U.S. Army Set to Recruit Citizens of Uganda

[Arthur Gordon Pym]

Uganda: U.S. Army Set to Recruit Citizens

The Nation (Nairobi)

6 April 2008

Posted to the web 7 April 2008

Angelo Izama

Kampala

Ugandans who want a career in the United States military, can sign up at the annual convention of the Uganda North American Association, organisers say.

American military recruiters will set up a booth at this year's UNAA convention in Orlando, Florida, and seek out professional Ugandans, said Lt. Frank Musisi, himself an officer in the US Army.

Lt. Musisi, who comes from Kalangala District on Lake Victoria, is the current president of UNAA. He said the US military would also advise Ugandans on the "proper channels" to follow in enlisting. The announcement, which is also on the UNAA website (unaa.net), is set to cause a rush to this year's convention that takes place from August 29 to September 1.

UNAA is encouraging interested Ugandans to book flights to Orlando and take a shot at joining the US military. The organisation says it has made a deal with Kenya Airways/KLM for a discounted return ticket at $1,200 (Sh74,400). The conference fee is $190 (Sh11,700).

"All registered Kampala travel agents have been authorised to book intending members," Lt. Musisi said in an email interview.

The tour firm Let's Go Travel confirmed to Saturday Monitor that UNAA had circulated a notice of the discounts. Applicants are being asked to carry their curriculum vitae (CV) suggesting that the recruitment exercise will be a main attraction at the convention.

Public interest in jobs abroad in Uganda is intense. Recruitment and job placement companies which advertise are often flooded with thousands of applications.

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[Heimdallr]

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It seems that what I "heard" about US military recruiting centers being set up in Mexico, Central America, Africa, the Phillipines and Pakistan is TRUE... The US military is staffing up for its widening of the war against the enemies of the state of israel, and a military strike against Iran, by offering a "path to citizenship" in exchange for military service...

Sound familiar ???

It should...

Recruiting foreign mercenaries for military service in exchange for citizenship is exactly what another decaying empire did some 1600 years ago: Rome...

Seems appropriate that the USA, a nation founded on the Greco-Roman model of government (the republic), would also experience the same fate as did Rome... And it's unfolding before our very eyes...

"Those who do not learn from history are doomed to repeat it." ~ George Santayana

[Menydh]

Originally Posted by Heimdallr

Recruiting foreign mercenaries for military service in exchange for citizenship is exactly what another decaying empire did some 1600 years ago: Rome...

Seems appropriate that the USA, a nation founded on the Greco-Roman model of government (the republic), would also experience the same fate as did Rome... And it's unfolding before our very eyes...

That's rich. It is like comparing Idi Amin Dada to Cicero!

Rome built and spread Civilization before going decadent. The U.S. pretended to belong and was barbarism and decadence since day one.

"Those who do not learn from history are doomed to repeat it." ~ George Santayana

"America is the only country that went from barbarism to decadence without civilization in between."
-- Oscar Wilde --

[Freebooter]

The Americans are notorious, particularly in recent years, for stooping to the bottom of the barrel when it comes to military recruitment; more concerned with quantity over quality to carry out their dirty deeds, which has led to a raising of a raggedy band of hooligans as their military force. And not just more concerned with quantity over quality, but a specific attempt at targeting the poor, uneducated, and often honourless criminals of their country who they know will be desperate for employment by the military. And now this. Not entirely surprising, I'd say. In fact, basically inevitable.

Their lines are stretched thin. I wonder how many more imperialistic pursuits it will take before they implode?

[Arthur Gordon Pym]

Maybe a comparison with Carthage would be more appropriate for the USA than that with Rome.

[meadhbh]

Maybe to many soldiers are being killed and there are not enough american people willing to replace. I can't say that I blame them though. Notice though its the third world countries where people are desprate enough to either want to leave of feel like they have no choice. I would think a lot of the people who do sign up will come from the northern part of the country.

[Rognvaldr]

I do not believe this is a move to prop up Israel; there is great historical animosity between Uganda and the Zionist state. It seems to simply be a case of recruiting cannon fodder for ever-expanding American zones of combat, with the particularly shameful outcome of importing more of this race into the United States as a reward.

[Heimdallr]

Originally Posted by Mynydd

That's rich. It is like comparing Idi Amin Dada to Cicero! ... Rome built and spread Civilization before going decadent... The U.S. pretended to belong and was barbarism and decadence since day one... "America is the only country that went from barbarism to decadence without civilization in between." -- Oscar Wilde --

Good quote, but debatable... America hasn't always been the pawn of zionism, a path that has lead to it's decline...
It's budding contributions to the advancement of humankind are well documented, and like Rome, will not be fully appreciated until after it's fall.

[Menydh]

Originally Posted by Heimdallr

Good quote, but debatable... America hasn't always been the pawn of zionism, a path that has lead to it's decline...

That might sound to something, but it is unreal. It is in the origins of the foundation of what later would be the U.S. of America. In fact since its very first colony.

It's budding contributions to the advancement of humankind are well documented, and like Rome, will not be fully appreciated until after it's fall.

Romanitas was fully appreciated already in the times of the Roman Empire. Even more so in its fall. And not just by those who belonged to it, but also those who destroyed it:

"An able Goth wants to be like a Roman; only a poor Roman would want to be like a Goth"

--Theodoric The Great, Ostrogoth King of Italy--

Even the empire of the barbaric turco-mongol Tamerlan, or the Islamic Empire brought advancements. That is something inherent to empires, regardless of other considerations, because of the structures of communications that they create.

The Legacy of Romanitas is not something that one can so gratuitously grant to the Mongol Empire... or to America, only because all were structural empires.