The policy is based on law, including Supreme Court decisions, e.g., Afroyim v. Rusk 387 U.S. 253, 87 S. Ct. 16601118 L. Ed. 2d 757 (1967).
I don’t know whether dual nationality is prohibited by Ireland or Israel, so it may not apply there. I’m virtually certain Israel doesn’t prohibit dual nationality, since a significant fraction of the population openly votes in US elections. It could also be that Berg is right, but nobody previously felt like pressing the issue.
Whether a country prohibits dual nationality or not is a matter between the individual and that country. The USG is not involved except if a particular dual national is claiming protection by the US while in the other country of nationality. Then it becomes difficult to protect a dual national who is subject to the laws of both countries.
I don’t believe Berg is right, but the law is sufficiently complex and I am sufficiently ignorant that I admit that he might be. Frankly, I think Berg is throwing everything up against the wall that he can imagine to see if anything will stick.
No dispute there. I am very skeptical this will go anywhere. The only thing that bothers me is the fact that Obama could end this by just producing the vault copy of his birth certificate. Why isn't he doing this? What is he hiding? The cover-up is always worse than the crime.
I hope you’ve heard this call to the Kenyan Embassy posted on Mike in the Morning.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2135992/posts
The Kenyan ambassador chats with a local radio station and admits that Obama was born in Kenya and that his birthplace is kind of a monument already.
You’ll have to wait until about 12 min. into the interview, but it is very funny, well worth the wait.