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Congress May Bring Back The Draft
The Partisan ^ | Nick

Posted on 08/01/2010 7:48:14 PM PDT by citizenredstater9271

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To: citizenredstater9271

Yep.


41 posted on 08/01/2010 8:19:51 PM PDT by Texas Fossil (Government, even in its best state is but a necessary evil; in its worst state an intolerable one.)
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To: Gertie
Rep. Charles Rangel introduced a bill in Congress Tuesday to reinstate the military draft, saying fighting forces should more closely reflect the economic makeup of the nation.

Yeah that's one version of the verbiage he has used in the past. Another is along the lines that if rich white men have to send their kids off to war along with the people of color who can't get into college they'll be less likely to start wars or some such drivel....

42 posted on 08/01/2010 8:19:54 PM PDT by ExSoldier (Democracy is 2 wolves and a lamb voting on dinner. Liberty is a well armed lamb contesting the vote.)
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To: citizenredstater9271
The 18 - 24 age group is already losing that magical feeling, if this goes through it will be a full fledged Indian Uprising
43 posted on 08/01/2010 8:22:38 PM PDT by Foolsgold (L I B Lacking in Brains)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
it’ll be for Mr. Obama’s Civilian National Security Force.

Exactly right.. and I'm sure they have designs of putting our men and women under Interpol command as they try to enforce Fascist multiculturalism and flat earth environmentalism. The truth is the real leftist yearns for and would love to join a brown shirt squad.

44 posted on 08/01/2010 8:23:45 PM PDT by Track9 (Liberals are cruel hateful people who think they pass as respectable citizens.)
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To: Abin Sur
No, Rangel will introduce a bill which if passed would bring back the draft. He's done this a number of times in past sessions, and the bill goes nowhere. This one will do the same.

Exactly. The military doesn't even have the machinations in place to deal with an army of conscripts. The entire process of how the military trains, motivates and leads soldiers would have to be retooled from the top down to deal effectively with legions of draftees that don't want to be there.

And would the military even want conscripts? Short answer, they don't. Even with an all-volunteer service, the military is today turning away prospective recruits. The ranks are full.

45 posted on 08/01/2010 8:29:14 PM PDT by Drew68
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To: Tainan

LOL

I once dated a girl that served the airforce. Her entire responsibility...YOU WILL NEVER GUESS.

She designed programs and invitations to retiring officer parties. Oh, and also weddings.


46 posted on 08/01/2010 8:31:16 PM PDT by mamelukesabre (Si Vis Pacem Para Bellum (If you want peace prepare for war))
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To: Personal Responsibility
This bill is not a request born out of need, or even want, on the side of the military. It’s born out of jealousy and malice so Rangel can force “the rich kids” into the military.

And Rangel is going to find himself an "Army of One" trying to get this through congress.

It's never going to happen.

47 posted on 08/01/2010 8:31:25 PM PDT by Drew68
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To: MHGinTN

That’s a good take on it. A lot of common sense.


48 posted on 08/01/2010 8:31:28 PM PDT by Track9 (Liberals are cruel hateful people who think they pass as respectable citizens.)
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To: citizenredstater9271
Rangel introduces this legislation every session. It never gets out of committee.

Welcome to Free Republic.

/johnny

49 posted on 08/01/2010 8:33:01 PM PDT by JRandomFreeper (Gone Galt)
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To: citizenredstater9271

The only way this is going to work out is if it is a scam to get more people on the dole. As in acorn type community organizing disguised as a civilian military. Just another way to funnel more money to the underground marxist organizations.


50 posted on 08/01/2010 8:33:43 PM PDT by mamelukesabre (Si Vis Pacem Para Bellum (If you want peace prepare for war))
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To: citizenredstater9271

What is wrong with bringing back the draft?

It’s the only thing Obama may do that’s right.

Or do you think the burden of defending America should fall on the same 0.3% of the population while the rest of us are at the mall?


51 posted on 08/01/2010 8:34:48 PM PDT by oldbill
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To: oldbill

What is wrong with bringing back the draft?

It’s the only thing Obama may do that’s right.

Or do you think the burden of defending America should fall on the same 0.3% of the population while the rest of us are at the mall?


Don’t be fooled by this. Your understanding of the draft is quite different than theirs..................


52 posted on 08/01/2010 8:37:00 PM PDT by PeterPrinciple ( Seeking the truth here folks.)
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To: dalereed

I still have mine. I even used it to buy beer once about 20 years ago one weekend when I couldn’t find my wallet. That was funny. I had to go through 4 people at the grocery store before I found someone that even knew what I was showing them.


53 posted on 08/01/2010 8:37:24 PM PDT by mamelukesabre (Si Vis Pacem Para Bellum (If you want peace prepare for war))
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To: citizenredstater9271

The draft is another form of a tax. Dems will vote in the draft because they can push other forms of taxes any higher right now.


54 posted on 08/01/2010 8:38:29 PM PDT by Jack Hydrazine (It's the end of the world as we know it and I feel fine!)
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To: citizenredstater9271

They didn’t draft after 26 and that’s when I threw away my draft card, grandpaw!


55 posted on 08/01/2010 8:40:30 PM PDT by dalereed
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To: Jack Hydrazine

LOL couldn’t have said it better myself. this is all part of the socialist takeover of America by N0bama and his cronies.


56 posted on 08/01/2010 8:42:18 PM PDT by citizenredstater9271
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To: oldbill
the burden of defending America should fall on the same 0.3% of the population

Yes. The volunteers. The patriots.

I would never want to serve with draftees. I enlisted the first time because I was young and full of stuff and vinegar. 18 years later, I re-enlisted after I lost a friend in the Pentagon crash. You remember that, it was September 11, 2001.

I didn't exactly volunteer the second time around as much as lawyer my way in, based on my age. I got my waiver, I got to serve.

Big difference between someone that feels like that, and someone forced at gunpoint to serve.

/johnny

57 posted on 08/01/2010 8:43:40 PM PDT by JRandomFreeper (Gone Galt)
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To: RWB Patriot
This is the kid who made the blog.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d5s_Sew3hpI

58 posted on 08/01/2010 8:44:48 PM PDT by citizenredstater9271
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To: oldbill

The problem with the draft is its involuntary. I support our troops 100% but I do not believe the gov. should force you to join the military.


59 posted on 08/01/2010 8:51:47 PM PDT by citizenredstater9271
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To: citizenredstater9271

I was drafted into the service and had to go to Vietnam and carry a rifle next to the DMZ (be a target). Why should my four kids be drafted now and go to a hell hole like Afghanistan to get their butts shot off for this President? Get us out of Afghanistan and get us a new President!


60 posted on 08/01/2010 8:53:02 PM PDT by Rembrandt (.. AND the donkey you rode in on.)
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