Jaysyn4Reddit t1_j7uas59 wrote
Reply to comment by victorix58 in ‘We are not forgotten’: Formerly deported veterans become U.S. citizens in special San Diego ceremony by ProgressiveSnark2
Foreign Legions have been a thing for a long, long time. Urkraine has one right now.
victorix58 t1_j7ub7lf wrote
Sure. And the idea has been questioned since ancient rome. If you are dying and killing for a country, it should be beyond question that you are a citizen.
Jaysyn4Reddit t1_j7ubc5u wrote
I don't disagree.
Green-Dancer t1_j7v2y33 wrote
Mercenaries are a thing.
bartios t1_j7vjw4g wrote
Except mercenaries aren't actually part of the army.
hydrOHxide t1_j7w4a8q wrote
Actually, if you serve in the French Foreign Legion, you WILL get French citizenship after a few years - if you want it. You can even get a whole new identity, papers and all.
Jaysyn4Reddit t1_j7w4yot wrote
Ukraine's has a similar program IIRC.
Paladoc t1_j80pqko wrote
Right, but that's the boon granted someone serving in THE Foreign Legion, you get your French Citizenship when it's all said and done.
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