Rep. Rangel: Wrong on the facts, wrong on the draft
November 28, 2006| By Nathaniel Ward
The Left can’t seem to stop getting the facts wrong on the military. A few weeks back, Sen. John Kerry (D-MA) argued that the military is composed of those who do poorly in school. Heritage was there with the facts to prove that those in the military are actually better-educated than the average American.
Click here to read the whole Heritage study on the troops that refutes these claims.
Rep. Charles Rangel (D-NY) has now come out with another whopper. In a New York Daily News column arguing for a new military draft to “share the burden” across the population, he falsely alleged that
The great majority of people bearing arms for this country in Iraq are from the poorer communities in our inner cities and rural areas, places where enlistment bonuses are up to $40,000 and thousands in educational benefits are very attractive. For people who have college as an option, those incentives—at the risk to one’s life—don’t mean a thing.
Then he told Fox News over the weekend that young people join the armed forces only as a last resort. “If a young fella has an option of having a decent career or joining the army to fight in Iraq,” he said, “you can bet your life that he would not be in Iraq.” Click here to watch the whole video on the Hot Air weblog.
Click here to read the debunking of these myths.
Nathaniel Ward is the Editor of MyHeritage.org—a website for members and supporters of The Heritage Foundation.
