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		Military to consider offering foreigners a fast track to citizenship if they'll enlist in the Armed Forces (boston.com)		174
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An-Unnecessarily-Long-Name		2006-12-26 09:30:02 PM

theyve been doing that for years.

Well except for the AF. They oly want white collar families.

/in the AF

eddyatwork		2006-12-26 09:32:11 PM

We are the new Rome.

farkncorey		2006-12-26 09:35:51 PM

Yep, been around for a long time ...

Eat More Possum		2006-12-26 09:38:04 PM

This has long been a policy, and one I approve of.

majestykelf		2006-12-26 09:41:38 PM

I think this is a frackin' great idea. "Service guarantees Citizenship!" indeed.

Atvar		2006-12-26 09:42:00 PM

Eat More Possum: This has long been a policy, and one I approve of.

Agreed.

Cascadia4		2006-12-26 09:44:22 PM

1) The scary part is my friends and I were just discussing this yesterday.

2) Perfect idea! We'll send a bunch of Mexicans to Iraq. They will offer peace and goodwill... and burritos, tequilla, and some spicy nachos.

3)

Approves

MrWhipee		2006-12-26 10:06:17 PM

Old and busted: Terrorists taking flying lessons from small flight schools.

New hotness: Terrorists joining the Armed Forces for training and getting behind the controls of a fighter jet.

/Ahmed wants a F-22A Raptor

An-Unnecessarily-Long-Name		2006-12-26 10:17:23 PM

yea because we just let anybody in the cockpit of an F22 without doing a single wetbackground check...

/did you see what i did there?

SwiftFox		2006-12-26 10:36:07 PM

An-Unnecessarily-Long-Name

yea because we just let anybody in the cockpit of an F22 without doing a single wetbackground check...

/did you see what i did there?

Nope, too sublimoranal

gilgigamesh		2006-12-26 10:41:28 PM

Well, hey, it worked for Rome.

gilgigamesh		2006-12-26 10:44:05 PM

shakes fist at *eddyatwork*

ignoramus		2006-12-26 10:56:03 PM

We should get some of those Iranian soldiers... I hear they know how to use nukes. Plus, they totally love America, right?

HaywoodJablonski		2006-12-26 11:32:47 PM

What could possibly go wrong?

Denison		2006-12-26 11:33:30 PM

Wow, I can't think of a better reason to fake up some immigration papers.

/already American

Raharu		2006-12-26 11:34:50 PM

Would you like to know more?

Flair		2006-12-26 11:35:16 PM

I'm moving to Europe.

Saturn5		2006-12-26 11:35:47 PM

Service guarantees citizenship!

MadMattressMack		2006-12-26 11:36:00 PM

RanDomino		2006-12-26 11:36:16 PM

Service guarantees citizenship. Would you like to know more?

chuggernaught		2006-12-26 11:36:20 PM

That is nothing new. Used to give immigrants land grants out west if they would fight for the Union during the War betwixt the States.

Denizen		2006-12-26 11:36:36 PM

Denison, your name bears an uncomfortable resemblance to mine.

Everyone already said what I was going to say (Pax Romana! It's a great idea) so I'll just add this: why the scary tag? Obvious, Cool, or even Interesting trump Scary on this one.

Mr. Xhin		2006-12-26 11:37:02 PM

General Maximus!

MadMattressMack		2006-12-26 11:37:02 PM

Saturn5

beat me by 13 seconds....

RanDomino		2006-12-26 11:38:28 PM

Bah! That's what I get for reading the thread first!

MickCollins		2006-12-26 11:38:45 PM

This is one of those things the military has done for years but the media didn't know about it because none of them ever were in the military.

Kuoxasar		2006-12-26 11:40:06 PM

I would like to know more.

moerty		2006-12-26 11:40:44 PM

it's good to have a large contingent of foreigners in your army, they're helpfull when you need to freedomize your own citizenry since they are less inclined to identify with the civilians. give them one of those microwave weapons and you have a perfectly ruthless crowd control symbiosis.

WorldCitizen		2006-12-26 11:40:55 PM

I don't see a problem with this as long as there is some screening involved. In fact, seems like a good idea, and not even a new one at that.

thumbtack		2006-12-26 11:41:34 PM

New Immigration Plan.

Recruiters on the borders.

Hey Pedro!

Free Clothes, Free Food, You get to peel potatoes, dig ditches, fire weapons, and we'll give you a green card.

DayBreakBoys17		2006-12-26 11:43:24 PM

Didn't we more or less do this with the Irish in the Civil War?

/Irish-American
//Faugh an ballagh

shift_DAWG		2006-12-26 11:43:29 PM

Immigrants: Hold out until they offer 40 acres and a mule.

Madheretic		2006-12-26 11:43:59 PM

I'd join the army/navy/airforce as long as I get to wear my t-shirt and jeans/sweatpants instead of the uniforms/suits etc. I think it might sound unbelievable, but that's what preventing me from joining the military - the same thing that'll prevent me from getting any decent job after I graduate (comp. science major). It's going to be a tough life.

shift_DAWG		2006-12-26 11:44:15 PM

DayBreakBoy - I see what you did there.

/Clear the way!

smeegle		2006-12-26 11:45:11 PM

Oh sheeyat, Rome did this with the Visigoths and Ostigoths
then eventually crumble crumble.

Farked_in_the_NW		2006-12-26 11:45:33 PM

Why not? The military has been enlisting non-citizens for years now. Frankly I would rather have an educated non-national standing next to me in a fire fight rather than a borderline retarded US citizen any day.

Torett		2006-12-26 11:45:45 PM

Not news. I get calls from the marines (Canadian living in US) and when told I wasn't a US citizen, sorry, I was told, "We can fix that."

Not_Todd		2006-12-26 11:46:25 PM

"Currently, Pentagon policy stipulates that only immigrants legally residing in the United States are eligible to enlist. There are currently about 30,000 noncitizens who serve in the US armed forces, making up about 2 percent of the active-duty force, according to statistics from the military and the Council on Foreign Relations."

So, why is this story labeled "scary"?

pvd021		2006-12-26 11:47:21 PM

Haven't they been doing this for awhile now? I heard a Lot of Phillipino's are in the military because of this.

ccmods		2006-12-26 11:47:26 PM

Madheretic: I'd join the army/navy/airforce as long as I get to wear my t-shirt and jeans/sweatpants instead of the uniforms/suits etc. I think it might sound unbelievable, but that's what preventing me from joining the military - the same thing that'll prevent me from getting any decent job after I graduate (comp. science major). It's going to be a tough life.

I graduated CS last May. I go to work in jeans and a nicer shirt everyday. I would highly suggest finding a work environment that works for you, even if it means forgoing a higher salary. You'll be happier for it. And decent paying jobs with employers who understand programmers do exist.

HairBolus		2006-12-26 11:47:37 PM

What? The supply of teenagers in WVA who have no hope of getting a local job has run out?

It used to be that you could tell these dupes that book larning was a communist plot and going to college would expose them to socialists who would sic the devil on them and drain their souls dry.

Joining the Army was the only recourse. Are some now thinking that army education benefits are not too good if you wind up dead?

Fark_Q		2006-12-26 11:47:48 PM

Madheretic

grow the fark up you idiot.

Your Company's Computer Guy		2006-12-26 11:48:03 PM

Some within the Army privately express concern that a big push to recruit noncitizens would smack of "the decline of the American empire," as one Army official who asked not to be identified put it.

American Empire... Maybe that is the problem. Empires never win.

Just look at Star Wars... or Star Trek... yeah... Federations are definitely the way to go...

Walljasper		2006-12-26 11:49:18 PM

First things first: let's outsource the jobs of every seat in the house and senate.

ukparrothead		2006-12-26 11:49:20 PM

I have served with people from many nationality's and I have never had a problem with it. It also is a good thing to see them get their citizenship.

spyderqueen		2006-12-26 11:49:39 PM

Of course, if they're really concerned about their numbers they could probably look into FIRST changing a certain dumbass rule they have on their books.
/because we can SO afford to be losing our translators

Loverboy586		2006-12-26 11:51:12 PM

I don't know what's with the uniform bashing

Girls really dig a guy in a uniform

thisispete		2006-12-26 11:51:20 PM

Hey, it works for the French Foreign Legion.

RockIsDead		2006-12-26 11:51:27 PM

Chevy Chase died?

sseye		2006-12-26 11:52:06 PM

Is getting shot up in some godforsaken foreign country in pursuit of a mission no one understands now another one of those "jobs Americans won't do?"

Or are Americans just getting to smart to be used?

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