tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8768296311486257757.post7284933784688765732..comments2023-11-05T00:53:54.167-07:00Comments on The Stanford Safari: ROTC at Stanford??!stanford safarihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07995667205092196889noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8768296311486257757.post-87311589484345156842010-04-16T16:19:40.277-07:002010-04-16T16:19:40.277-07:00You should read this book: "AWOL: The Unexcus...You should read this book: "AWOL: The Unexcused Absence of America's Upper Classes from Military Service - and How It Hurts Our Country" by Kathy Roth-Douquet and Frank Schaeffer<br /><br />On Pg.88 is this quote from General John Abizaid (while the Commanding Officer of Central Command)<br /><br />"The young men and women serving in Iraq, Afghanistan, across the Middle East, and throughout the world during this ongoing War on Terror are already making a generational mark ... In their selfless service, the over one million young American men and women who have braved the daily dangers posed by the Taliban in Afghanistan, Zarqawi's terrorist and Baathist-rejectionist insurgents in Iraq, and the disciples of al Qaida and its radical ideology in places from Morocco to the Philippines have demonstrated the courage of commitment and the will to protect American freedoms and democracy and to assist in the spread of human freedoms and democratic ideals around the globe. Without protest or complaint, this generation's military volunteers and their families have shouldered the responsibilities of America's freedom and are helping to advance the freedoms of nearly a billion people across the greater Middle East. In the process of honoring their civic duty to our nation, the graduates of Harvard, Yale, Princeton, or Stanford should take note. These volunteers and their families display daily the skills that will make them the political and social force to be reckoned with in our country's future ... Because they have experienced what it is to sacrifice self to help advance the great causes of our time, freedom and liberty, these veterans have earned the respect to make the decisions necessary to keep this nation great for generations to come."twinsoldiersforlifehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12724653491826752137noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8768296311486257757.post-40695353430730523382010-03-06T13:33:01.316-08:002010-03-06T13:33:01.316-08:00ROTC should never be allowed to return to Stanford...ROTC should never be allowed to return to Stanford and the students attending should not be allowed to participate in the program!! It will only bring the high standards of our superb volunteer forces down. I suspect that students are going to other schools for ROTC and Stanford only wants to slow that down....too bad!! Wasn't it in the same area that they were trying to kick the Marines out of town recently??KIEMMOhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13029415966459862693noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8768296311486257757.post-59456780782180798272008-08-31T18:06:00.000-07:002008-08-31T18:06:00.000-07:00Hey Steve--Excellent break down of the ROTC issue!...Hey Steve--<BR/><BR/>Excellent break down of the ROTC issue! Well researched and written. I would love to talk to you about this because I came to Stanford on an Army ROTC scholarship and I have some insight.<BR/><BR/>Cheers!<BR/><BR/>Laurenebolagirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06795982833674100371noreply@blogger.com