I, for one, would still refuse to go. Maybe that’s the point, but I’m still not sure I like it.
Rangel calls for mandatory military service:
In October, he voted against a joint resolution authorizing military action against Iraq. It passed 296-133 in the House and 77-23 in the Senate.
“When you talk about a war, you’re talking about ground troops, you’re talking about enlisted people, and they don’t come from the kids and members of Congress,” he said.
“I think, if we went home and found out that there were families concerned about their kids going off to war, there would be more cautiousness and a more willingness to work with the international community than to say, ‘Our way or the highway.'”
that whole idea runs right along the same line as the “worker, peasant, soldiers” of China’s cultural revolution. creepy. anyway, happy new year.
You’re right. By the way, I really love your website.