Dear Democrats,
This is the best you could come up with, turning Iraq into the next Vietnam? What are you nuts?!?!
Yeah, that’ll work. That’ll fix all the ills of a war that was a bad idea to begin with. That’ll show those wascally Wepublicans (and turn-coat Democrats) who "started" the war. Instead of actually using your new majority to come up with an intelligent and wise exit plan out of Iraq, let’s turn this thing into a true copy of the Vietnam war by sending lots more kids off to die in Iraq by "random" lottery. Way to turn Kerry’s fake "botched joke" into actual botched reality. ‘Cause, you know, the last time ya’ll tried this crap the only kids going to, and dying in, Vietnam were the children of senators and congressmen. Yeah.
There’s no question in my mind that this president and this administration would never have invaded Iraq, especially on the flimsy evidence that was presented to the Congress, if indeed we had a draft and members of Congress and the administration thought that their kids from their communities would be placed in harm’s way," said Rep. Charles Rangel, D-N.Y.
This legislation better not ever see the light of the House floor, nonetheless a vote. That is, if the Democrats actually want to hold on to their majority for more than two years. America’s voters just proved they don’t want another Vietnam. Why on earth do the Democrats think they got the majority job in the first place???
as a 25 year old..
DRAFT CHARLIE RANGEL.
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