"DENVER - Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld should withhold federal funds from a Seattle college for its failure to ensure the safety of military recruiters who visited the campus last month, the Secretary was advised by a public interest law firm in a letter.
According to news reports, military recruiters were forced to flee from Seattle Central Community College after being assaulted and battered by a student mob. Mountain States Legal Foundation advised Secretary Rumsfeld that the college's actions violated the Solomon Amendment, which requires that colleges and universities permit military recruiters on campus or lose all federal funds."
This is not a free speech issue. It is a financial support issue. The schools receive government funding. I should say, the schools receive taxpayer money. The military protects the taxpayers, and the universities for that matter. What possible reasoning can there be behind prohibiting military recruiters from campuses? So the school is opposed to war. Great. We are opposed to giving them funding if they bar recruiters. This latest episode is unexcusible. We cannot allow anyone to harm military recruiters. Would the college students act the same way is the "recruiters" were from NARAL or NOW?
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