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<blockquote data-quote="diesel96" data-source="post: 212217" data-attributes="member: 9859"><p>Tyipically,Democratic Party remains strong among blue collar working class whites/union whites, African Americans, Hispanics, while GOP support has swelled among hard line christians, nonunion whites, white collar, well-educated high income professionals, small-business men, managers and corporate executives.</p><p></p><p>Having established that;</p><p></p><p></p><p>George W. Bush and his cronies insist that there are no similarities between their current war in Iraq and America's long and disastrous intervention in Vietnam. While these two wars are actually similar in several respects, there <em>is</em> one crucial difference. Unlike Vietnam, the US armed forces deployed to Iraq are almost entirely drawn from America's working class and its underemployed. For example, only four members of Congress had a child serving in the US military in 2004.</p><p></p><p>A survey of the American military's endlessly compiled and analyzed demographics paints a picture of a fighting force that is anything but a cross section of America. With minorities overrepresented and the wealthy and the underclass essentially absent, with political conservatism ascendant in the officer corps and Northeasterners fading from the ranks, America's 1.4 million-strong military seems to resemble the makeup of a two-year commuter or trade school outside Birmingham or Biloxi.</p><p></p><p>It's just not fair that the people that we ask to fight our wars are people who join the military because of economic conditions, because they have fewer options," said Representative Charles B. Rangel, a Democrat from Manhattan and a Korean War veteran who is calling for restoring the draft.</p><p></p><p></p><p>The most important factor pushing working class families to the center of the Iraq war debate has been the abolition of the draft and the shift to an "all volunteer" military.</p><p>When he orchestrated the end of conscription in 1973, Nixon likely intended to insulate middle and upper class children from death and injury in future wars. (2) If those called to fight are far removed from those wielding political power, then elected officials can passively support unpopular military interventions without fearing much constituent pressure. Further, the death or wounding of a "volunteer" can be rationalized merely the risk he or she assumed in exchange for receiving the benefits of the enlistment contract.</p><p></p><p>Stop Smoking and listening to conservative talk shows Towely (both kills brain cells) and read;</p><p></p><p>Why make statements that are full of</p><p>Mr. Hankey</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="diesel96, post: 212217, member: 9859"] Tyipically,Democratic Party remains strong among blue collar working class whites/union whites, African Americans, Hispanics, while GOP support has swelled among hard line christians, nonunion whites, white collar, well-educated high income professionals, small-business men, managers and corporate executives. Having established that; George W. Bush and his cronies insist that there are no similarities between their current war in Iraq and America's long and disastrous intervention in Vietnam. While these two wars are actually similar in several respects, there [I]is[/I] one crucial difference. Unlike Vietnam, the US armed forces deployed to Iraq are almost entirely drawn from America's working class and its underemployed. For example, only four members of Congress had a child serving in the US military in 2004. A survey of the American military's endlessly compiled and analyzed demographics paints a picture of a fighting force that is anything but a cross section of America. With minorities overrepresented and the wealthy and the underclass essentially absent, with political conservatism ascendant in the officer corps and Northeasterners fading from the ranks, America's 1.4 million-strong military seems to resemble the makeup of a two-year commuter or trade school outside Birmingham or Biloxi. It's just not fair that the people that we ask to fight our wars are people who join the military because of economic conditions, because they have fewer options," said Representative Charles B. Rangel, a Democrat from Manhattan and a Korean War veteran who is calling for restoring the draft. The most important factor pushing working class families to the center of the Iraq war debate has been the abolition of the draft and the shift to an "all volunteer" military. When he orchestrated the end of conscription in 1973, Nixon likely intended to insulate middle and upper class children from death and injury in future wars. (2) If those called to fight are far removed from those wielding political power, then elected officials can passively support unpopular military interventions without fearing much constituent pressure. Further, the death or wounding of a "volunteer" can be rationalized merely the risk he or she assumed in exchange for receiving the benefits of the enlistment contract. Stop Smoking and listening to conservative talk shows Towely (both kills brain cells) and read; Why make statements that are full of Mr. Hankey [/QUOTE]
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