Democratic President Calls For All Colleges To Embrace ROTC

[WillyT]

Wow...

:banghead:

:beer:

:smoke:

[Lifelong Protester]

1. Not too crazy about that either.

[bdamomma]

16. really did not care to hear that

[UrbScotty]

2. My Dad was in ROTC

[lumberjack_jeff]

3. And "open the doors to the military recruiters"

Makes me proud to be a Democrat.

err. not really.

[suffragette]

6. Really not getting that

Solomon Amendment already requires it. Doesn't make sense.

[SugarShack]

10. Really? It's been two years, and not a civil liberty restored, and more power to the corporations.

They make money off of war.

It's all about the money. What's not to get?

[suffragette]

20. That part I get

And I'm in the same zone.

I'm talking specifically about that statement and the Solomon Amendment.
There was already a huge fight about this and the Solomon Amendment requires colleges to do that or risk federal funding, including financial aid students receive.
Most colleges knuckled under because of that and he would know that. So why bash colleges for something99.99999 of them are already doing at peril of the colleges and students losing their funding?

[napi21]

4. So what? obody has to join. nt

[dflprincess]

5. Gene Hackman had a great line in a movie

"I should have died the day Nixon resigned."

That's pretty much how I feel.

[sasha031]

7. would of been nice to hear something more like the peace corp

[madville]

44. Like about the many young women who have been raped while serving

And then thrown to the wayside. Dangerous service, I wouldn't let any of my own go into that,

[villager]

8. "....because there will be fewer and fewer funding options for you to attend college, anyway"

"...so quit pretending you're more than fodder, for the corporate state." (WAIT FOR APPLAUSE)

[tekisui]

13. Exactly. The jobs are overseas, you can't afford college. Go kill and die for

USA Wars, Inc.

[bluestateguy]

9. The Noam Chomskys won't like it, but tough

Once DADT stops being enforced, the military should be welcomed to campuses. Let the kids decide if they want to enlist or not.

[tekisui]

12. Keep that killing machine running. Get 'em young and poor.

[Moses2SandyKoufax]

14. Wonder if President Obama would recommend the military to his daughters

when they come of age?


:rofl:

[tekisui]

15. Wonder if recruiters will be forced into private schools for the more affluent?

:crazy:

[Moses2SandyKoufax]

18. Good point.... n/t

[Leopolds Ghost]

33. If it's good enough for the Prince of England, it's good enough for the children of Presidents.

[bluestateguy]

43. Well I will say this

Whatever college they go to (I had heard that Malia was a Yale fan) should allow military recruiters and ROTC on campus so that they can at least be asked to consider serving after college. If they are not interested fine; being an adult is about being offered choices and having the free will to say yes or no.

[bluestateguy]

17. This is what you do

If you are a student and you don't want to enlist you are free to walk right by the recruiters table in the student center.

[tekisui]

23. Oh please. They target the poor that don't have many options,

they blow smoke up the asses of KIDS. These are 15-18 year old kids. They lie to them and make them believe they won't see combat and all will be paid for. They also do more than sit at a table. They are like fucking evangelists who prey on those in vulnerable positions.

[bluestateguy]

42. You may have a point, but we are talking about college students--adults

15-18 year olds are in high school, and yes the recruiters there need to be strictly monitored.

But on college campuses, where a smaller proportion of the students are poor than in a high school, we are talking about adults.

[tekisui]

11. On the back of the DADT repeal. That was his argument.

Really sad.

[jonnyblitz]

27. he barely got the DADT repeal out of his mouth and he was

going on about ROTC re-opening. slick.

[tekisui]

28. It couldn't be a proud and historic recognition. It had to be an

excuse for the war machine.

[mucifer]

19. well you realize he is "the commander in chief"

[jberryhill]

21. It is unlikely that one would have a president who didn't

Normally the Commander in Chief is supportive of the notion of an educated officer corps.

[FreeState]

22. Nothing like throwing our transgendered brothers and sisters under the bus!

Fail

[proud patriot]

24. This doesn't bother me

:shrug: I hope our military can get a good cross section of people . Perhaps more
rich kids will choose the military this way.

[FreeState]

26. So your okay with discrimination? N/T

[Codeine]

25. Now we have to hate the military to be Democrats?

It's not the lifepath I chose, but I have friends who have served proudly and are proud Democrats.

[hack89]

29. Good. nt

[DirkGently]

30. That was a sour note, especially tying it to DADT. Like a request for gay cannon fodder?

[Recursion]

34. Um how about a request for people to serve their country?

Jesus, are we all supposed to hate the military now? What the hell has happened to this site?

[DirkGently]

40. It's hardly hatred of the military for universities to resist luring kids to die in pointless wars.

[suffragette]

31. Especially since he is aware of the Solomon amendment

which already mandates much of that and with which colleges must comply or lose funding.



Look on most college and university sites and 99.9999 % have been forced (at threat of loss of funding) to comply.

Double wow.

[whatchamacallit]

32. Fuck that noise! (nt)

[Raine]

35. Why the need for recruiters unless you need to recruit cannon fodder

for more war!

[Moses2SandyKoufax]

37. No kidding...

If military life is so great, why does it need to be sold like a used Camry?

[humbled_opinion]

36. I especially liked the part

Where he told Congress that once they get the new tax reforms in place all the money they save can be given away by cutting the Corporate Tax Rate...... LOL many a repub crotch twitched tonight no doubt....

[Kaylee]

38. Why not...most of the men and a few women in my family have served.

Some, like my husband went to OCS after college and others gained skills that they have made careers out of instead of going to college. I have nothing against the military. I have close relatives overseas now. Being a Democrat does not mean you have to hate the military.

[Moses2SandyKoufax]

39. Strawman...

Who the fuck said anything about "hating the military"?

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