<div>Ok. Let's give Rangel the benefit of the doubt. What is the achilles heel of the war machine? </div> <div> </div> <div>It is the draft - especially drafting middle class kids (forget upper class as they will have the connections and money to evade). </div> <div> </div> <div>Instituting something like this could also mean pushing in an agitprop way a moratorium on war. Maybe my analysis is far reacing - but if Rangel really wants to make a point - he knows another draft will inevitably foster a serious dialogue about war and our foreign policy. It may even usher in another 68'er type revolution in this country - especially against corporate power as I'm sure this dialogue will connect the dots between those making the wars and companies who profit from it. <BR></div> <div>It's a risky endeavor, but might be enough to wake us up. </div> <div> </div> <div>On the other hand - he could be just another right wing Democrat who believes in American
hegemony and the neo-liberal order. if that is the case - then we should fight him tooth and nail. </div> <div><BR><B><I>Doug Henwood <dhenwood@panix.com></I></B> wrote:</div> <BLOCKQUOTE class=replbq style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid">Do we know what Rangel's motives are? Is he really serious, or is he <BR>just trying to smoke out the inevitable objections to make a <BR>political point?<BR><BR>Doug<BR>___________________________________<BR>http://mailman.lbo-talk.org/mailman/listinfo/lbo-talk<BR></BLOCKQUOTE><BR><p> 
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