Of course West Point let their communist cadet Rapone graduate and commission him to go on to infect the Army with that disgrace of an officer. He is a symptom and not the cause of the academy's problems.
After all, Newsweek informed America that "we're all socialists now" in early 2009.
Gosh, why might the academy have thought Rapone had a defender in high places?
In all seriousness, it is a disgrace that West Point didn't defy apparent command influence and discharge that pathetic excuse of a soldier.
And that failure is just the tip of the iceberg, it seems:
I firmly believe West Point is a national treasure and that it can and should remain a vitally important source of well trained, disciplined, highly educated Army officers and civilian leaders. However, during my time on the West Point faculty (2006-2009 and again from 2013-2017), I personally witnessed a series of fundamental changes at West Point that have eroded it to the point where I question whether the institution should even remain open. The recent coverage of 2LT Spenser Rapone – an avowed Communist and sworn enemy of the United States – dramatically highlighted this disturbing trend. Given my recent tenure on the West Point faculty and my direct interactions with Rapone, his “mentors,” and with the Academy’s leadership, I believe I can shed light on how someone like Rapone could possibly graduate.
We need officers who can lead soldiers into combat and win. We aren't getting that from our elite service academy.
The Army is focused on restoring conventional capabilities like better artillery. There are bigger problems.
