[anniegetyourgun]

Roughly one-fifth of the 3,458 Medals of Honor awarded have gone to foreign-born soldiers, according to the Medal of Honor Society.

[Snow Bunny]

Thanks for the ping Annie.

[SpookBrat]

I dated a Moroccan for two years, who served in the Navy. He spoke fluent French, Arabic and English. They loved him and he did a very good for "his" country. He is a citizen now and we are still good friends.

I think one of our weaknesses, especially in our intelligence gathering services, is not having enough loyal people to help us translate. If I remember correctly, there was talk about this in the news, just after the attacks. They needed to recruit more people who spoke the languages of our enemies. As long as they pass a very thorough back ground check, I'm happy to have them.

There are good "non-citizens" who are serving our country and helping to keep us safe. We need their language skills. Hardly any American speaks several languages fluently.