Proposal Suggests Using Americans’ Debt to Encourage Wars Against Israel’s Enemies
An Israeli security analyst has proposed using Americans’ personal debt as an incentive to recruit them for military service in wars against Israel’s enemies.
Writing in the Jerusalem Post, AJ Jaff suggested a federally administered programme that would erase student loans, credit card balances and other debts after 24 or 36 months of military service.
Jaff argued that the approach could generate large-scale voluntary enlistment, particularly among indebted Americans in their 20s and 30s. He claimed that a ground invasion of Iran could require between 750,000 and 1.5 million US troops, far exceeding the current size of the active US Army.
The proposal has drawn sharp criticism in the United States. Critics argued that it effectively seeks to use the financial pressures facing young Americans to encourage them to fight and potentially die in wars serving Israeli interests.
The Mises Institute described the proposal as a call for Americans to enlist and die for Israel, while commentator Glenn Greenwald also condemned the idea and questioned the role of US political and lobbying networks in supporting Israel.
The proposal comes amid comments from senior Israeli officials about the US role in the war with Iran. Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich previously said a US war against Iran without direct Israeli participation was preferable for Israel.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has also claimed that his decades of political influence in the United States helped persuade Washington to take military action against Iran.
