another article of interest
http://www.recordonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20091203/NEWS/912030319/-1/NEWS
Full article:Cadets dissect new Afghan strategy
By Meghan E. Murphy
Times Herald-Record
Posted: December 03, 2009 - 2:00 AM
WEST POINT — The world watched Tuesday night as video cameras intermittently shifted focus from President Barack Obama to the rows of uniformed West Point cadets watching him speak in Eisenhower Hall. Videographers panned over about 4,400 future Army officers and zoomed in on a few nodding off.
The next morning, in a West Point media and politics class, Maj. Kevin Toner showed his students an online clip of one soldier practically snoring. Teaching, not scolding, he also replayed a clip of political commentator Chris Matthews saying the cadets' demeanor reflected an "enemy camp."
Sitting at a boardroom-style table with classmates, one senior cadet smacked his forehead to his right hand, disappointed and frustrated.
"The Taliban are the enemy, not West Point cadets who are bored, tired and want to go back and write papers and go to bed," another senior cadet said.
http://www.recordonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20091203/NEWS/912030319/-1/NEWS