hell no, we won’t go!

Charlie Rangel misses sex, drugs, rock ‘n’ roll, the civil rights movement, and…the draft:

“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,” Rangel said.

Rangel, a veteran of the Korean War who has unsuccessfully sponsored legislation on conscription in the past, has said the all-volunteer military disproportionately puts the burden of war on minorities and lower-income families.

Please. The Democrats are making fools of themselves.

We may yet end up with a draft—I don’t discount it, and it sends a chill up my spine to think that we might actually end up in a war that requires it—but this is so transparently political. And so ill-timed.