Posted by
Tzimisce on Thursday, November 23, 2006 9:48:58 PM
I'm stunned by the response to my original column "Bring Back Nam." A
lot of people "disagree with my arguments" but don't say why.
Apparently the peaceniks can't wait to be conscripted into the US army.
You lefties will be ecstatic to hear that there is a trial balloon
being floated around that gays will be quotaed in to the new draft. So
long "Don't ask, don't tell".
They'll also be happy to know that under the proposed draft, women will
be serving in combat. And it's starting to look like yes, draftees will
come from the pool of people between 18 and 42.
Each one of these details has been met with more applause from the anti
war crowd. We all know the real reason the left is so happy: it's
really lonely at the peace march these days. Rangel wants "a generation
of Democrat control". He believes that a reinstatement of the draft
will do just that and his supporters think so as well. Nam is arguably
what solidified 40 years of Democratic rule.
Oh joy. Forty more years of neo aristocrats lording over us. Seventy percent of Americans are opposed to a draft.
But don't know what's good for them. If they did, Liberals would be out
of a job. So lefties are going to attempt to *force* a draft on us.
Don't worry though, when election time rolls around they'll blame war
mongering conservatives. Of course even if we're at peace, we'll still
be conscripting people but that won't matter either.
Again: Rangel says that he wants a draft so that politicians will have
a stake in wars. Maybe (he rationalizes) if the children of politicians
were in danger war wouldn't exist. I can't help but wonder if he's
talking about the same Politicians who wrote themselves out of Social
Security and the Civil Rights act. I can't help but wonder if he's
talking about the same people who were outraged when the FBI searched
the office of William Jefferson just a few months ago *despite the fact
that the feds had a warrant.*
I still have a hard time seeing Chelsea Clinton being drafted and sent
to war. It's more likely that her *rich and powerful* parents will hire
high priced lawyers to get her off the hook. It's likely that other
rich and powerful people who find see their children drafted will
threaten to cut off those very important campaign contributions to get
their children out.
The rich kids who do go will probably end up as officers. Most of them
have some level of college - thus CO is a very distinct possibility.
They'll get desk jobs far, far away from the real carnage.
Thus the poor (that libs claim to care more about than anyone else)
will suffer worst than anyone else. But who cares as long as it keeps
the left in power?
There was at least one person who emailed me forwarding the theory that
a draft would bring an end to the use of foreign mercenaries. That's
really a stupid chain of logic. If you want to end the use of
mercenaries, you push for a law banning the use of mercenaries - not a
draft.
I'm warning you peaceniks right now: don't confuse "antidraft" with
"antiwar". You will one day find that that line of thinking will come
back to bite you.