I hope that the judge presiding in the case against Rep. David Eastman will take a moment to read the open letter that Ivan Hodes, a West Point graduate who has served with Eastman, wrote more than a year ago. Seventy honorable graduates agreed with him.
”We took an oath to protect and defend the constitution. He is a member of an organization that doesn’t view the current government as legitimate,” Hodes said in an interview. “It’s serving two masters. You can’t be loyal to the U.S. government and the government of Alaska and at the same time belong to this militia.”
The letter was signed by 70 members of the so-called “Long Gray Line,” the name for the collected living alumni of West Point, regardless of whether they are active duty or retired from military service. None of the signatories are currently in active duty.
— Jane Cofsky
Bethel
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