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The Dartmouth
May 4, 2024 | Latest Issue
The Dartmouth

Military Not the Answer

To the Editor:

In regard to Troy Blanchard's letter to the editor (Oct. 3) calling for us to become the next "Greatest Generation," it is curious that he still managed to show up for a Fall term that began two weeks after the attacks in NYC and DC, seeing as he is an '05 and had, at the time, little invested in an academic, social life at the College.

Secondly, military action of the sort following Pearl Harbor is not what will win this new "war," and any assertion that one's patriotism hinges on enlisting at the drop of a hat (or plane) is, at best, ludicrous. Lastly, I would propose to Mr. Blanchard himself, "After you!"