Episode 22- Rangel's Draft Proposal: Hell no we won't go

Since before the invasion of Iraq, Charles Rangel has been proposing a reinstatement of the draft.  Ostensibly it's about "sharing" the burden of defending our country, but in reality it's really about grabbing headlines.  Part of hippie folklore is that the military draws disproportionately from the poor and minorities.  This buttresses their belief that if the privileged classes shared the burden, there would be no war in Iraq.  Bob and Mark discuss this and show that it is patently false.  America's armed forces are one of the few institutions that actually closely mirrors demographic characteristics of
the American population as a whole. 

Links:
Stupid soldiers: Central to the Left's Worldview

Who Bears the Burden?

Who Are the Recruits? The Demographic Characteristics of U.S.
Military Enlistment, 2003–2005

Kerry implies that soldiers are stupid

Kerry's "apology"

Charlie Rangel on Face the Nation (see related video for the
Lindsey Graham clip)

Racial Divide Evident in Military by Juan Gonzalez