[Eva]

While some of what you are saying is true, you miss the point of Rangel's call for a draft. Rangel is opposed to the war in Iraq or on terrorism for that matter, and he longs for the days when anti-war demonstrations on college campuses were an everyday occurrence. He sees the draft as the ultimate tool to divide the country against itself, the young against the middle aged, the poor against the rich and the weak against the strong.

Rangel longs for the time when Liberals could claim some moral authority and actually had a cause to stand behind.
Rangel thinks that he can get away with calling for the draft on racial issues, saying that it is only fair and then he will turn around and say, but we shouldn't need the draft because we shouldn't be at war in the first place.

Ignore Rangel, don't even give him a platform to stand on, his statements are totally disingenuous.

[NorthGA]

My daugher joined the guard to help pay for college expenses. She is an enlisted private. I was really surprised to see the demographics of her army basic training unit... Many college graduates, and many who really had a lot of intelligence.

I had a lot of my assumptions and prejudices debunked - maybe Rangel can open his eyes also.