tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10820485.post8910414993539106233..comments2023-11-03T09:36:22.100-04:00Comments on In From the Cold: An Error of Commission, Not OmissionGeorge Smileyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07049707648660651119noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10820485.post-77252233849226516342008-06-03T16:13:00.000-04:002008-06-03T16:13:00.000-04:00Do not forget where he retains tenure: The Univers...Do not forget where he retains tenure: The University of Chicago. Similar to its Ivy peers, militant liberalism forced the ROTC off campus. To get to the ROTC at IIT (the closest) from the U of C one must traverse three miles of some of the most notoriously violent project neighborhoods in the US.The Dark Horsehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05539160845757452447noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10820485.post-70551073246552803602008-06-03T15:56:00.000-04:002008-06-03T15:56:00.000-04:00J.R.--I agree with your points. However, I would ...J.R.--I agree with your points. However, I would only ask that Harvard be consistent. If you're going to deny a place for ROTC on campus, then stop taking defense research funding. You can't have it both ways.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12712369389411084085noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10820485.post-72025349228673357792008-06-03T13:47:00.000-04:002008-06-03T13:47:00.000-04:00I would also like to see Senator Obama endorse mil...I would also like to see Senator Obama endorse military service; I think that much of what he proposes, though, is an ROTC-equivalent for pacifist civilians or others who find the military distasteful (think Starship Troopers, the book). Mentioning the military in that context is likely to turn off his audience. <BR/><BR/>As for our beleaguered cross-town cadets, I imagine the Harvard cadets probably do a formation run / march across town if it's only two miles. The New Yorkers probably take the subway. My cross-town experience was a 40-mile drive, twice a week, and the University provided a van that I could drive. I used our van to pick up other local cadets whose schools did not provide shuttle service.<BR/><BR/>The hurdles are administrative, but a motivated ROTC cadet could establish a "military history" student group, enroll in military history classes (and leadership classes) across town at MIT, and then reserve a student union van every week. The number of similar administrative zig-zags I performed during my four years of college were some of the best training exercises for the DC portion of my military career.<BR/><BR/>Yes, it sucks that the schools aren't extending any courtesy or effort on behalf of the cadets, and it would be nice if everyone supported our military members, but as long as the military retains its (outdated and bigoted) stance on gays serving openly, I think Harvard is well within its rights to shun them.J.R.https://www.blogger.com/profile/13913599852443572486noreply@blogger.com