It is a common story that the economic stimulus plan for the Great Depression was World War II. Is that why Obama is intensifying our involvement in Afghanistan?
This all fits with the U.S. Military announcing that immigrant soldiers will be able to get a fast track to citizenship. For those that didn't read the fine print of the article -- this opportunity is only for those who already have green cards based on their employment. THIS IS NOT FOR DREAMers - at least not at this time.
The bright side of this is that maybe this ruling will help the nation ease into the DREAM Act. But we won't know that until the DREAM Act bill comes up in Congress. I'm sure there is lots going on at this time, but us everyday people generally don't know what happens in the secret negotiations among our Representatives and Senators.
Either way, it seems that our immigrant soldiers will be paying the cost of our military stimilus program by going to Afghanistan and fighting a war against a group (or groups) of people that have never been defeated. Just ask the Russians and the British. The place is a disaster for war. The U.S. didn't help this by the involvement of previous administrations who assisted the Taliban in developing its poppy fields (see the book Good Muslim, Bad Muslim)
The money the country can make from going to war might have been enough to salvage the economy. But the situation is so bad now, its hard to say what will work.
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As I understood it, permanent residents could already join the military. The new policy extends that opportunity, and the existing possibility of fast-track "in time of war" citizenship, to other people here on certain nonimmigrant visas who have lived in the U.S. for at least two years.
Dave Bennion
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