#US #Syri #War #StopTheWar “I truly believe we should have a National #Draft Act before the Congress acts,” Rangel told MSNBC. Rangel, a veteran of the Korean War, has been introducing legislation for years to do this, and this year he even included women. #TheHill reports: The New York lawmaker said the burden of war unfairly falls on lower-income #Americans. “They are not in the Hamptons. They are not in the wealthy neighborhoods,” he said. Rangel, a former chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee and the third-longest-serving member of Congress, has made it clear he will vote “no” on a forthcoming resolution seeking congressional approval for limited strikes on Syria. Although Rangel said he is satisfied that Syrian President Bashar Assad is responsible for poison gas attacks on his own people last month, he argued it is not the U.S.’s responsibility to respond on behalf of the world. “There is no mandate that the United States of America has to get rid of every evil person,” Rangel said. dcclothesline/2013/09/07/democrat-charlie-rangel-calls-for-national-draft-ahead-of-syria-war-vote/
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