Hypocrites
John Kerry and his left-wing surrogates would have us believe that the Bush administration is going to re-instate the draft if re-elected. CBS even ran a story on this false rumor.
But despite all these rumors, it seems as though Kerry is actually the candidate in favor of compulsory military service.
Here’s an excerpt from the Kerry Campaign website (the page has been removed but is now archived here) (via Right on Red).
Part of 100 days Plan to Enlist One Million Americans in National Service A Year
On September 11th, 2001, America experienced the most terrible and deadly attack in its history. John Kerry believes we need to think big and do better and get more young Americans serving the nation.
As part of his 100 day plan to change America, John Kerry will propose a comprehensive service plan that includes requiring mandatory service for high school students and four years of college tuition in exchange for two years of national service.
To sum this up for you, Kerry flip-flopped on the issue of compulsory military service and then accused his opponent of holding the same position he himself held before the flip-flop.
It doesn’t get any more nuanced than that.
Update:
As per the comments below, here’s further explanation of Kerry’s plan for mandatory service from the same archive link above.
As President, John Kerry will ensure that every high school student in America performs community service as a requirement for graduation. This service will be a rite of passage for our nation’s youth and will help foster a lifetime of service. States would design service programs that meet their community and educational needs. However, John Kerry does not believe in unfunded mandates. No state would be obligated to implement a service requirement if the federal government does not live up to its obligation to fund the program.
So he’s advocating for mandatory community service as opposed to mandatory military service. My mistake. This explanation was in a link further down the page which I didn’t read.
Still, I’m not sure younger voters would be thrilled with such a plan.
