House GOP tries to squelch draft rumors

In a sign that the rumors are starting to scare them, the House GOP leadership today was reportedly going to bring up Congressman Rangel's legislation to reinstitute the military draft. The Republican plan was to bring the bill up, have everyone vote against it, then hopefully use this as proof that the draft is NOT coming anytime soon.

Of course, this cute little trick by the GOP is totally meaningless. The reason Americans are worried about the draft isn't because Charlie Rangel introduced a bill. They're worried about the draft because we read every day that our military is undermanned, that Iraq is going from bad to worse, and that the president and his neo-con coterie are planning military action against North Korea, Syria and Iraq next term. In order to meet Bush's need for world conquest we need troops. And we don't have those troops now, and recruitment is faltering. The only way to get those troops is the draft.

The only sure fire way to stop a draft isn't to vote against some meaningless piece of legislation, it's to vote against a meaningless piece of president this November 2.