[Magdalen] Keeping safe?

[ME Michaud]

When I was in grammar school
we were taught that our cause was just
(in the Revolutionary War)
because the patriots were actual citizens
while the British employed mercenaries.

I know better now,
but I always remember that lesson when I realize that our current army
employs non-citizens.
If the world were fair, soldiers would be granted citizenship some time
during or after their service.
But nooooooo
-M


On Friday, July 6, 2018, Grace Cangialosi <gracecan at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> And I read yesterday that the military is “quietly discharging” hundreds
> of soldiers who were recruited and told this would give them an opportunity
> to apply for citizenship. Now, suddenly, they’re being discharged, with a
> variety of reasons—or no reason—being given.
>
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