--- Marta Russell <ap888 at lafn.org> wrote:
> The professional military is likely to get worse.
> Conservative
> pundit Max Boot had a commentary in the LA Times
> recently about what
> to do about the troops shortage. In short, he said
> recruit from all
> over the world - take those desperate to escape
> poverty and uniform
> them up. That would be an international force that
> the US could run
> without the need to get approval from the EU.
They've been doing this for a while now. I once worked with a guy from Haiti who had been in the Gulf War I. I think it gets you on a fast track for a green card, and they've only considered having it provide advantages for getting citizenship.
Andy
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