The United States Military Academy's moral and strategic cluelessness — was aptly illustrated with its recent Thayer Award — made to former President George W. Bush

25 October 2017

As the United States continues to enthusiastically burn itself down

We get this happy demonstration of all-embracing moral and geopolitical stupidity from the West Point Association of Graduates:

[T]he Corps of Cadets had been buzzing with excitement all week over the arrival of former President George W. Bush, the 2017 recipient of the Thayer Award [.]

Presented annually by the West Point Association of Graduates since 1958, the Thayer Award recognizes a U.S. citizen whose outstanding character, accomplishments, and stature in the civilian community draw wholesome comparison to the qualities for which West Point strives, in keeping with its motto: Duty, Honor, Country.

West Point Superintendent [Lt. General] Robert L. Caslen . . . emphasized Bush’s leadership and selfless service following the events of September 11, 2001 . . . .

Yes, that's right — "duty, honor, country"

The United States Military Academy at West Point just honored the guy:

who dishonorably lied his way into the Iraq War

which foreseeably became an unnecessary (therefore undutiful) war that most competent strategists agree comprises the most colossal U.S. strategic mistake ever —

thereby leaving our country subject to a gargantuan, quasi-perpetual drain on its economic and military resources.

The moral? — It takes a group of military cretins to honor . . .

. . . the one person, who so brazenly exemplified everything wrong with the United States' post-World War II foreign conduct.

With such a standard, would you suspect that West Point is going to generate a military leader with genuinely useful strategic and moral vision someday soon?

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The United States Military Academy's moral and strategic cluelessness — was aptly illustrated with its recent Thayer Award — made to former President George W. Bush