What the democrats are doing is unforgivable...one of their own introduces a bill (Rangel) and then the democrats say Bush wants it...?
For the September 29 CyberAlert article about the September 28
CBS Evening News draft story, with a picture of Beverly Cocco:
mediaresearch.org
Now, a full transcript of the much more reasoned September 29
NBC Nightly News story. Anchor Tom Brokaw introduced it: "One
issue that may come up tomorrow, tonight, the military draft.
Senator Kerry has already suggested President Bush may be forced
to re-institute the draft after the election to deal with the
pressures on military manpower. The Bush campaign has persistently
and vigorously denied that, but as NBC's Jim Miklaszewski reports
in our series 'Iraq: The Real Story,' the Internet is aflame with
stories that the draft is coming back."
Miklaszewski began, over video of a college student on a bike:
"Twenty-year-old Jeremy Toure (sp?), a junior at the University of
Arizona, got the scare of his life recently: an e-mail that said
if George Bush is re-elected, he will reinstate the military
draft."
Jeremy Toure, University of Arizona student, sitting by his
computer: "I thought this is incredible, you know, to suggest that
a draft is going to be instituted, you know, harkening back to the
days of Vietnam, which is a scary, scary thought."
Miklaszewski: "Today, Vice President Dick Cheney strongly
denied it."
Dick Cheney at a campaign event: "The notion that somebody's
peddling out there that there's a secret plan to reinstate the
draft, hogwash, not true."
Miklaszewski: "But college-aged students and their parents
across the country are being bombarded with the draft warning
[shots of Web pages and flyers, one with "You're Gonna Get
Drafted"]. Internet postings claim the Selective Service system
has been given $28 million to prepare for a draft and is secretly
hiring 10,000 people for draft boards nationwide. Pentagon
officials call it bunk. ["BUNK!" in red over Selective Service
logo, shot of Web page and text at bottom of screen reading "Extra
$28 million" and "10,000 Draft Board Members."]
"The e-mails also highlight two bills to reinstate the draft
pending in the House and Senate. But both have almost no political
support. And both are sponsored by Democrats. Congressman Charlie
Rangel admits he introduced his bill in part as a protest to the
war in Iraq."
Rep. Charles Rangel (D-NY): "I want to make it clear this war
is stupid, it is unnecessary."
Miklaszewski: "It may sound strange, but most Pentagon and
military leaders actually oppose the draft because, they say, the
all-volunteer Army is working. Generally, today's soldiers are in
the Army because they want to be. Drafted soldiers would be forced
to serve, and then for only two years, barely enough time to train
them for today's high-tech force."
Loren Thompson, military expert: "There are so many specific
skills you need that you can't just bring somebody in, train them
for six months, and send them to Iraq. They won't know what to
do."
Miklaszewski concluded by seeing an upside to the hoax: "If
more soldiers are needed, the military says they'll increase
incentives to volunteers like enlistment bonuses up to $20,000.
After looking into it, Jeremy Toure decided the draft scare is a
political hoax. But if anything, it still convinced him to vote in
November. Jim Miklaszewski, NBC News, the Pentagon."
The second hoax promoted by CBS News this month. |
