Debunking the myth of the underprivileged soldier

Debunking the myth of the underprivileged soldier - Yahoo! News: "That's the view of some critics, such as New York Times columnist Bob Herbert, who writes that 'very few' of the soldiers fighting in Iraq 'are coming from the privileged economic classes,' and that there would likely be no war if rich kids had to fight. According to Rep. Charles Rangel (news, bio, voting record), D-N.Y., social equality demands reinstatement of the draft, which he justifies by asserting that 'the most privileged Americans are underrepresented or absent.' Herbert concludes that there is 'something very, very wrong with this picture.'

What's 'very, very wrong' with the Rangel-Herbert picture is that it has no factual basis."

What's really wrong with this picture is that Rangel is still in office. Maybe his constituents will get rid of him soon. He is a liar and a hate-monger. He spouts off all manner of lies and hateful urban myths and no one calls his hand on it. This is a common tactic amoung liberals these days and our goofy press rarely points out the "inaccuracies."

Thank yous go out to:
Tim Kane, an Air Force veteran, and James Jay Carafano, an Army veteran. Both are research fellows at The Heritage Foundation.