Missing the big picture

1 January 2007 Marine Corps Times column "Missing the big picture" by Matt Sanchez.  Note:  Military veteran and Columbia student Matt Sanchez describes how at a recruiting event a group of students started chanting "The military exploits minorities!" to which he responded "I'm a minority; I joined the military, and I don't think I'm being exploited." and was told "That's because you're stupid — too stupid to realize you're being used as cannon fodder." Sanchez goes on describe that "For the academics, joining the Corps over attending an Ivy League school was an obvious sign of desperation."