Posted on 09/01/2013 5:49:47 PM PDT by Libloather
Rep. Charlie Rangel (D-N.Y.) on Sunday renewed his call to reinstate the draft, arguing a vote should be held on mandatory military service before any decision is taken to launch strikes against Syria.
I truly believe we should have a National Draft Act before the Congress acts, Rangel told MSNBC.
Rangel, a decorated veteran of the Korean War, has for several years introduced legislation to bring back the draft and earlier this, for the first time, advocated that women should be included.
The New York lawmaker said the burden of war unfairly falls on lower-income Americans.
They are not in the Hamptons. They are not in the wealthy neighborhoods, he said.
Rangel, a former chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee and the third-longest-serving member of Congress, has made it clear he will vote no on a forthcoming resolution seeking congressional approval for limited strikes on Syria.
Although Rangel said he is satisfied that Syrian President Bashar Assad is responsible for poison gas attacks on his own people last month, he argued it is not the U.S.s responsibility to respond on behalf of the world.
There is no mandate that the United States of America has to get rid of every evil person, Rangel said.
If its an international problem it should be an international solution.
Rangel said he would not attend a Sunday afternoon members-only briefing for lawmakers on Capitol Hill about the proposed Syrian military strike because he could not justify the use of force to his constituents.
If I have the slightest idea how this gross violation of international law affects citizens of the United States of America, my ears are open to see the connection, he said.
President Obama surprised many in Congress on Saturday by announcing he would seek congressional approval before launching military strikes he argues are necessary to hold Assad accountable for the use of chemical weapons.
In a letter to Obama last week, 53 liberal Democrats including many members of the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) argued that Assads actions "should not draw us into an unwise war without first having Congress authorize the action.
On Sunday, liberal Rep. Alan Grayson (D-Fla.) argued there is no justification for U.S. involvement especially since the country lacks allies for its proposed strikes.
How is it that this is always our responsibility? Grayson said on MSNBC.
The proper course of action is not to bomb Syria, but to take Assad to the international war crimes court in The Hague.
What would change my mind is someone explaining to me what the heck this has to do with us, he said.
Bet he will.
How is it that this is always our responsibility? Grayson said on MSNBC.
Holy Carp! Alan Grayson makes sense to me!
So Zero is going to drag America into such a huge conflict that our volunteer Army can’t handle it? I bet the next great idea that Rabid Rangel has will be to exempt all of “HIS” people because they have suffered enough in America. Here is my idea, take all the A**hats responsible and all the heroes like Rangel and put them on the front line, first to charge. They want to start another war, a religious one at that, they can be the first to die for the muslims.
Kind of torn about this. A normal person would, but a callous prick who loves only himself wouldn't care at all.
He does this because he thinks that blacks are disproportionately sent into battle more than whites...so by a draft all the white kids get to die equally as the black kids
So in a way he is saying "we be racist" for going to war...
Charlie had a good record as soldier.
He believes the draft should be reinstated and 12% be black and the rest white. He claims too many blacks died in Vietnem-—well too many of both races died in Vietnam.
Personally I would like to see the draft reintroduced, but not for Charlies reasons and it isn’t going to happen anyway.
Young men should serve their country in some sort of way so they learn that our Freedoms are not free or fought for by someone else.
With the cuts in our military we have little chance of a draft.
We should give Rangel's proposal serious consideration before any rush to voting for war. If politicians won't commit their children to fighting, we shouldn't get involved.
Can you imagine if Obama, who probably went to college as an Indonesian, had to explain why his daughters shouldn't serve in wars he believes in when they're old enough to do so? Maybe Obama can explain to us why he didn't go in the service after he got his undergraduate degree, instead of going further into debt for education.
Yeah ... what IS it with this guy and the draft?
Draft your political enimies children and send them into unwinnable wars.
The Left wants a draft because it wants to dilute the quality and ability of our professional armed forces.
Rangle rates about as highly as MSNBC.
the draft is sexist, women are not allowed to register for selective service.
And only draft white boys. Right Tawana? I mean Charley?
That must be why America has always needed the draft.
In WWII, 66% of the military was draftees, 93% of the Army, in WWI it was 72% for the Army.
Young black males were underrepresented among the Vietnam dead.
This elected official floats this turd every time.
And it keeps sinking.
I expect McCain to lock arms with Rangel any day now.
Bring back prison time for tax evasion.
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