tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10348701.post6466420223007444126..comments2024-03-13T21:26:03.011-07:00Comments on Right on the Left Coast: Views From a Conservative Teacher: A Black Mark For West PointDarrenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15730642770935985796noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10348701.post-76858240413439395802014-12-20T20:53:54.506-08:002014-12-20T20:53:54.506-08:00What is also bad is he will not be subject to the ...What is also bad is he will not be subject to the punishment he deserves, a rope. Article 85, UCMJ, sets the punishment as:<br /><br /> "Any person found guilty of desertion or attempt to desert shall be punished,<b> if the offense is committed in time of war, by death or such other punishment as a court-martial may direct</b>, but if the desertion or attempt to desert occurs at any other time, by such punishment, other than death, as a court-martial may direct."Mike Thiachttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02929567856363413549noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10348701.post-73440502216572500342014-12-20T17:32:47.646-08:002014-12-20T17:32:47.646-08:00If you want to blame something blame the psychiatr...If you want to blame something blame the psychiatric profession. It's still almost exclusively an art, mostly a dark art, and for each Picasso there are a hundred house painters claiming the ability to knock out a "Gueranica" on demand.<br /><br />Then there's human nature which causes us to put far too much faith into anyone in authority. allen (in Michigan)noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10348701.post-62766542451063407302014-12-20T12:39:14.508-08:002014-12-20T12:39:14.508-08:00I don't *blame* West Point, but the fact that ...I don't *blame* West Point, but the fact that someone like him can get through *is* a black mark against the school. The West Point name is a strong association, and this makes us look bad.Darrenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15730642770935985796noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10348701.post-21754006009269815142014-12-20T11:59:34.323-08:002014-12-20T11:59:34.323-08:00I don't think you can blame West Point for tha...I don't think you can blame West Point for that. Certainly, he deserved to be prosecuted for desertion, and he was. But I wouldn't consider it a 'black mark'. Especially if he does have metal issues? Those are the most difficult to detect. Why on earth would you choose to fight in the FFL instead of being an officer in the US Army? There are always cracks to fall through.<br /><br />a real, though less important black mark is … why can't Army beat the squids?<br />maxutilshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11294262473781967372noreply@blogger.com