Immigrants can help fight McCain's long war

Ken Bode, a former NBC and CNN correspondent, has this advice to John McCain if he indeed plans a long war in Iraq:

You should announce today that you would offer legal, green-card immigrants a fast track to citizenship in return for overseas military service. Many would serve willingly to achieve the cherished goal of citizenship. No huge change of policy is involved. The Army is quietly doing this already. According to military statistics, 4,600 immigrants in uniform became citizens in 2005.

Announce today that as commander in chief you would order the Pentagon to deploy military recruiters overseas, open recruiting stations in Mexico City, Managua, all over Central America. We desperately need Arabic speakers for current and future wars, so recruiters should go to friendly nations in the Middle East. More Arabs in American uniforms would help solve the culture clash our soldiers now experience in Iraq. Click here for the rest of Bode's advice to McCain.

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