Bohemian PeasantAug 7, 2025

#pentagon #antiintellectualism #militaryacademies #idiocracy #military #nationalsecurity

“The nation that will insist on drawing a broad line of demarcation between the fighting man and the thinking man is liable to find its fighting done by fools and its thinking done by cowards.” — William Francis Butler

“That, unfortunately, is the direction that the Pentagon’s decisions are taking the U.S. armed forces.” — Eliot A. Cohen

https://www.theatlantic.com/national-security/archive/2025/08/military-education-reforms/683760/

Hegseth's Headlong Pursuit of Academic Mediocrity

His military-education reforms seem designed to ensure fighting men can’t think and thinking men can’t fight.

The Atlantic
Political IQSep 20, 2023
Anti-Affirmative Action group Students for Fair Admissions sues West Point https://politicaliq.com/2023/09/20/anti-affirmative-action-group-sues-west-point/ #affirmativeaction #Students #military #militaryacademies #WestPoint #RaceBasedAdmissions #NationalSecurity #SupremeCourt #SCOTUS #politicaliq #news #politics
Anti-Affirmative Action group sues West Point - Political IQ

Anti-affirmative action group Students for Fair Admissions filed suit against the U.S. Military Academy at West Point.

Political IQ
Steve Dustcircle 🌹Jul 3, 2023
#SupremeCourt: #AffirmativeAction Is OK — If the #Students Are Getting Sent to Die in #Wars
https://theintercept.com/2023/06/29/supreme-court-affirmative-action-military-academy/
By making an exception for #militaryacademies — and #legacyadmissions — the court once again sided with the #rulingclass.
Supreme Court: Affirmative Action Is OK — If the Students Are Getting Sent to Die in Wars

The Supreme Court killed affirmative action, but not for military academies or the legacy admissions that protect the ruling class.

The Intercept
MusiqueNow   ✡️ 🇵🇸 Jun 30, 2023
#SupremeCourt Strikes Down #AffirmativeAction in Colleges But Keeps It for #MilitaryAcademies
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ODskHiGCNlQ
Supreme Court Strikes Down Affirmative Action in Colleges But Keeps It for Military Academies

YouTube
Audrea 🌸Dec 23, 2022

"In a message posted on West Point's website, Superintendent Lt. Gen. Steve Gilland said it would begin complying with the congressional Naming Commission's recommendations during the holiday break." https://www.armytimes.com/news/your-army/2022/12/22/west-point-is-removing-confederate-symbols-from-campus/

#confederacy #westpoint #military #militaryacademies

West Point is removing Confederate symbols from campus

The U.S. Military Academy in West Point will begin taking down memorials commemorating figures of the Confederacy during the holiday break.

Army Times