Comments on: Independence Week Roundup!

By: christina

christina — Mon, 09 Jul 2007 14:47:12 +0000

thomas,

Do you honestly believe that there would be fewer dead innocents under the previous regime? Casualties, both civilian and military are terrible, but many people forget that Peace can have a high cost; oppression, lack of freedom and even the deaths of innocents.

Thank you to all active service people and veterans!

By: plonkee

plonkee — Mon, 09 Jul 2007 12:29:44 +0000

Did you know that you don’t have to be a British citizen to join the British army?

Its not that uncommon for armed forces to have soldiers who are non-citizens especially countries with a large colonial or immigrant heritage (like UK, US, France, etc).

But thats not to negate the sacrifices of all armed forces and especially their non-citizen members.

By: Sam

Sam — Mon, 09 Jul 2007 11:53:03 +0000

@ thomas

Gotta love that manifest destiny!

By: thomas

thomas — Sun, 08 Jul 2007 19:57:03 +0000

The 65 000 dead innocent Iraqis are very happy for the newly naturalized citizens. Isn’t America great!

By: saladdin

saladdin — Sat, 07 Jul 2007 22:39:16 +0000

When I served, I came across a guy from Jamica. He told me that he wanted to be an American and when he served a set time in the military(forget now, maybe a 4 year term) his application went straight to the top. What better reward is there for being shot at?

For those that are wondering. There are only certain jobs that they as non-citizens are eligible for. This guy (and the others that fall in this category) do not receive security clearance at the level that citizens do. There are documents-Confidental, Secret, Top Secret etc..–that a soldier will come into contact with and handle. Non-citizens can not look, touch or read the higher levels.

But this was 10 years ago and some things do change….

By: Tricia

Tricia — Sat, 07 Jul 2007 17:08:58 +0000

Thank you Jim