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The report "Gang Activity in the U.S. Armed Forces Increasing", dated January 12, 2007, stated that street gangs including the Bloods, Crips, Black Disciples, Gangster Disciples, Hells Angels, Latin Kings, The 18th Street Gang, Mara Salvatrucha (MS-13), Mexican Mafia, Norteños, Sureños, and Vice Lords have been ..
In 2008, according to FBI gang investigator Jennifer Simon, 1 to 2% of the U.S. military belonged to gangs, which is 50 to 100 times the rate in the general population.[1] According to the Federal Bureau of Investigation's 2011 National Gang Threat Assessment, the NGIC identified members of more than 53 gangs who served in the military.[2] U.S. gangs have sometimes encouraged their members to join the military in order to learn warfare techniques.[3]
Gang graffiti in Iraq
U.S. gang-related graffiti has shown up in Iraq since the beginning of the Iraq War in 2003. Among the largest American street gangs represented in Iraq are the Gangster Disciples, Crips, Bloods, 18th Street, Norteños, Black Disciples, Sureños, Latin Kings, TAP Boyz, Tiny Rascal Gang, Vice Lords, and Black P. Stones, which originated in some of America's most violent and impoverished neighborhoods.[20][21] There are also reports of Black Power, African Nations, Aryan Nations, Aryan Brotherhood and Ku Klux Klan gang graffiti in Iraq.[22]
What enemy was it, that you think that you were defending everyone against and protecting ...
911 seemed to have created a bandwagon for eager defenders to go invade and kill anyone and everyone who might have been involved, other than the real one's who orchestrated it all and all the wars and invasions, that you and others participating in occupying and regime change...name the country that attacked the USA?
The problem with many Immigrants as of late, is they are refugees that were unwilling to serve and die for their previous countries.
originally posted by: soundguy
The problem with many Immigrants as of late, is they are refugees that were unwilling to serve and die for their previous countries. I don’t expect them to be there for me, or you, for that matter. Just not patriotic sorts.
a reply to: burdman30ott6