TRTWorld  September 3, 2026

A column published in an Israeli newspaper has suggested that the US should forgive the loans of young Americans if they agree to join an invasion of Iran, with the author arguing that a US war against Iran cannot be won through aerial bombardment alone, but would require occupying or controlling the country, necessitating the mobilisation of up to 1.5 million troops.

The shocking proposal to use young indebted Americans as cannon fodder against Iran was suggested by AJ Jaff, a retired officer of the Canadian Armed Forces in an opinion piece published by Jerusalem Post.

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The article has generated widespread criticism, with many dismissing the proposals as flawed from a US perspective, others questioning the author’s competence, and some arguing that Israel seeks to fight Iran “until the last American”.

News outlets such as The Blaze framed the proposal as an “immodest” or cynical exploitation of American indebtedness. It called Jaff’s plan as an outlandish suggestion to send debt-strapped young Americans to the front lines.

The Mises Institute entitled its note ‘The Jerusalem Post Calls for More Americans to Enlist – to Die for Israel’, characterising the piece as an Israeli news outlet calling on US taxpayers to subsidise another war.

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