Send all alegal-aleins to iraq if they servive then there eligable to be Americans citizen what do you think?

ed201283

I say we gather up everybody that can't spell and send them there.

David H

Silly.

Crazy Cat

Maybe we should also send all the people who can't spell over there. You can be their commander.
Try using the check spelling option.

I say the Native Americans should round us all up and leave us floating on a barge in the middle of the ocean. What do you think?

iWaNtEdUtOkNoWiLuVtHeWaYuLaUgH

Sir, learn how to spell first then make a statement.

Mark Porter

Send the suggestion to the President. He won't notice you aren't too good with the book learning. Maybe the two of you could sit on the back porch and whittle while you discuss the idea.

LJK

i think that while ur in iraq u should ask then to teach u to spell

blackmule

no. survivors should be deported.

Health-Nut_Ditto-Head

A Military Path to Citizenship

By Max Boot and Michael O'Hanlon
Thursday, October 19, 2006; Page A29

America is a land of immigrants. Their spirit of resolve, adventure, hard work and devotion to an idea bigger than themselves has made this country great. Whatever one thinks of the immigration debate today, particularly the problem of illegal immigrants, foreigners have played a central role in the building of America. Many have done so as soldiers, among them Baron von Steuben and the Marquis de Lafayette in the War of Independence.

Now is the time to consider a new chapter in the annals of American immigration. By inviting foreigners to join the U.S. armed forces in exchange for a promise of citizenship after a four-year tour of duty, we could continue to attract some of the world's most enterprising, selfless and talented individuals. We could provide a new path toward assimilation for undocumented immigrants who are already here but lack the prerequisite for enlistment -- a green card. And we could solve the No. 1 problem facing the Army and Marine Corps: the fact that these services need to grow to meet current commitments yet cannot easily do so (absent a draft) given the current recruiting environment.

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Not only would immigrants provide a valuable influx of highly motivated soldiers, they would also address one of America's key deficiencies in the battle against Islamist extremists: our lack of knowledge of the languages and mores in the lands where terrorists reside. Newly arrived Americans can help us avoid trampling on local sensitivities and thereby creating more enemies than we eliminate.

Skeptics might point out that in the just-concluded fiscal year, the military met most of its recruiting and retention goals. But this was done only by relaxing age and aptitude restrictions, allowing in more individuals with criminal records, and greatly increasing the number of recruiters and advertising dollars. Although we generally support what has been done to date, the logic of these measures cannot be pushed much further.

The Army chief of staff, Gen. Peter Schoomaker, has just forecast that U.S. commitments in Iraq may remain at their current level until 2010. With most soldiers and Marines already on a third or even fourth deployment since Sept. 11, 2001, it's doubtful that the all-volunteer force can withstand such a commitment at its current size. Even if it could, it's unfair to ask so much of so few for so long.

Some might object to our proposal on moral grounds, arguing that it is wrong to rely on "mercenaries" and to use such incentives to get prospective immigrants to fight. We disagree. For one thing, we already rely on tens of thousands of real mercenaries: the security contractors the U.S. government employs from Colombia to Iraq to make up for lack of troops. Immigrants who enrolled in our armed forces would be more valuable because they would be under military discipline and motivated by more than just a paycheck.

As for the risks they would run in Iraq or Afghanistan, these would be no greater than the risks run by previous generations of newcomers who built railroads and skyscrapers and toiled in factories and mines. No one would be forced to serve. No existing immigration quotas would be reduced. The military avenue to citizenship would be a new option, not an obligation.

Nativists need not fear that this would lead to a flood of foreigners. Say we decide to recruit 50,000 foreigners a year for the next three years. That sounds like a lot, but it represent less than 10 percent of the total number coming to the United States anyway -- and less than 10 percent of our active-duty armed forces. This would not radically change the demographics of our society or our military, but it would make a big difference in the size of the rotation base for our ongoing missions.

Despite growing anti-Americanism, U.S. citizenship is still one of the world's most precious commodities, so there should be no shortage of volunteers. Since proficiency in English would presumably be important for those joining the armed forces, we might focus on South Asia, anglophone Africa, and parts of Latin America, Europe and East Asia (the Philippines would be a natural recruiting ground) where English is common as a second language. These regions have more than 2 billion people, tens of millions of whom reach military age each year.

The problem would not be the size of the likely applicant pool so much as our ability to vet individuals for their abilities, their dependability and their commitment. Screening would have to be done to ensure that would-be terrorists did not gain access to the armed forces through this program. That might complicate the process of recruiting from certain countries, especially in the Middle East, but it would hardly put a huge dent in the likely applicant pool.

Unlike most issues in the immigration debate, the idea of offering citizenship to foreigners who first join the armed forces should be a winner for everyone. It is good for immigrants who wish to pursue U.S. citizenship, which they could not otherwise attain. It is good for a beleaguered American military that is simply too small for the tasks it has been handed. And it is good for the country, bringing more hardworking patriots to our shores. Before the all-volunteer force breaks, it is high time to consider the idea of such a latter-day foreign legion.

Max Boot is a senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations and author of "War Made New: Technology, Warfare, and the Course of History, 1500 to Today." Michael O'Hanlon is a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution and co-author of "Hard Power: The New Politics of National Security."

indie gal

I definitely Agree. And include all families, and their descendants that emigrated without valid papers in the Mayflower, The Nina. Pinta and the Santa Maria and ships thereafter!!!
Have you gone Nuts?
Get an education so that you can spell properly (or to use the built-in spell check on this web page)
Get some Brains while you are at it, too!!!
Merry Christmas, you .....

Chasity

I think you need to A. learn to spell, and B. get a clue!

Daria: She's dead now, OK?!

Crime against humanity. That is not right..

Yes the Mexican president can lead them in retreat.

Ryan T

Why on earth would you want a bunch of criminals to represent the United States military.

Beau R

You have a plan. Give them no training a rifle, ten full magazines, and a canteen of water. Then let them kill or be killed. If they survive for a year, then make them citizens, and let them serve in the miltary for another year.

jbj115

What a dumb *** idea!

Anthony F

YES YES YES, I agree with you, If they want to have the same rights as we do, they shall to the same as US, FIGHT FOR FREEDOM, this is how this great country became

Rod s

Illegal is illegal. Many people who are not citizens serve in our military everyday in every branch. My respect for them has no limits. No one can question the sacrifice they are prepared to make to become citizens. I think we need to make work visas easy....eliminate the market for providing paperwork illegally, heck we could employ quite a few along the border for security purposes for all I care. But when we make"a crime" pay in any way as a nation we lose. Stupid and outdated policies about allowing immigrants to work here harm us as well but pandoras box would no longer have a lid if we "press" people into service.

ruth4526

Sound like a good idea to me. How do we present it to Bush?

kduggan91

Are you natively from America, or an English speaking country? You're spelling and grammatical structures are horrendous! But anyway, sending illegal immigrants to Iraq, first would cost too much for America than the immigrants are worth. Second, this goes against any civility left in humans, torturing them by forcing them into a terrible place such as Iraq. Third, when is it enough before they can come back? And why should they be eligible? Americans are over there anyway, and because they are immigrants they deserve rights in our country? I think not. Send them back to Mexico, where they belong.

wolf560

Now That's FUNNY..!!!!

Oh so Wrong.....

But FUNNY

Gen

Hell to the **** yes!

thatgirl

how can we insure that they will be loyal? If they will be loyal, why not? I say go for it.

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