Did Caligula say HOW we could expand the military?

[aquart]

Like, say, suicide prevention?

[xultar]

1. He's going to make us start having babies to donate to the state.

[aquart]

3. So. No plan. No details. Business as usual.

[bigtree]

10. no plan, no details

Business as usual.

my 2 cents:

More Soldiers To Burn For Bush's 'Ideological War'
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=364&topic_id=2952823&mesg_id=2952823

http://journals.democraticunderground.com/bigtree

[valerief]

8. Well, that's one reason why his type hates abortions. nt

[katty]

2. demento boy carries on in the nursery of his own mind...dragging

down the world with him. Why didn't they just come in and arrest him at his pulpit this morning??!!

[NorthernSpy]

4. Big Macs and cake...

Without a draft, increasing our military in terms of numbers is probably a bust. But increasing our military in terms of mass remains an option.

[Robbien]

5. Everyone in Iraq/Afghanistan are grounded

All troops have to stay on base behind barbed wire and cement walls.

That should increase the military by a couple dozen deaths not happening per week.

[Ganja Ninja]

6. Maybe he plans to start raising snowflake babies in a ...

long black pool.

[Lone_Star_Dem]

7. I won't be surprised if they begin offering citizenship for military service

[bigtree]

9. they already do

[Lone_Star_Dem]

12. Goes to show how much I know about the military

I thought you had to be a naturalized citizen to serve. :shrug:

However, I find it interesting that so many would work for pennies harvesting lettuce, rather than put their lives in the hands of our President. Not that I blame them.

[bigtree]

13. Immigrant Soldiers in Iraq Get Citizenship

Immigrant Soldiers in Iraq Get Citizenship
News Report, Olivia J. Quinto,
Philippine News, Aug 07, 2005

NEW YORK – Fifteen Filipinos were among 147 foreign-born U.S. military personnel serving in Iraq who were granted U.S. citizenship on July 25 in a mass ceremony in Baghdad’s Camp Victory.

The ceremony, held at a former palace of Saddam Hussein, was led by Lt. Gen. John Vines, the commander of the Multinational Corps in Iraq. He praised the soldiers as “great young men and women who are about to receive a title that is perhaps one of the most desired titles in history: American Citizen.”

Those sworn in as U.S. citizens came from 46 countries. The biggest number was from Mexico who had 27. The others were from, among others, Jamaica, Nicaragua, Nigeria, China, India, Taiwan and Vietnam.

The military requires recruits to be legal permanent U.S. residents to join the service, but citizenship is not a requirement. Almost a quarter of the foreign-born personnel in the U.S. military were born in the Philippines.

http://news.pacificnews.org/news/view_article.html?article_id=8e5f7aa59c829b6a1027b8c59115232a

[Lone_Star_Dem]

14. Thanks for the article

That's what I love about DU, so many wise people to learn from. :)

I won't be surprised if they relax that and allow certain illegal residents an opportunity for citizenship in the future.

[radfringe]

11. with batteries...