Silicon Investor (SI) -- The First Internet Community

STOCKTALK

We've detected that you're using an ad content blocking browser plug-in or feature. Ads provide a critical source of revenue to the continued operation of Silicon Investor. We ask that you disable ad blocking while on Silicon Investor in the best interests of our community. If you are not using an ad blocker but are still receiving this message, make sure your browser's tracking protection is set to the 'standard' level.

Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Gordon A. Langston who wrote (343882)	1/16/2003 5:18:39 PM
From: jlallen	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 769670

Rangel was trying to perpetuate the myth that the poor and blacks in particular would shoulder a disproportionate share of the fighting.....

To: Gordon A. Langston who wrote (343882)	1/16/2003 7:03:28 PM
From: Bill	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

He's barking up the wrong tree. No modern president -- Wilson, Roosevelt, Kennedy, Johnson, Nixon, or Bush -- has sent troops to war with offspring in the military. The premise of his stunt is meaningless. Furthermore, it's unlikely we'll ever be involved in a war executed like Korea or Vietnam again. The number of soldiers put at risk of life is now generally limited to how many can be targeted at a single base strike. The biggest threat outside of WMD is friendly fire. But the guy got some publicity, didn't he?