i posted this link in the US Citizenship forum. this article pertains to the very slow processing of military applications for US Citizenship, but it also contains info on green card applications as well.

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/24/us/24vet...amp;_r=1&hp

Thanks!!

That's one way to reduce the backlog, I suppose. Wait long enough, some will inevitably get killed.