Coalition of several hundred West Point alumni pen letter to West Point Class of 2020

[Leghorn21]

A coalition of several hundred West Point alumni have written a letter to the West Point Class of 2020: “We are concerned that fellow graduates serving in senior-level, public positions are failing to uphold ... their commitment to Duty, Honor, Country.“

Link to tweet

You are beginning your careers at a tumultuous time. More than 110,000 Americans have died of COVID-19, more than 40 million are unemployed, and our nation is hurting from racial, social and human injustice. Desperation, fear, anxiety, anger, and helplessness are the daily existence for too many Americans. These are difficult times, but we are confident you will rise to the challenge and do your part as leaders in our Army....

...The oath taken by those who choose to serve in America’s military is aspirational. We pledge service to no monarch; no government; no political party; no tyrant. Your oath is to a set of principles and an ideal expressed in the Constitution and its amendments. Our Constitution establishes freedom of the press, of assembly, of religion, of equal protection under the law regardless of race, color, or creed — we cannot take for granted these freedoms that are but dreams in too many nations around the world....

Oh MY

[grumpyduck]

1. "Your oath is to a set of principles and an ideal..."

You're losing the military, bunker boy.

I took that oath many years ago. So did that prick Pompeo. Some of us have not forgotten it.

[Lucinda]

2. KNR

[ARPad95]

3. My niece graduated from West Point several years ago and she's a registered Democrat

even though her parents (my sister and brother-in-law) are registered Republicans and were both in the army (she was ROTC nurse and he was army doctor).

[crickets]

4. K&R

[smirkymonkey]

5. K&R

[global1]

6. Did I Miss It - Wasn't Trump Suppose To Address The Graduating Class?.....

Didn't he order them back for his address? Weren't they required to quarantine for 14 days before? Did that ever happen? Is it still on or was it cancelled? What's up?

[Leghorn21]

7. Good question, 1 - YES, this glorious event is scheduled to go down this Saturday

https://www.military.com/daily-news/2020/06/10/new-army-2nd-lieutenants-are-back-west-point-trump-graduation-address.html

I hope it’s hot af and bunkerboi drips orange face-drops the entire time