Why is it controversial to suggest that someone who is a member of a foreign military should not hold public office in the United States?
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Are they actually still a current member or was this for two years in the early 1980s as a compulsory means of retaining their dual-citizenship (being born in the US to parents who were born in the second country)?
If they are still an active member of a foreign military and not solely someone with dual-citizenship, then yes, they should be disqualified.
And possibly if they were a past member in the military of an actual enemy country like North Korea, then current-vs-past considerations would not apply, they would always be banned.
If Natalie Portman were running for US office as a liberal (and was qualified to hold the office in terms of expertise), and HAD actually served the mandatory minimum period in the Israeli military that all Israeli-born people are required to serve (somehow she avoided this), that would not bother me.
As an American, if I were able to obtain dual-citizenship in a European country, I would probably still want to retain US citizenship as well, if for no other reason than it would make it easier to travel back to the country I was born in.
I get thinking that Dr. Oz is a crackhead (he is), but Turkey is not our enemy, even if Erdogan himself is also a crackhead, and this military service was nearly 40 years ago and a temporary technicality, it's not like he was their 007 or even capable of being their 007. He should be disqualified or defeated in the US simply for being a crackhead. If he was a Russian who had been in the Russian military 40 years ago, then we could disqualify him. This should like be handled on a country-by-country basis and the actual depth of the individuals past military career in the foreign non-enemy military (so if Portman had been in the Israeli military for many years and ascended many ranks, then maybe it is becoming more questionable as to whether she is a Mossad asset looking for our current Dassault Mirage, er, I mean F-22 blueprints).
I dunno, eff it, maybe make a blanket US constitutional amendment to block them all, even the low threat past military micro-career variants. But getting 2/3 of red and blue states to ratify ANY constitutional amendment these days seems unlikely for the remainder of the existence of the US. State constitutional amendments might be easier, but may not yield bans across the US.
If they are still an active member of a foreign military and not solely someone with dual-citizenship, then yes, they should be disqualified.
And possibly if they were a past member in the military of an actual enemy country like North Korea, then current-vs-past considerations would not apply, they would always be banned.
If Natalie Portman were running for US office as a liberal (and was qualified to hold the office in terms of expertise), and HAD actually served the mandatory minimum period in the Israeli military that all Israeli-born people are required to serve (somehow she avoided this), that would not bother me.
As an American, if I were able to obtain dual-citizenship in a European country, I would probably still want to retain US citizenship as well, if for no other reason than it would make it easier to travel back to the country I was born in.
I get thinking that Dr. Oz is a crackhead (he is), but Turkey is not our enemy, even if Erdogan himself is also a crackhead, and this military service was nearly 40 years ago and a temporary technicality, it's not like he was their 007 or even capable of being their 007. He should be disqualified or defeated in the US simply for being a crackhead. If he was a Russian who had been in the Russian military 40 years ago, then we could disqualify him. This should like be handled on a country-by-country basis and the actual depth of the individuals past military career in the foreign non-enemy military (so if Portman had been in the Israeli military for many years and ascended many ranks, then maybe it is becoming more questionable as to whether she is a Mossad asset looking for our current Dassault Mirage, er, I mean F-22 blueprints).
I dunno, eff it, maybe make a blanket US constitutional amendment to block them all, even the low threat past military micro-career variants. But getting 2/3 of red and blue states to ratify ANY constitutional amendment these days seems unlikely for the remainder of the existence of the US. State constitutional amendments might be easier, but may not yield bans across the US.
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