That National Review article misses a big point: the "counter-recruiting" movement on most campuses today (in contrast to, say, the Vietnam-era anti-ROTC movement) is not about telling people not to serve, but about protesting against discrimination in opportunities to serve. The Ivy League schools' "war" on Pentagon recruiting is about the Pentagon's "don't ask, don't tell" policy which actually BANS some people from serving their country, however motivated they are.
The Pentagon can't say "sorry, some members of your community aren't good enough to serve our country" and then complain when other members of the community stand up with their friends and say they won't serve either.

Posted by: Haninah at July 30, 2006 4:59 PM

Good Afternoon Folks,

Is the Cato Intstutiteattacking one of it's own?

In it's article on Ivy League Colleges and Universities have they forgot that there "Decider and Chief" none other then President Bush was a "C" Student at Yale as well as "Evader of Service in Vietnam",as an Undergrate and no-show MBA at Harvard.

I guess we are back into that Republican ritual of eating there own when they lose the debate. "Have they no shame?"

ALLONS,
Byron Skinner

Posted by: Byron Skinner at July 30, 2006 2:31 PM