A less honest man than Judge Alito would claim to have a vivid recollection that he joined CAP in order to defend ROTC on campus. He could cue the martial music and mount a spirited patriotic defense of serving in the military. Instead he repeats his candid admission that he doesn’t recall why he was in sympathy with them but imagines it might have been over the university’s hositility to the military. PS – even when Army ROTC returned, contentious issues remained, e.g. credit for military courses, faculty status of military officers, etc.