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Rep. Charles Rangel: Perpetuating Anti-Military Myths

AllahPundit at Hot Air has this video of Rep. Charlie Rangel denigrating our troops (again):

I want to make it abundantly clear: if there’s anyone who believes that these youngsters want to fight, as the Pentagon and some generals have said, you can just forget about it. No young, bright individual wants to fight just because of a bonus and just because of educational benefits. And most all of them come from communities of very, very high unemployment. If a young fella has an option of having a decent career or joining the army to fight in Iraq, you can bet your life that he would not be in Iraq.

It was less than a month ago that Sen. John Kerry (D–MA) called our brave men and women in the military stupid. Now, we have Rep. Charlie — fresh on the heels of insulting the fine folks of Mississippi — once again perpetuating the Left’s favorite anti-military myth: that the US Military is disproportionately comprised of uneducated, poor, and easily duped minorities who had no better options than joining the military.

The Left so wants this to be true, because they just can’t fathom the truth: that there are numerous men and women better than themselves who willingly and knowingly volunteer to defend their country as their first career option. This Heritage Foundation report — which I’ve written about here and here — debunks this myth with facts.

This report has been out for nearly two years now, and I have yet to see anybody refute the data.

It’s also telling that the Left doesn’t see a career of military service as a decent career. I’d counter that on the scale of all career choices, I’d place a career of military service as the pinnacle of noble, dignified, and decent careers. Conversely, I’d place a lifetime career as a teat-sucking politician somewhere near the very bottom. Just above kiddie-porn producer and just below political activist.

The only real myth here is that the Left “supports the troops”.
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OTHERS:

But as difficult as it must be to fight and bleed for your country and come home unappreciated and derided, it might be worse to be pitied as a hapless moron duped by the Man and used for his enrichment. Today’s warriors are facing the prospect of both.

But Rangel (D-NY) isn’t joking, as Lurch so clumsily tried to claim he was. Rangel really believes that no “bright” young person joins the armed forces.

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trackbacked at Wake Up Americans

Posted by Robbie Cooper on Monday, November 27th, 2006 | Trackback |

13 Responses to “Rep. Charles Rangel: Perpetuating Anti-Military Myths”

Unless you believe the poor are somehow inferior Rangel isn’t ‘insulting’ the military. He may have a mistaken impression of that the military is composed of the very poor but that isn’t an insult.

Left by Preston on November 27th, 2006 at 11:48 am

So Rangel thinks that nobody believes people who join the military want to fight? So what does John Q Public think they want to do? Better yet, what do we expect them to do?

How many of you go to your job expecting that you shouldn’t have to do the job you’re paid to do but still collect a paycheck and get the benefits?

Life doesn’t work that way. The benefits of the job are just that - benefits of doing the job.

Left by Anonymous on November 27th, 2006 at 12:47 pm

[...] » Rep. Charles Rangel: Perpetuating Anti-Military Myths from UrbanGrounds Its also telling that the Left doesnt see a career of military service as a decent career. Id counter that on the scale of all career choices, Id place a career of military service as the pinnacle of noble, dignified, and de… [Read More] [...]

Left by BLACKFIVE: Who exactly is lacking a connection to our armed forces? on November 27th, 2006 at 1:07 pm

Preston…what Rangel said is that the Military is not a decent career choice. I find that insulting.

Rangle also had this (lie) to say about the demographics of the military:

A disproportionate number of the poor and members of minority groups make up the enlisted ranks of the military, while most privileged Americans are underrepresented or absent.

This diminishes the service of all who serve by implying that nobody who has any better options would join the military. I find that insulting too.

Left by Robbie on November 27th, 2006 at 3:16 pm

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Left by Flopping Aces » Blog Archive » Getting The News From The Enemy, Update on November 27th, 2006 at 9:32 pm

Anybody that “supports” the troops in reality will do that in two ways.

One, by not sending them into a war unless it is absolutely essential. And two, when they are sent, regardless of the reason, by staying out of their way and letting them do the job they were sent to do.

The military is not a police force. They are military. Their job is to kill the enemy, as many as possible, and to destroy their infrastructure, regardless of how many civilians are killed in the process. As unfortunate as that fact is, it is a fact nevertheless.

Until this is realized the United States will lose every god damn war it fights in from here on out. And ironically, more people will be killed in the long run, on both sides, and at greater expense.

Left by Patrick Kelley on November 27th, 2006 at 9:44 pm

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Left by Pierre Legrand’s Pink Flamingo Bar » MSM not wrong, just on the otherside. pt 296 War Crimes edition. on November 27th, 2006 at 11:39 pm

Charles Rangel Says Soldiers Enlist Because of Lac

According to Representative Charlie Rangel the U.S.A. is the Land of Lack of Opportunity.

He’s declaring that it is a lack of options in America that induces young men to enlist in the Armed Services. Nevermind that we currently have a record low …

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Left by Pierre Legrand’s Pink Flamingo Bar on November 28th, 2006 at 4:29 am

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