A REAL NO BRAINER

I have a very close friend who was born in Los Angeles, California and his passport says his place of birth is the U.S.A. My mother was born in New York City in the U.S.A. and her passport says her place of birth is  the U.S.A.. My husband was born in Oakland, California and his passport says his place of birth is  the U.S.A.  In fact, on all their passports it says United States of America!

Uh, does that surprise any of you? It shouldn’t!

 What should be a surprise is if you are a United States citizen born in Jerusalem, Israel (which happens to be the capital of the nation) you cannot put “Israel” as the nation of your birth. Are you scratching your head? Are you rereading this thinking it’s a typo? Are you trying to find the punch line of a bad joke?

 Sadly, Secretary of State, Hilary Clinton, has filed a legal brief with the Supreme Court in the U.S.A. urging that American citizens born in Jerusalem, Israel have “Jerusalem” listed as the place of birth on their passports, not Jerusalem, Israel!  What would this look like if it was applied anywhere else in the world? – Tokyo? Beijing? Addis Ababa? Some people might even ask, “Where is the nation of Addis Ababa?” (The capital of Ethiopia) Of course, this policy applies to no other city or nation in the world and is simply an attempt to ignore the fact that Jerusalem is the capital of Israel.

 What is even more puzzling is that Hilary Clinton , as senator from New York in 2002, supported a law that identified “Jerusalem” as the capital of Israel. Personally, I think that is a no brainer, but what is amazing is that 9 years later, Mrs. Clinton wants to ignore the fact that as a member of Congress she instructed the State Department to “record the place of birth as Israel” in passports of American children born in Israel if their parents request it. I guess the law was necessary for parents who were not sure what nation Jerusalem was in?

 Now the real question is not where Jerusalem is, but why did Hilary Clinton change her mind. Why would the United States Supreme Court even bother with hearing the case? Would this ever happen with any other capital of any other nation?

 This is clearly a group of confused individuals who failed Geography 101! In fact, they even failed World History 101 because “Jerusalem” has NEVER BEEN THE CAPITAL OF ANY OTHER NATION BESIDES ISRAEL!