The point of this thread is we are talking about illegal aliens. The people who march in protests carrying the mexican flag. They steal identies and screw peoples lives up. Do you think they will pick up a weapon and defend this country? Many of them would take up a weapon and come after us if they thought they could get away with it.
Hi Blackbart.223,
I think I'll take exception to that.
The people you are speaking of are opportunists by nature, and are looking for a free ride. They are hardly the type to commit themselves to the US Military hierarchical system, not to mention combat. It doesn't seem to be a system that is easily pumped.
I might add that there is a reason that the military life spawns 80%+ conservative patriots. There is hardly a better form of indoctrination/assimilation (if you would) than the US Military.
Speaking for a moment about combat in particular, if a man rises through that to the level of "brother in arms" having fulfilled his sacred oath of service, I dare say that by that time he'd be one to ride the river with, and would have proved himself as such by extraordinary means. How could he be denied?
Please bear in mind that I am adamantly opposed to Illegal Immigration and the whole idea of amnesty. It is "something-for-nothing".
But one who would give himself in service, and especially so in combat, must strive to complete a most arduous task in order to gain his citizenship. It isn't something-for-nothing, It has a cost. Surely there is a profound difference in that.
-Bruce