Just When One Thinks the Current Administration Cannot Get Any Dumber

Something Even More Stupid Comes Along

The U. S. Military needs individuals who have specific language and technical skills. See, as hard as it is to believe, not everyone in the world converses in English. And so the U. S. has a program whereby lawful non-citizen residents can enlist, and if they stay in the military for 8 long years they can leave the service and become citizens. A win-win if ever there was one.

But the idiots who are in the Trump administration are working hard to kill this.

In the last week, recruiters have rescinded contracts for an unknown number of foreign nationals who had signed up for Military Accessions Vital to the National Interest, or Mavni, a program introduced in 2009 to attract immigrants with certain language and other skills that are in short supply into the armed forces.

More than 4,000 Mavni recruits have been in limbo since late last year, when the Department of Defense began introducing additional vetting. The protracted process has indefinitely delayed basic training for many enlistees, making it more difficult for recruiters to meet their targets. Recruiting stations are flooded with calls from many concerned that their lawful presence in the country could lapse while they await clearance.

What's the problem? Well there is a vetting requirement. And many are not being vetted during the time allowed to do so? How long does the government have to do this. TWO YEARS for Pete's sake.

So why do we want these people in the service. First of all they are willing to serve. Second, anyone who has served for 8 years in the military deserves citizenship. And finally, we need their language skills.

If there is a terrorist attack that could have been prevented by having sufficient translations resources then blood, real blood will be on the hands of Trumpie and his cohorts in ignorance.