The spokesman for Iran Foreign Ministry don beg ordinary Americans make dem no allow their pikin dem turn "into mercenaries" make dem die for Israel, after one opinion piece for Israeli news outlet The Jerusalem Post call on US make e use student loans and other financial debt recruit young Americans for invasion of Iran.
"Americans, ask una self one question: Why una sons and daughters suppose dem dey offered debt forgiveness in exchange for to fight and die for war wey Israel want make e continue and expand?" Esmaeil Baqaei write for post on X on Friday.
E dey refer to op-ed wey AJ Jaff write, wey suggest make dem cancel student loan and credit card debt to enlist hundred thousands Americans for possible ground assault on Iran.
"One opinion column for The Jerusalem Post just dey openly float exactly that idea: to use student-loan and credit-card debt to recruit Americans for war with Iran. Your lives. Your taxes. Somebody else war. Make nobody turn you to cannon fodder — and the bill — for war you no choose," Baqaei write for post on X.
"Make nobody turn your children into mercenaries for their illegal 'war of choice'."
The Iranian government response come after the column talk say the number of US military personnel now no reach for operation against Iran, and e propose debt-relief enlistment programme wey dem model after old incentives like the GI Bill to encourage voluntary recruitment.
For him, Jaff argue say months of heavy US attacks never collapse Iran military capacity nor end the war, and ground invasion go need plenty more American troops pass wetin dem get now.
"Recruitment numbers dey below wetin ground invasion of Iran go require. Estimates for successful ground campaign against Iran 31 provincial commands and im Mosaic Defense Doctrine dey between 750,000 and 1.5 million American troops. The current active US Army dey around 452 thousand. The math no balance, obviously," the author stress for the column.
"The average American wey age 18 to 34 carry more than $40,000 non-mortgage debt across student loans, credit card balances, auto loans and personal loans, some estimates even dey as high as $100,000," e write, add say na this group Pentagon need.
About 77 percent of Americans get some kind debt. E mean say roughly 250 million to 260 million people dey face different kind financial liabilities, wey help push US household debt to record $18.8 trillion. US adults get average debt of $63,500.
Baqaei, e come attach one satirical meme wey reference the TV series Squid Game, describe the proposed military mobilisation as war wey Israel push and ordinary Americans no suppose pay with their lives and taxes.
US join Israel attack Iran on February 28, with strikes wey quickly kill the longtime supreme leader, Ali Khamenei, and plenty of other top brass and hundreds of civilians.
But Iran quickly hit back, grab control of the Strait of Hormuz, the narrow water wey one-fifth of global oil dey pass, and e begin launch missiles and drones on US-allied Gulf Arab monarchies, wey scatter the oil-rich countries strong reputation for stability.
Washington and Tehran sign one Pakistan-mediated memorandum of understanding on June 18 about freedom of navigation through the Strait of Hormuz, but to implement am don stop because dem no agree on security arrangements for the strait.
