# Veterans' benefits for IDF service

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*A bill sponsored by a Republican congressman from Pennsylvania and one from Ohio that would extend US veterans' benefits to any American who joins the Israel Defense Forces. John Kiriakou calls it an outrage and, as an American, treason.*

- **Sponsors:** A Republican congressman from Pennsylvania and one from Ohio
- **Effect:** US veterans' benefits for any American who joins the IDF
- **Kiriakou's verdict:** "That is a [expletive] outrage. As an American, I consider that to be treason."
- **His principle:** "If you're fighting on behalf of a foreign military you shouldn't be an American citizen. Period."
- **Related conduct he cites:** A member wearing an IDF uniform on the House floor; Israeli flags outside Senate offices, including Tom Cotton's

**Veterans' benefits for IDF service** is a proposal [John Kiriakou](https://www.kiripedia.org/wiki/john-kiriakou) raises as the sharpest available illustration of what he considers divided loyalty in Congress.

*"Just in the last 48 hours a Republican congressman from Pennsylvania and a Republican congressman from Ohio sponsored a bill in the House of Representatives to give US veteran veterans benefits to any American who joins the IDF."* His response is immediate: *"That is a [expletive] outrage. As an American, I consider that to be treason. If you If you're If you're fighting on behalf of a foreign military you shouldn't be an American citizen. Period."*[1][2]

He sets it among related conduct: *"We have members of Congress like this this fine of Florida who show up on the floor of the House of Representatives wearing an IDF uniform. We have members of the US Senate including the chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, Tom Cotton, who have Israeli flags outside their offices on Capitol Hill. What is that?"*[2]

The underlying position is the one he opens and closes the interview with: *"Either we're Americans fighting on behalf of America and American ideals or we're not. We're Israeli puppets and stooges and I'm unwilling to be an Israeli stooge."*[3]

## See also

- [NDAA 2027 US–Israel fusion provisions](https://www.kiripedia.org/wiki/ndaa-2027-israel-fusion)
- [Israel's counterintelligence threat ranking](https://www.kiripedia.org/wiki/israel-counterintelligence-threat-ranking)
- [MOSSAD](https://www.kiripedia.org/wiki/mossad)

## Sources

1. DDGeopolitics (2026-06-13), at 03:05. Recording: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wp3CwqOz5ao&t=185s · Transcript: https://www.kiripedia.org/sources/2026-06-13-ddgeopolitics-ddgeopolitics/
2. DDGeopolitics (2026-06-13), at 03:36. Recording: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wp3CwqOz5ao&t=216s · Transcript: https://www.kiripedia.org/sources/2026-06-13-ddgeopolitics-ddgeopolitics/
3. DDGeopolitics (2026-06-13), at 04:07. Recording: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wp3CwqOz5ao&t=247s · Transcript: https://www.kiripedia.org/sources/2026-06-13-ddgeopolitics-ddgeopolitics/

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