Decoding Draft Double-Speak

In spite of several Leftist pundits calling for a military draft in the last few years and, conversely, warning that the Bush Administration is planning to re-institute it, Don Surber remembers that only Democrat legislators have officially made the attempt to bring back conscription--unpopular among civilians and, most importantly, among members of the modern-day military, nearly universally so.

(BTW, in 2004, House Republicans scheduled the exclusively Democrat-sponsored and co-sponsored draft bill to be put up for a vote in order to have it die a quick death; it worked. H. R. 163 [108th Congress] was duly massacred 402-2. Even Charles Rangel (D-NY), one of the authors of the bill, voted against it. However, click on the link to see which two House members voted 'yea.' Hint: one is a Republican.)

Says Don:

So let us review: The left wants the draft because soldiers today do not meet their standards and they want 53-year-old Republicans to go to war, except that they also think the draft is “far outside of what the American public would find acceptable.”

Meanwhile, Bush has steadfastly opposed the draft.

Logic and liberal “thought” do not mix, do they?

Normally I would agree. However, in this case the logic is pretty tight. It doesn't matter whether Leftists succeed in bringing back the draft or whether they succeed in planting the idea that the president wants to do so. All the Anti-war Left wants is to instill fear of conscription.

Leftists remember that as soon as the draft was abolished in 1973, the massive anti-Vietnam War protests ended. Therefore, the Left reasons that a new draft would step up the frequency, attendance and vehemence of anti-Iraq War protests which, hopefully (for the Left), would hasten the end of our involvement in Iraq. Thus do the contradictory stances regarding a phantom draft make perfect sense. Simple, really.

And yes, they want us out of Afghanistan too, no matter what they say.

(Thanks to that Glenn)

UPDATE: Links fixed.

UPDATE: Damn you, Internet Explorer! If you're having problems reading my site or any of the links to old posts using IE, here's the list of Democrats who sponsored/co-sponsored the Universal National Service Act of 2003 (108th Congress--H.R. 163/S. 89):

House:

Charles Rangel, NY
Neil Abercrombie, HI
Corrine Brown, FL
Donna M. Christensen, VI
William Lacy Clay, MO
John Conyers, Jr., MI
Elijah E. Cummings, MD
Alcee L. Hastings, FL
Sheila Jackson-Lee, TX
John Lewis, GA
Jim McDermott, WA
James P. Moran, VA
Eleanor Holmes Norton, DC
Fortney Pete Stark, CA
Nydia M. Velazquez, NY

Senate:

Fritz Hollings, SC

Or you could get Firefox.