Viet-Justice

It didn’t take long for Charles Rangel (D-NY) to start running his mouth again after the election.

Rangel, a veteran of the Korean War who has unsuccessfully sponsored legislation on conscription in the past, has said the all-volunteer military disproportionately puts the burden of war on minorities and lower-income families.

He should be saying that the present system disproportionately puts a burden on those who sign up for the army. I am not concerned with minorities or the lower-income families making up an unknown portion of new recruits. They know what the military does, regardless of the free college money. Rangel would have you believe that minorities and the poor have no idea they could be deployed into a war zone when they sign up for military service. Minorities are the new majority in many parts of the country. Asians and Latinos are expected to outnumber whites by 2025 in some parts of the country. If this new majority wants to go to war then let them. The draft is going to do nothing but sign up people who will end up getting themselves or others killed because they’re not there to perform a duty they volunteered for.

“If we’re going to challenge Iran and challenge North Korea and then, as some people have asked, to send more troops to Iraq, we can’t do that without a draft,” Rangel said.

Sure you can. Here is the solution, you recruit from Mexico. Mexicans get cash, money for college, and after 3 years of service they get a shot at citizenship. This solves the illegal immigrant problem by actively recruiting Hispanic soldiers. They get on the job training that can be used in a civilian job if they don’t want to go to college. From what I’ve read most Hispanics join the army for educational benefits and citizenship ranks fourth. Still it’s a way of getting people to join.

Now I do propose one change to the 2002 Bush executive order allowing non-citizens to join the military in exchange for citizenship. It needs to extend to ALL people. The executive order only allows legal immigrants to join. If you came here illegally then you can’t join the military. Allow anyone in any country to join our military in an exchange for permanent residency or citizenship regardless of where they are or their legal status when they sign up. Next I propose that Immigration and Customs Enforcement operations change to fit the newly revised executive order. When you arrest an illegal alien you offer them military service, education, and citizenship or a plane ticket back to where they came. Sure some will go back others will take the benefits package because it’s more than what they get back home. Even the life insurance from them getting killed in combat would be worth more than many years of working in Mexico or Eastern Europe. Providing for your family is what life is all about. Everyone’s ancestors 300+ years ago provided for them today since wealth is handed down from generation to generation and after 300+ years nobody is going to remember you as a person, but you will be in the family genealogy and history books for all the things you have done to make your family what it is today and will be in the future.