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Immodest proposal in the Jerusalem Post: Deploy debt-strapped Americans to fight in Iran

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The U.S. war with Iran is now in its sixth month, and at least one armchair general in a foreign country evidently figures that the U.S. must do far more than just wage economic warfare against Tehran and wear down its remaining infrastructure via airstrikes. The Israel-based Jerusalem Post published an immodest proposal on Aug. 30: Send indebted Americans to the front lines. 'The economics of the indebted American 20- and 30-something make this the most efficient conversion mechanism.' According to A.J. Jaff — a retired Canadian Armed Forces officer and self-identified "geopolitical security strategist" who has effectively been advocating for a ground war since the outset of the conflict — U.S. airstrikes have not completely diminished Iran's military capacity or solved Persia's "institutional problem." Jaff suggested that "three moves remain available and must be calculated within the Pentagon and the American administration." The first and third moves concern weaponizing ethnic grou