Tuesday, March 06, 2012

Just Asking?

When a nation re-awakes, its finest sons are prepared to give their lives for its liberation. When Empires are threatened with collapse, they are prepared to sacrifice their non-commissioned officers.
Menachem Begin, The Revolt 1951. Quoted from Bernard B Fall, Hell In A Very Small Place; The Siege of Dien Bien Phu, 1967

Today it is often commented that virtually none of the students of Ivory League schools serve in the volunteer military. I wonder if this means that our future leaders from these schools don't believe in creating a country most people would find worth living in?

2 comments:

LFC said...

"virtually none of the students of Ivy League schools serve in the volunteer military..."

The numbers are low, to be sure, but I think "virtually none" is an overstatement. (Google "Harvard + ROTC" just for a start -- that might turn up some recent figures.)

hank_F_M said...

LFC

Geting an ROTC program back at Harvard has to help.

The last fiew times I saw
statistics it was vwery thin.

But I really hope your right.

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