VA SECRETARY NICHOLSON SUPPORTS DRAFT, THEN CHANGES HIS MIND
December 21, 2006, 3:05 PM EST
Says that "society would benefit" if this country were to
bring back the military draft, and said it shouldn't have loopholes
for anyone who is called to serve. Later, Nicholson claimed
his comments were "misconstrued."
Hmmmmmmmmm!
Veterans Affairs Secretary Jim Nicholson spoke a day after Bush said he is considering sending more troops to Iraq. The Bush administration has for years forcefully opposed bringing back the draft, and the White House said Thursday that its position had not changed.
Slap Down!!
Nicholson, who served in Vietnam, was in New York City to announce a partnership with Mayor Michael Bloomberg on helping homeless veterans find housing. He later issued a statement saying the comments had been "misconstrued" and that he does not support reinstating the draft.
'Help' the homeless Vets?, what's that about! As reports are coming in there's some 200,000 across the country, where has this Help Been, oh Right, the 109th Congress just left town for the last time!
During the press conference, a reporter suggested that the all-volunteer army attracts a disproportionate number of minorities and poor who are trying to lift themselves out of poverty, and asked Nicholson if he believed the draft should be reinstated so that the military would be more "equal."
"I think that our society would benefit from that, yes sir," Nicholson said.
"I think if we bring back the draft, there should be no loopholes for anybody who happens to be drafted," he said. "If it's a random system, it ought to be an honestly random system."
The White House said no such proposal is being considered.
"The administration is not considering reinstating the draft," Tony Fratto, a deputy White House press secretary, said Thursday afternoon.
The Department of Veterans Affairs issued a separate statement from Nicholson.
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But wonder how the cabal are going to Smack Down The Generals on 'surge?'!!