Posted on 11/27/2006 5:13:00 PM PST by Laissez-faire capitalist
Hence hgis support for the draft. If even our volunteers are there voluntary, why shouldn't everyone be?
I want to make it abundantly clear: if there's anyone who believes that these youngsters want to fight, as the Pentagon and some generals have said, you can just forget about it. No young, bright individual wants to fight just because of a bonus and just because of educational benefits. And most all of them come from communitiies of very, very high unemployment. If a young fella has an option of having a decent career or joining the army to fight in Iraq, you can bet your life that he would not be in Iraq.
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You can just feel the love coming from Rangel towards the military, can't you? /sarc.
Can you feel the love coming from Rangel? Can you feel his love for the military? /sarc.
Keep taking Rangel, keep talking.
You will endear yourself further to the heroes of this nation just as Kerry did.
The moment I heard John Kerry's so-called "joke" I knew at that moment he was talking about the draft.
WOW..I never in a million years thought I would agree with Rangel, but you know what...he is RIGHT!
Many of the people who sign up don't do it for the benefits or the bonus...they sign up because they love this Country and they believe FREEDOM is worth dying for!
Of course the America haters, blame America leftist commies wouldn't understand that and they NEVER will!
The best and the brightest had plenty of options, yet they chose to serve anyway.
At the Naval Academy, when it came to service selection; aviation, surface Navy, submarine Navy or Marines, requests for the Marine Corps set a record. The Navy accepted a record number.
And this despite most assuredly becoming Platoon Leaders in Iraq after The Basic School at Quantico. And knowing the costs of war, having attended memorials and funerals for upperclassmen who mentored them before graduating and leaving for war.
And by the way....as you watch the march on to the field of Saturday's Army Navy game, the Midshipman in charge of the Brigade, known as the "Midshipman Captain", already has his degree from University of Southern California (USC).
The only loser without options I see in this debate is Charlie Rangel.
rangel may be a veteran of the Korean "Conflict" but he is now nothing more than a race-baiting hustler from one of the worst areas of the USA. Whenever I see the visage of his pomaded hair and pencil mustache and hear the vitriol he spews about America and Americans I change the channel as quickly as I can before I hurl. Traitor!
so what was HIS excuse...??? FPOS.
Charlie wants to promote his liberal, bumper sticker, "logic", so the facts don't matter.
Most liberals are comfortable spouting an assumption that has no basis in fact, but supports a sterotype that promotes their agenda.
Rangel is bitter alright! But, IMHO, his bitterness is political and he would use 'anything' to erase his bitterness. Next he will advertise for sale the soul of his mother so that democs can control the WH, House and Senate.
What is it that makes old bitter people like Charlie hang onto political office? He should retire and count his blessings........
And the horse he rode in on.What an ass ol'Charlie has become.
Actually, there's an even better way -- give each veteran one "GET OUT OF INCOME TAX FREE" card for every few years of honorable service (transferrable to heirs if KIA). That would be more valuable to the (supposedly) military-averse Eeeevil Rich... and would salt the population with examples of how much better life can be when Uncle Sam isn't in your wallet....
Isn't he another pelosi favorite? They just keep hanging themselves by their tongues.
I wonder if this POS was a draftee. He sure as heck doesn't sound like he was ever "Regular Army".
Black men who could use the education and the experience don't join up and wind up with no career.
"Rangle is bitter about his experience in Truman's miserable Army in Korea where I was too."
That's what I figured. Was he drafted, too? Anyway, military service hasn't seemed to hurt his career.
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