Ravenwood - 11/06/02 09:47 AM
Neal publishes this exchange between an Air Force Academy cadet and a liberal college professor. It is pretty damning:
The Air Force Academy has a program called The Academy Assembly. You will read a description of The Academy Assembly below. An Air Force Academy cadet named Robert Kurpiel sent an e-mail to which ended up in the hands of Peter Kirstein at Saint Xavier. Here is the text of that e-mail:Check out his site for the rest of the e-mail exchange. I will not comment on the professor's letter, nor his misunderstanding of what AAA is.Dear Sir or Ma'amNow ... here is the response from Professor Kirstein. Be sitting down when you read it.The Air Force Academy is going to be having our annual Academy Assembly. This is a forum for mainly but not only Political Science majors, discussing very important issues dealing with politics.
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Very Respectfully,
Cadet Robert Kurpiel
From: Peter Kirstein
Sent: Thursday, October 31, 2002 1:46 PM
To: Kurpiel Robert C4C CS26Subject: Re: Academy Assembly
You are a disgrace to this country and I am furious you would even think I would support you and your aggressive baby killing tactics of collateral damage. Help you recruit. Who, top guns to reign death and destruction upon nonwhite peoples throughout the world? Are you serious sir? Resign your commission and serve your country with honour.
No war, no air force cowards who bomb countries with AAA, without possibility of retaliation. You are worse than the snipers. You are imperialists who are turning the whole damn world against us. September 11 can be blamed in part for what you and your cohorts have done to Palestinians, the VC, the Serbs, a retreating army at Basra.
You are unworthy of my support.Peter N. Kirstein
Professor of History
Saint Xavier University.
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