Rep. Rangel will seek to reinstate draft

AP via Yahoo! ^ | November 19, 2006 | AP

[BurbankKarl]

Good point!

[leadpenny]

I like Rangel and respect his service but he is not the reason I support the draft. I enlisted in 61. I served with draftees before, during and after Vietnam. I even trained some of the last draftees as a basic training company commander in 73/74. I know the GOP takes credit for getting rid of the draft but, imo, it was a knee-jerk, reactive appeasement to the Left.

[2dogjoe]

Rangel: A bumbling idiot.

[Nathan Zachary]

"Pete I would be willing to bet that a good portion of those drafted would have to be placed in special platoons just to be able to be phyically fit enough just to complete basic training."

You got that right. It would take an extra 6 months of hard physical training just to get them is shape to pass basic training requirements.

Perhaps a pre-draft draft is needed in this country, draft them into "biggest looser" farm farms, then draft those who make it through that into service. otherwize we'll need to build bigger ships and subs to haul all that unfit lard into war zones, not to mention the additional costs of XXXX size body armor, clothing, extra large ration packs, etc.

[processing please hold]

I like Rangel

You LIKE Rangel?!?!

[Centurion2000]

A BAD idea. As a military member, I only want people who want to stand next to me during war

Agreed, having a slave soldier next to you is not good for discipline or for fighting.

[Zack Nguyen]

Let the record show that a leftist Democrat is advocating for a draft, not a pro=war Republican.

[leadpenny]

Am I not allowed to like Rangel?

[pandoraou812]

Look I am not against serving my country at all or a draft. However I think it has to be done differently then ever before. We have so many kids that have been on all kinds of medication, that have anger issues, depression etc. Not to mention the drug addicts. What does Rangel plan to do with kids like this in the draft?

[Prost1]

I support the draft. I was drafted and I think those who were 1a or even 4f should serve in some capacity.

That way everyone has a stake in their country and its security.

The draft should include all services and all departments of government. Congress should not have staff, but drafted workers. The department of Interior, the Welfare department and so on should all use draftees.

Let's be fair. It is not just the military that makes this country strong so we should insist Congress use only draftees.

[processing please hold]

Hey, to each his own.

[CatoRenasci]

I have always believed in the draft. One thing sadly missing in this country is a sense of civic duty. the draft provided that. Wrong, wrong, wrong. Not that we lack civic duty, but that a draft provides it. Coercing people to serve only instills resentment. If people had a sense of civic duty, no draft would be required except in the most exigent circumstances, as late in the Civil War.

Rather than support conscription, I would support a system where service was voluntary, but a prerequisite to holding civic office and voting.

[leadpenny]

I don't know.

[Mo1]

Do ya think those college democrats might be rethinking their vote after hearing this news?

[lapdog]

I heard Rangel make this argument before the election. It wouldn't have made any difference if his idea had been plastered across the front pages of every major paper. The American people are politically ignorant. Blissfully stupid is probably more accurate. A poll prior to the election claimed less then 50% of Americans knew who Nancy Pelosi was. 2 heartbeats from the presidency and unknown. The dumbing down of America has been quite successful. Doomed, doomed, I tell you.

[TET1968]

Rangle is a Korean War Vet.

So is Lt. Col. Harry Fleming.

[leadpenny]

I don't dislike everyone I disagree with. Rangel supports many things I don't but he's an American who served his country during Korea and he is serving his country now.

[Howlin]

I'm sure they still don't believe it.

[Let's Roll]

The point is to weaken or destroy the military. Rangel wants to fill its ranks with the unwilling or the unable.