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Populist_Prole

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33. Morality aside: Excellent wedge issue to disarm the haters/warmongers

Reply to another_liberal (Original post)

Mon Sep 29, 2014, 01:56 AM

Sep 2014

A well crafted response acceptable to the modern GOP is going to be hard to come up with, especially given most conservative's intelligence.

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Illegal immigrants to be recruited for service in U.S. military. [View all] another_liberal Sep 2014 OP

Oh brother. yeoman6987 Sep 2014 #1

The point is they will no longer just accept volunteers . . . another_liberal Sep 2014 #14

They are volunteers pinboy3niner Sep 2014 #26

Granted . . . another_liberal Sep 2014 #27

Allowing immigrants to enlist is not new, and we've even drafted aliens pinboy3niner Sep 2014 #28

RT again. LOL...nt SidDithers Sep 2014 #2

so what? cali Sep 2014 #3

In the future . . . another_liberal Sep 2014 #15

As soon as you post from a legitimate news source... Oktober Sep 2014 #20

One doesn't on one's own . . . another_liberal Sep 2014 #23

RT has actually been right about almost every major story, sometimes way ahead sabrina 1 Sep 2014 #31

Every story I've read from RT is so gratuitously and obiviously propaganda cali Sep 2014 #36

Give me an example, because you and I have vastly different experiences. I can certainly provide sabrina 1 Sep 2014 #37

"Filled its depleted legions with foreign fighters"--LOL, is this how Russia's trying to spin TwilightGardener Sep 2014 #4

If one reads the article linked to . . . another_liberal Sep 2014 #13

My father was born in the US to migrant workers, and enlisted in the military to fight during Baitball Blogger Sep 2014 #5

Since your father was born in the U.S. . . . another_liberal Sep 2014 #12

Getting papers is just one of many battles that must be won to reach personhood in the US. Baitball Blogger Sep 2014 #21

". . . it all depends on removing toxic military leaders and holding them accountable." another_liberal Sep 2014 #24

cannon fodder spanone Sep 2014 #6

What statute would give the authority to make them citizens? treestar Sep 2014 #7

Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) ... Historic NY Sep 2014 #10

That doesn't say undocumented aliens can do it treestar Sep 2014 #11

They just decided to down size all of the services. Calista241 Sep 2014 #8

They are only getting rid of the veterans they've already ruined in one way or another . . . another_liberal Sep 2014 #16

So military veterans are "ruined?" Calista241 Sep 2014 #18

Far too many veterans have been worn-out, injured, or otherwise damaged by our military, yes. another_liberal Sep 2014 #19

It was used during the Civil War... Historic NY Sep 2014 #9

"War means more!" another_liberal Sep 2014 #17

true shanti Sep 2014 #30

Military service has been a path to citizenship for some time bhikkhu Sep 2014 #22

All true . . . another_liberal Sep 2014 #25

So.. what would you have them do? Algernon Moncrieff Sep 2014 #29

Exactly - offer them no paths to anything but poverty and prison? bhikkhu Sep 2014 #32

Morality aside: Excellent wedge issue to disarm the haters/warmongers Populist_Prole Sep 2014 #33

More crap from the Kremlin. A remedial class in American history might be in order. Tarheel_Dem Sep 2014 #34

I'm willing to bet this announcement is all show and few if any make it in Lee-Lee Sep 2014 #35