There was a detailed article in an indian print newspaper, which said something like : He’s getting an accelerated citizenship, but that was not the motivation for this etc etc.

Yeah right. Mallu Christians born in Kerala cry not ‘aaahhh’ but ‘Eeeeehhhhh (like the english alphabet. So there.

Scenario: He discovers that this is a route. Joins up. Gets his wifey too to join. Fixie is in.

Blessed land comments etc: What else do you expect him to say? He’s in the amry, any other word might result in him and his wife both getting fixed. Remember, he’s still an Indian citizen. Plus it will be a while before he’s given combat duty.

Wife’s comments about caucasian women etc. Fixie does not come from a worker family proably, but just a merchant family in malluland. Not used to hard physical labour.

So, forgive them for what they say, they absolutely need that to survive. And not for a moment think they are treated as one of the boys and girls there.

Two questions for this guy :

1. If fighting terrorists was such a priority for you, There’s the country which you came from, fighting terrorists in akshmir for the last 10+ years. Why didnt you enlist there? Because there were no carrots there?

2. Why are the children still with your parents in kerala? The social services system and foster parent system of the blessed land not good enough to take care of your kids, esp when you are serving the country with devoution? Would not they be rolling out red carpet for your kids here?

anyway.

Does Cyriac realise that the fruits of the blessed land can be better enjoyed by all without war? Blessed land? Blessed by whom? Is Cyriac joking that he is also a Church person and very comfortable with war. Please explain Cyriac.

I hope Cyriac knows the origins of the “blessed land”. Ask the indigenous people of Americas and the black slaves. Cyriac better take better advice than leaving his children in the custody of others in the family.

What a shame!

Am reminded of that catch phrase from “Starship Troopers”.

It’s definitely doable.

From

As most people didn’t know until a month ago, the military welcomes enlistment of non-citizens; more than 37,000 lawful permanent residents (green-card holders) serve in the military, where they account for about three percent of active-duty personnel. There are certain restrictions. You have to be a citizen to become an officer or join certain units, like the Navy SEALs. And, depending on the branch of the service, non-citizens may only be able to serve for one term (Air Force) or for a maximum of eight years (Army). Such limitations implicitly acknowledge the fact that a member of a republic’s armed forces ought to be a citizen of that republic. The naturalization law reinforces this notion by abbreviating the residency requirement from five years to three for non-citizens on active duty. And the president last year exercised his statutory authority by issuing an executive order waiving the residency requirement altogether for people on active duty in time of war.

From

There are 60,000 immigrants in the U.S. military. They represent two percent of the total service personnel on active duty. About half are noncitizens, with 15,880 in the navy; of those, 5,046 are from the Philippines. More than 6,000 Marines are noncitizens, with the largest group, 1,452, from Mexico. In 2004, President Bush signed an order allowing all active-duty immigrants serving as of Sept. 11, 2001, to apply for U.S. citizenship without waiting the usual three years, and without having to be physically present in the States in order to apply.

Numbers vary but the essential story is the same.

Re: the “this is so hard for an Indian woman to do” bit (which is rather condescending), I wonder if the writer of the article was editorialising about Fixie’s having to stay away from her kids (article said they are with their grandparents), because of course Indian women have a deeper, stronger maternal instinct than the Heartless American Witches…while Indian fathers aren’t supposed to know how old their kids are.

Probably Military recruiters too. They are willing to tell outright lies just to get an enlistment.