The recruitment levels are so bad that they are now making a concerted effort to reach out to immigrants by dangling American citizenship. Just like with Viet Nam, the government enticed foreigners, some illegal, the promise of citizenship to serve in a foreign war. As far as I know, during a draft, a foreign citizen cannot be forced into foreign combat if they refuse - so, you make them an American citizen. Mexicans were recruited and shipped off to Viet Nam to die and be injured for a war they knew nothing about.
We don't have a draft, at the moment, but I have no doubt that this latest recruitment effort is also going to somehow include illegals along with legal residents. Is this possibly one of the reasons so many have been allowed in? Have Americans been so damaged from the vax and are so risk adverse that the government will plug the holes with foreigners?
The recruitment levels are so bad that they are now making a concerted effort to reach out to immigrants by dangling American citizenship. Just like with Viet Nam, the government enticed foreigners, some illegal, the promise of citizenship to serve in a foreign war. As far as I know, during a draft, a foreign citizen cannot be forced into foreign combat if they refuse - so, you make them an American citizen. Mexicans were recruited and shipped off to Viet Nam to die and be injured for a war they knew nothing about.
We don't have a draft, at the moment, but I have no doubt that this latest recruitment effort is also going to somehow include illegals along with legal residents. Is this possibly one of the reasons so many have been allowed in? Have Americans been so damaged from the vax and are so risk adverse that the government will plug the holes with foreigners?
Just like the late stage Roman Empire. They recruited foreigners into the army towards the end too.
Good point. I hadn't gone that far back, but it is a common MO of a failing empire.