US lawmakers push to grant American soldiers serving in the Israeli army the same legal protections as US troops, in a move without precedent for any other foreign army. The bill would place some 20,000 dual citizens fighting for Israel on a legal par with Americans serving the US.
Details of the Israel first carve out was reported in Military.com. The legislation passing through Congress would, for the first time in American history, treat service in a foreign army as legally equivalent to service in the US armed forces — but only where that foreign army is Israeli occupation army.
Under H.R. 8445, an American returning from a tour with the IDF could demand their old job back from a US employer, halt a foreclosure on a US home, and benefit from interest-rate caps on US debt on the basis of foreign military service.
This can cut both ways. Now those soldiers can be prosecuted in the US under the UCMJ.
There is no statute of limitations for murder.
The US doesn’t proscecute soldiers unless they commit friendly fire.
Untrue. Source: I am a veteran
Hope you get proscecuted for war crimes then
I should have been more clear. The US routinely prosecutes soldiers for all sorts of crimes having nothing to do with friendly fire. Examples include but are not limited to embezzlement, rape, torture and murder. There is no statute of limitation on murder.
Also, just because I’m a vet, it doesn’t mean that I’ve ever participated in a war. In fact, I haven’t. Unless you count being stationed in Germany during the cold war, manning a desk in a medical supply unit.
I know I’m old and everything, but I seem to recall a time when serving in another country’s military (even a friendly) was considered…treason.
You’re spot on. This whole idea is fucked. I’m so tired of the us gov fellating Israel.
What the fuck
The Hague invasion act is probably why. So, they can prevent investigation of war crimes for their evil swine soldiers.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Service-Members’_Protection_Act
Huh weird how rights get taken away from everyone who isn’t murdering civilians. Definitely nothing weird about them trying to give rights to people who do exactly that. Fuck this country.
tabled by Republican Congressmen Guy Reschenthaler of Pennsylvania and Max Miller of Ohio
Of course
So you want us to start killing Americans that serve in the idf. Sign me up!
Israel is sometimes nicknamed the 51st state… Guess there’s something to that.
Man. Fuck that!
