Rangel: Men Join The Army Only If They Can’t Have A “Decent Career”
Posted on November 26, 2006
Hot Air has the video:
I want to make it abundantly clear: if there’s anyone who believes that these youngsters want to fight, as the Pentagon and some generals have said, you can just forget about it. No young, bright individual wants to fight just because of a bonus and just because of educational benefits. And most all of them come from communities of very, very high unemployment. If a young fella has an option of having a decent career or joining the army to fight in Iraq, you can bet your life that he would not be in Iraq.
As soon as the Democrats take control they allow people like Rangel to be their mouthpieces and just as quickly find a foot in that mouth. This quote is Rangel’s explanation of why he supports the draft. One would think after the Kerry episode these idiots would be more careful in how the word things. I don’t know how anyone could interpret Rangel’s statement as anything other than a direct insult to those serving in our military. Apparently, Rangel does not believe being in the army is a decent career. Many people in the military do make the choice to join because of a conviction to a patriotic duty. Those are the kind of people I want in our military. If we were to follow Rangel’s advice of a draft our military would be full of people that do not want to be there.
Pay attention to what Rangel is saying, it is the economic and educational benefits that are the main attraction for people to enlist. To follow his logic we could just repeal all of these and we wouldn’t have any volunteers.
As Allahpundit points out:
If Rangel’s serious about addressing economic inequality in the military, there’s an easy way to do it without imposing a draft. Simply repeal all major economic incentives to enlistment. Per RangelLogic, let the morality of every war be judged by the number of patriots willing to volunteer for it. “Bad” wars will attract few enlistees and end quickly in defeat as we run out of troops; “good” wars, just the opposite. He’d never accept that proposal, of course, because it could conceivably require him to admit that certain wars he opposes are “good” and, worse, that the troops who signed up for them are morally culpable in their execution.
Of course Rangel would never support anything like that, but that is where his illogic leads.
Uncle Jimbo says sums it up well:
I guess it’s inconceivable to Chuck that there are actually people who can look at the world see the dangers we face and consciously choose to meet that threat so others don’t have to. He also repeats the repeatedly debunked BS about the poor brown kids dying so W and Cheney can make money. What a world class jackass. Enjoy your two years in the sun you sanctimonious, s**thead, You , Pelosi, Jackass Murtha, Freakin’ Lurch, Al Gore, Howard Dean, there is no way that cast of clowns doesn’t remind America that even though things have been tough, handing the keys to to a bunch of asylum inmates doesn’t make much sense either.
On Rangel’s quote: “I want to make it abundantly clear: if there’s anyone who believes that these youngsters want to fight, as the Pentagon and some generals have said, you can just forget about it.” What if THEY said it themselves? I’m sure it might surprise Mr. Rangel but most of the military folks I know joined out of patriotic duty, did have an education, and were not poor. I’m not sure what kind of education Rangel has, but it obviously didn’t do anything to stop the stupid in his brain from reaching his mouth.
Seems to me that Rangel was doing his best Kerry impression, but don’t expect even a half hearted lame excuse of a botched joke this time. No, this won’t get as much attention as Kerry’s comments, it isn’t election time anymore…but file it away for later reference. I hope the libtards keep running their idiot yap like this for the next two years.
The thing is that this wasn’t part of some botched joke or half-assed attempt at a joke after the fact. Rangel truly believes this stuff.
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Rangel demonstrates the definition of “bigotry” with these comments.
“If a young fella has an option of having a decent career or joining the army to fight in Iraq, you can bet your life that he would not be in Iraq.” Jay
We will now exit the fantasy world created be Mr. Rangel and enter the real world where not everyone has an option of having a decent career except in the army. These guys tend to reup so why are they going back in if they would rather find a career. I believe the first time gives them their education benefits.
According to the numbers in this article, the reenlistment rates are south of 40%, despite record bonuses.
I disagree with Rangel’s conclusion, but anecdotally, it seems to me like there is a lot of truth to his premise. I know a handful of men that have joined the military in the past five years. All were in their early 20s with middle class backgrounds. One became a doctor for the navy in exchange for the educational benefits. The rest became grunts. The doctor was the only one making any progress in civilian life.
One became a doctor for the navy in exchange for the educational benefits. The rest became grunts.
How many of the five saw combat and if any, which ones?
No, this won’t get as much attention as Kerry’s comments, it isn’t election time anymore…
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