Rumsfeld knocks out Forum for Academic Rights in the 1st Round!!!!

The Supreme Court ruled yesterday that colleges must allow recruiters from the Armed Forces onto their campuses or forfeit Federal funds.

It seems to be that the decision was more pragmatic and political than reported on the above msnbc.com link. Recruitment for the AF is at a low point with the Iraq war having become an unpopular quagmire. Allowing colleges to ban recruiters would only lead to a domino effect which would then spread to High Schools, further reducing numbers.

The colleges' main objection was with the military's discriminatory policy on gays, but the Supreme court wasn't buying it. Chief Justice John Roberts wrote in the decision:

"a military recruiter's mere presence on campus does not violate a law school's right to associate, regardless of how repugnant the law school considers the recruiter's message."

He went on to say:

"Students and faculty are free to associate to voice their disapproval of the military's message."

Which I sure they will. If any one is familiar with college campuses, on thing they love to do is whine and bitch about stuff, and during club hours you'll find the Communist Party protesting Capitalism next to the Economic club. It's what they do.

But yet the real loser in this argument, aren't the big law schools which brought up the case in the first place. Let's face it, you may get FBI, CIA, even NSA recruitment at Harvard or Yale, but I doubt the Army or Navy or Marines show up. Why? Ask yourself why half of Congress wasn't in the Armed Forces and you'll know why. Usually people who have the most to gain out of life aren't too willing to sacrifice their lives, although they're more than willing to sacrifice your lives for their ideology or greed. No the real losers are the poor state and public colleges that can't do without federal aid. They are the ones with the gun to their heads, and their students; the poor and minority, who are the back bone of the military, are once again at the whim of a powerful system. I have nothing against the Armed Forces, or against people who want to serve in the Armed Forces. I think everyone should have a chance to serve if they choose to whether they be gay or straight, rich or poor. But the system that pressures one particular segment of the population to serve rather than another is unfair and anti-American, and colleges should be able to decide on their own what groups they would want on their campuses in order to establish the type of atmosphere they feel is conducive to the educational process.

But what do I know? I'm not on the Supreme Court...