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To: El Gato

I’ve seen it posted that Obama never filled out a selective service form, or else did it very late. It occurred to me that if he were technically an Indonesian citizen residing here, he may not have been on the military’s list of whom to send letters to at the age of 18.


522 posted on 02/18/2009 12:48:30 AM PST by canaan
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To: canaan
You and I are thinking on the same wave-length.

Therein lies one of the MANY problems with dual or multi-citizenship — military obligation.

We're still waiting on confirmation about BHO’s Indonesian citizenship. BUT his Kenyan citizenship, we know about.

Chapter 199 of the Laws of Kenya establishes the their military. Some sites say they've NEVER forced a conscription, but I don't think that's always been the case.

Under British colonial rule, conscription existed in Kenya, applying to all British citizens. For some time also women were liable for military service. I bet registration existed during the 70s and 80s for the draft in Kenya, even though it was never used.

I wonder if BHO was SUPPOSE to have registered for the Draft in Kenya as he may have done here in the US when he was in Occidental College. The same may be the case in Indo as well.

Let me do some research and I'll post it back here.

525 posted on 02/18/2009 2:34:23 AM PST by BP2 (I think, therefore I'm a conservative)
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