{"id":7611,"date":"2006-11-20T01:26:00","date_gmt":"2006-11-20T08:26:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/proteinwisdom.com\/?p=7611"},"modified":"2006-11-20T01:26:00","modified_gmt":"2006-11-20T08:26:00","slug":"first-thing-we-do-is-eff-up-the-military-dan-collins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/proteinwisdom.com\/?p=7611","title":{"rendered":"First Thing We Do Is Eff Up the Military [Dan Collins]"},"content":{"rendered":"

Rep. Rangel will seek to reinstate draft<\/a>\n<\/p>\n

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Americans would have to sign up for a new military draft after turning 18 if the incoming chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee has his way.\n<\/p>\n

\nRep. Charles Rangel, D-N.Y., said Sunday he sees his idea as a way to deter politicians from launching wars and to bolster U.S. troop levels insufficient to cover potential future action in Iran, North Korea and Iraq.\n<\/p>\n

\n“There’s no question in my mind that this president and this administration would never have invaded Iraq, especially on the flimsy evidence that was presented to the Congress, if indeed we had a draft and members of Congress and the administration thought that their kids from their communities would be placed in harm’s way<\/b>*,” Rangel said.\n<\/p>\n

\nRangel, a veteran of the Korean War who has unsuccessfully sponsored legislation on conscription in the past, said he will propose a measure early next year.\n<\/p>\n

\nIn 2003, he proposed a measure covering people age 18 to 26. This year, he offered a plan to mandate military service for men and women between age 18 and 42; it went nowhere in the Republican-led Congress.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

\nDemocrats, he figures, will be in favor of this legislation, because it targets the real enemy<\/i>.  Uh . . . volunteerism.\n<\/p>\n

\n*Apparently the members of our present military have no representation in Congress and the administration, unlike potential conscripts<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Rep. Rangel will seek to reinstate draft Americans would have to sign up for a new military draft after turning 18 if the incoming chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee has his way. Rep. Charles Rangel, D-N.Y., said Sunday he sees his idea as a way to deter politicians from launching wars and to bolster U.S. troop levels insufficient to cover potential future action in Iran, North Korea<\/p>\n

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