That headline defines the liberals' wet dream to a t.
Is'nt this what the left wants?
I'm surprised Dennis Byrne wrote this article.
I wonder if the worlds free peoples understand what they have done to the worlds lone protector?
There's a show on Discovery about all the latest advances on lethal and ingenious US/Brit futuristic weapons of war. We have the Macho men and women of the 'reality based' survivalist shows strutting their narcissism on FOX. We're all walking around in camo chic accessories. I could email you a photo of a stripper flashing a camo g-string. We believe war is a video game waged over the wire, then the winner has a high-five moment and kisses the girl. It's all for show then. Will we cut'n'run? Again? Are we now and forever after in homage to Chairman Mao: 'the virtual tiger'?
And Charlie Rangel of NY wants to dust off that 2003 to reinstate the draft. See below:
McDermott Co-Sponsors Legislation to Reinstate the Draft (Democrats, not Republicans!)
United States Congressman Jim McDermott, Democrat - Washington State ^ | January 2003 | Jim McDermott
McDermott Co-Sponsors Legislation to Reinstate the Draft
January 7, 2003 - For Immediate Release
Washington, DC-- Congressman Jim McDermott (Democrat) has announced his co-sponsorship of Congressman Charles Rangel's (Democrat) legislation to reinstate the military draft and other forms of national service. The bill would require Americans between 18 and 26 to serve two years in the military or in civilian service in furtherance of the national defense and homeland security.
The bill, HR 163, is intended to ensure that the burden of military service is not borne disproportionately by the poor and numbers of minority groups.
Congressman McDermott commented that "I believe that if those who are pushing for war knew that their children might be required to share the burden of that war, there might be a greater willingness to work toward peace and a diplomatic solution. If, despite our best efforts, we end up in armed conflict, then fairness dictates that the sons and daughters of all classes participate."
" I am pleased to be an original co-sponsor of Congressman Rangel's bill, McDermott continued. " If we need to re-instate the draft in order to make the Administration consider the chilling consequences of war, so be it. I hope this will make them realize how important a diplomatic solution really is. "
In underscoring the need for broad public discussion about committing troops to conflict, McDermott reiterated his view that it is time to consider a period of compulsory service for every young person in our country. "The draft ended thirty years ago, and since then the sense of obligation as the price of citizenship has faded," he said. I agree with Congressman Rangel that we need to find ways to share the sacrifices associated with committing our country to war, whether it's a campaign against illiteracy, poverty, hunger, or terrorism."
Congressman McDermott served as a Lieutenant Commander in the U.S. Navy Medical Corps at the Long Beach Naval Station in California from 1968 to 1970. Congressman Rangel served in the U.S. Army in Korea from 1948 to 1952.
We have made much worse mistakes in Iraq than in Nam. In Nam our President did not call Communism an ideology of Peace, and in Nam we did not allow the South Vietnamese to create a constitution that stated that NO LAW SHALL CONTRADICT ISLAM.