What they want most are the bennies, face it. College tuition, room , board and a uniform, and no worries about being unemployed. A career, pehaps, and retirement, with a pension, as early as age 40.
I am reminded of the joke about two men in a park. One is sitting on a bench, snapping his fingers every ten seconds with a determined look on his face.
The other man asks, "What are you doing? Every day I walk by and there you are, always snapping your fingers!"
The finger snapper replies, * SNAP!* "I am keeping the elephants away!" *SNAP!*
The other man says, "Are you crazy! This is Central Park in Manhattan! There are no elephants here!
The finger snapper then says, *Snap!* "That's right!" *SNAP!* "And you won't see any, either! *SNAP!* "Not while I am on the job!"
You have prevented us from being invaded by Grenadines, Panamanians, Salvadoreans, and Nicaraguans.
Thank you for your service.