Resistance growing to military draft and service in unjust Iraq war

"We understand Congressman Rangel's position," Bill Hackwell, anti-draft organizer with the International A.N.S.W.E.R. Coalition in Oakland, Calif., told The Final Call. "He says that it's disproportionate for poor people, and he's right from (that) point of view. "Our feeling, however, is that the draft will only codify that and make it appear to be equitable. However, if you look back to the draft during the Vietnam War--and I'm a Vietnam veteran--rich people still didn't go. "People who are rich know how to manipulate the system. They know how to get around it. George Bush is the Number 1 prime example of how rich people can operate in the draft. [more]

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