<p>Went to Dartmouth.</p>
<p>(And Keggy the Keg is their mascot!)</p>
<p>How can anyone doubt the merits of the school now?</p>
<p>Who is Lt. Fick?</p>
<p>Most badass person ever. Google him!</p>
<p>(Unfortunately, as it seems, he’s at Harvard for his MBA…oh well)</p>
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<p>Imo, that’s a good thing. It shows Dartmouth is a solid undergrad for grad school placement.</p>
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<p>LT Fick was that extremely rare type of ivy leaque, he actually was willing to fight for his country. He was one of the main characters in “Generation Kill”, where a Rolling Stone reporter was embedded with the USMC First Recon Battalion…a very good book with lots of moral dilemma’s described on decisons he had to make…sort of like getting a PHD in ethics in a month. The book became an HBO movie, and he also wrote a book called “One Bullet Away”, his experience in the Marine Corps. He comes off very well in the movie, you can tell that the reporter respected him…</p>
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<p>I think that you are talking about a complex subject at the simplistic level of sloganeering. Who chooses to join our volunteer military and who does not–and who was and was not drafted, in an earlier era–is certainly a subject worthy of thoughtful consideration. But you might start by considering whether invading Iraq was considered “fighting for his country” by many others. All wars are not alike, which is why the late Studs Terkel entitled his book about WWII “The Good War.” If the US was actually under attack by the country in question, many “ivy leaguers” and others from the demographic who weren’t drafted during Viet Nam and who won’t enlist now would be joining up–as they did during WWII. (BTW, I read Generation Kill when it came out, but I haven’t seen the movie.)</p>
<p>I was Navy ROTC in college and served 4 years in the Marines, if you read Lt Fick’s book, you can see where he said Dartmouth had an anti-military environment, and this was BEFORE the Iraq war started, so your simplistic arguement dosen’t work …</p>
<p><em>MY</em> argument isn’t simplistic. My whole point is that it is a complex issue. YOU don’t seem to have one, other than resentment of people who don’t choose to enlist.</p>
<p>Oh, and I agree that Nate Fick seemed like a great guy.</p>