I'm flabbergasted! I am gasted with flabber!

[allisnow]

Rangel Calls for Reinstating Military Draft

WASHINGTON — A senior House Democrat said Sunday he will introduce legislation to reinstate the military draft, asserting that current troop levels are insufficient to sustain possible challenges against Iran, North Korea and Iraq.

*gasp* A Democrat would do something like that?

Comments

[fenchurche.livejournal.com]

IIRC, he's actually been calling for one for awhile now... despite the fact that the military leaders have repeatedly told him they don't need one and they definitely don't want one.

[allisnow.livejournal.com]

Yeah, he has... back in 2003, wasn't it? Wiki mentions it, but oddly enough doesn't mention which party in the HoR proposed it.

[particle-mann.livejournal.com]

If I'm not mistaken (and I certainly could be), I believe the Republicans introduced it the last time, where it was voted down on something like a 402-2 vote (yes, Rangel voted against his own bill). When asked to explain his vote, the good Congressman claimed that it was rushed through the House without a full hearing as a political dirty trick.