Re: West Point is closed.

On Jul 1, 9:10 am, a...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 (Aaron Kuperman) wrote:
> 1. The military academies recruit in direct relation to the states (with
a
> quota system). In the American civil war, virtually no northerners (from
> free states, north of Mason-Dixon line) sup****ted the rebellion, whereas
> many southerns remained loyal in spite of their state seceeding.
>
> 2. Given that many great military leaders came via the ROTC route, how
> much different the academies make is questionable.
>
> Padraigh ProAmerica (ogro...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
) wrote:
>
>      [,...]
>
> : What if, with the end of the Civil War, these people had succeeded in
> : closng down West Point. Anyone want to speculate on the effects down
the
> : time stream? Would Eisenhower have been available? MacArthur? Pe****ng?
> : Patton?

Should point out that many of the state universities in the CSA were
military in nature, first building at the U. of Alabama was a barracks.