dissipated the capability, morale, and reputation of United States military forces, and the United States of America. And that the young men and women of West Point in this year's graduating class may also be soon at risk for crimes against the Geneva Convention. And that you don't give a damn for anything we just said. Would you like to make a statement, Mister Bush?
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*standing ovation*

[Squatch]

1. My brother, a West Point grad, can't stand Bush.

Check out thh "Command TOC" blog if you ever get a chance.

[WestSeattle2]

2. Excellent! n/t

[renate]

3. wow. Rock on, James Ryan

"This is one place where you have to earn privileges, Mister! You got that? You think all we care about up here is war? From your speech one would think so. You must love yakking about IEDs, convoy operations, and running checkpoints. There is so much more going on up here, mister, and you make us out to be cannon fodder. So run your feeble neck in another notch for that."

"And you throw around the names of old grads like Eisenhower and Bradley, using them to somehow justify what you and your big buddies in DC have done to the world. What do you know about Eisenhower or Bradley? You might get away with that stuff in the oval office, but not up here. Not at West Point. You got that, wack? You got that loud and clear, beansmack? Good. Retain same."

:rofl:

When I read this, I thought it must have been written by a recent graduate... but no! He's a cofounder of West Point Graduates Against the War, a graduate of the United States Military Academy, class of 1962, and a hell of a guy.