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 it’s 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 Assad’s 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.
Huh?
A normal person would pull strings to keep his nephews and grand kids out of military service, but a callous man who loves only himself wouldn’t?
What???
THIS is the 'actual news' in this article.
If not even RANGEL will vote for it, the answer is already NO.
“What???”
I will say it plainly. Rangel may not care what happens to his family members.
Send the striking fast food employees over there.
By pulling strings to keep them out of military service, that is caring?
+1
You and your children first, Charlie.
Anyone who publicly advocates war should be immediately subject to the draft, no matter what his age.
Any politician who favors war should be in the first assault wave, and if he votes for war, he should remain in the front lines until the war is over.
But come time to deploy, they'll whine that they can't harm their bros.
I agree with him on this one. The draft would help to bring the nation together—the first group should be young black Americans. they want to shoot people—let them shoot America’s enemies. Illegal aliens should also be on the list. Maybe a ‘foreign legion’ should be formed—Want to be an American? Earn it in the military!
I would hope there were nationwide riots and a civil war if national slavery “draft” were instituted.
I do not think national slavery serves the cause of “liberty” at all.
You think citizenship should be earned by becoming a member of Obama’s Domestic Army? Working for the US government at taxpayers expense makes you a credit to the country somehow?
Where is the lesson in that?
Your right, Rangal has been talking draft since the Bush Adm. He hopes to have riots on the campus’s across the country like in the 60’s....a democrats dream.
If the DEMOCRATS bring back the draft, then GIRLS need to be drafted also!! Fair is Fair.
Under one circumstance reinstate the draft,NO EXCEPTIONS,EVERYONE GOES,NO COLLEGE EXCEPTIONS,NOTHING EVERYONE GOES.
But of course like Obamacare Government workers and unions would get exemptions
Bring back the draft before launching air strikes in Syria
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Rangel Translated: Kill the young men and women who are sons and daughters of wealthy white people.
These leftist black politicians want a race war very, very badly. What a bunch of treasonous bashturds!
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