Comments on: In Defense of West Point: A Cadet Responds to Thomas Ricks http://newledger.com/2009/04/in-defense-of-west-point-a-cadet-responds-to-thomas-ricks/ The New Ledger on News, Politics, and Market issues of the day. Welcome to the Know. Sun, 21 Mar 2010 20:21:24 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: michaelbounds http://newledger.com/2009/04/in-defense-of-west-point-a-cadet-responds-to-thomas-ricks/comment-page-1/#comment-580 michaelbounds Sat, 01 Aug 2009 04:02:59 +0000 http://newledger.com/?p=7364#comment-580 Very well said. Cadet Xin, you are an outstanding example of why America needs future leaders such as yourself. Congratulations on voicing such a powerful statement as to why we need to keep "the long gray line" marching!<br><br>Best of luck in your future endeavors!<br><br>Michael J Bounds<br>Vietnam Vet<br>1972 Very well said. Cadet Xin, you are an outstanding example of why America needs future leaders such as yourself. Congratulations on voicing such a powerful statement as to why we need to keep “the long gray line” marching!

Best of luck in your future endeavors!

Michael J Bounds
Vietnam Vet
1972

]]> By: dbcjr http://newledger.com/2009/04/in-defense-of-west-point-a-cadet-responds-to-thomas-ricks/comment-page-1/#comment-355 dbcjr Mon, 06 Jul 2009 22:06:11 +0000 http://newledger.com/?p=7364#comment-355 Well spoken. The current anti-tradition sentiment in politics today is the result of a subtle invasion of Postmodernism in the predispositions of our thinking. We had an anti-traditional sentiment in my day. It is a normal late-adolescent response in an attempt to individuate, often blind of the logic embedded in such tradition. This Postmodern anti-traditionalism is a trai wreck between Nihilism and Existentialism. It is nonsensical as a statement. By definition, it will self-implode to demonstrate that futility "is". West Point stands as the antithesis of this pseudointellectualism. Well spoken. The current anti-tradition sentiment in politics today is the result of a subtle invasion of Postmodernism in the predispositions of our thinking. We had an anti-traditional sentiment in my day. It is a normal late-adolescent response in an attempt to individuate, often blind of the logic embedded in such tradition. This Postmodern anti-traditionalism is a trai wreck between Nihilism and Existentialism. It is nonsensical as a statement. By definition, it will self-implode to demonstrate that futility “is”. West Point stands as the antithesis of this pseudointellectualism.

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