Re: In the US Army now

The article says:

After the US launched the "war on terrorism", US President George W Bush made it easier for foreign-born US residents joining the military to gain full citizenship. Among other aspects, the usual five-year waiting period has been eased by a July 2002 executive order. Petition and fingerprinting fees were waived for service members. Any legal resident who enlists in the military can immediately petition for citizenship, rather than wait the five years required for civilians to start the process.

If warmongering US administrations continue to blatantly squander troops in questionable wars that divide this country, then only the "carrot of citizenship" will provide all the troops we will need. It's ironic how so many of us can't stand to have illegal immigrants "coming over here to take our jobs" except if the jobs involve being sent off to war to die for our clearly hollow allegiances.