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Monday, 20 November 2006
"Translation help needed: Decode Rangel"

See previous: Democrat Plan Summarized in One Word: Draft

Video: Rangel says Iraq volunteers
are in it for the money, or something
Allahpundit (H/T: Michelle)

I’ve watched this five times and I’m still not sure what he’s saying. I think he’s trying to argue that there’s no legitimate national security interest to our being in Iraq because, if there were, we wouldn’t have to recruit the poor by running ads and offering financial incentives. Patriotism would be incentive enough and would cut across classes. But since patriotism apparently isn’t enough, that proves the war is illegitimate which means the poor end up bearing a disproportionate share of the burden which in turn means we should either limit our strategic options by eschewing war entirely to prevent this inequity or reinstate the draft so that the sacrifice is shared equitably among people who didn’t enlist and don’t want to be there. Which I guess means the war in Afghanistan is illegitimate too.

He also gently reminds Pelosi that the new Democratic Congress is supposed to be about hearings, fact-finding, deliberation. So why the rush to get this issue off the table? ...

[video link]

Posted by Bill Faith on November 20, 2006 at 11:05 PM in Moonbat Madness, Politics | Permalink

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