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Captain Zero

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13. probably but

Reply to dhill926 (Reply #1)

Wed Aug 28, 2019, 03:28 PM

Aug 2019

they are going to find less and less help from foreign recruits (yes, mercenaries) who have always been guaranteed citizenship for them and their families if they served in the US military. It's been going on a long time. I knew a Filipino in the early 80s who had become a citizen, with his wife and children this way. So essentially in the long run this would lead to shortfalls in manpower from that type of recruitment. Personally I think hiring mercenaries is an empire move and I never thought we should be an empire anyway.

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Still gonna vote for Anus Orange there... dhill926 Aug 2019 #1

probably but Captain Zero Aug 2019 #13

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+1 Baitball Blogger Aug 2019 #20

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Yup. Baitball Blogger Aug 2019 #22

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WTF?!! Xipe Totec Aug 2019 #7

I'm sure that's the point... Wounded Bear Aug 2019 #11

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Good to know. Baitball Blogger Aug 2019 #23

Even when both are USA's citizens and have children Iliyah Aug 2019 #9

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"Residing In" or "Born In"? I'm a bit unclear as to whether this means what some are assuming mr_lebowski Aug 2019 #10

I'm not sure, but you may be right. onenote Aug 2019 #15

according to a spokesperson rdking647 Aug 2019 #19

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OMG! They are trying to de-naturalize me! sdfernando Aug 2019 #16

You're 100 percent American. roamer65 Aug 2019 #18

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I thought that US bases overseas Proud Liberal Dem Aug 2019 #21