<p>I think we can say we beat this one into the ground. I started to contended points on this issue, and in hindsight, my judgement was flawed in two ways. 1. Without knowing enough about the situation, I assumed (and we all know what happens when you assume) that Kyle Eckel was released from his service from the Navy to play in the NFL, which rubbed me the wrong way as Campbell was not allowed to do the alternative service option, and 2. I allowed my better judgement to be clouded by the fact that a USMA grad playing in the NFL would make USMA look very good to the public, and I allowed myself to have that somehow take a higher priority in my mind than the commitment you make to the Nation when attending an Academy (or joining the Army or Navy, etc). Its too much of a slippery slope. My comment about “bearing the brunt” of the war came off as insensitive, and, having lost friends in this war and having seen first hand the death and destruction that occurs in these things, was far from the feeling I meant to portray, because, regardless of numbers of casualties by service, they are all as equally tragic.
I’m sorry this thread went where it did and I’m sorry if I offended anyone with that.
RLTW</p>