[bobjam]

The Romans tried to do that in the 4th and 5th centuries with the Franks, Visigoths, Ostragoths, etc. It failed when the army, whose generals filled their ranks with barbarians and then fought each other for the imperial purple, revolted and carved their own kingdoms out of the western provinces.

[George Frm Br00klyn Park]

"The Romans tried to do that in the 4th and 5th centuries with the Franks, Visigoths, Ostragoths, etc. It failed when the army, whose generals filled their ranks with barbarians and then fought each other for the imperial purple, revolted and carved their own kingdoms out of the western provinces."

BJ, One of the MAJOR reasons for the collapse of another world hegemon. "Those who ignore history are doomed to repeat it." Peace and love, George.

[MissAmericanPie]

Kinda like granting illegals citizenship if they serve in the military? Hard to get homegrown boys to fight their own families and countrymen. Illegals don't suffer those kinds of hangups.