Saturday, October 31, 2009

A cadet does not lie, cheat, steal or tolerate those who do. Does this make any sense as a rule for America?

West Point is a factory for making leaders. Leadership is important. The fundamental bedrock of leadership is honor. Simply put, people will follow a competent leader of honor to and through the gates of hell if need be.

We see many politicians today out of whose mouths proceed statements that are demonstrably untrue. Not things about which reasonable men can differ.

A liar has no honor. Of course, honor involves much much more than the cadet Code in the headline. A leader of honor does not throw a subordinate under the bus when the leader had something to do with the effupp. Honor means taking responsibility for your mistakes, too. There is usually more dishonor in lying about conduct than there is in the conduct itself. That's because lying about something can complicate the process of dealing with the real problem. Weapons of Mass Distruction is only one instance of the disregard of truth in the press for success. What success? Who profits?
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Amen, to that brother! Is sad but true that to succeed in politics, one has to have sold their honor and soul a LONG time back. It's sad, but apparently any politico who shows a strong ethic and honesty is soundly defeated by his own party, LONG before he comes close to ultimate success.
A bunch of politicians on both sides have no honor. They lead people without having ever been in those positions. They order people to die, but would they do it if it were their children?
The problem is when a leader puts the needs of the party before the needs of the country, "honor" is half a punchline to a dirty joke. (I'll tell it to you later).

I did not like Ronald Reagan. I felt that a lot of the stances he took were unnecessarily provocative, but i did respect him, as he had integrity (then, he flushed it all away with Iran-Contra)
While your question is well formed, it presupposes conditions of misguided logic. You enter into your equation a base untruth, therefore the question folds unto itself. Being uninformed is not a basis for your false truth. You do not adhere to the very standard of which you accuse others of not following. When you are capable of finding the truth yourself, then you will be able to demand it of others.

Nice try junior.

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