LOL, Puerto Rico can't even be admitted to the union and they've tried several times. You honestly believe the majority of the citizens of the respective states would elect representation to admit a state into the union halfway around the world in a war zone?!?
You're either with us or against us.
On what? Limited government? Economic freedom?
Or they're on their own against the other forces that may be allied against them.
Do you feel that admitting new states to our union is such a terrible thing?
Would joining or republic be that awful?
Puerto Rico has slightly fewer inhabitants than Kentucky, but Kentucky doesn't have its own team in international sporting events like Puerto Rico does. I don't think it's in the national interest to make Puerto Rico a state. What if after some years passed, a larger percentage of the population decided they would rather have independence? We've already had one civil war over whether a state can leave the union--but to deny the will of the majority of Puerto Ricans (if that view became the majority) would make the US look bad, and terrorism would undoubtedly increase. (It already exists--remember the Puerto Rican terrorists Bill Clinton pardoned?)