I'm against exemptions for people who are participating in hostile entities. I think it has the dual effect of leaving us open to people who may well wish to do us harm, as well as encouraging frivolous designations of hostility because we know we can protect our friends. I realize these provisions you've proposed would expire in a month, but once someone is exempted now, later people will want an exemption the next time a region has to be designated as hostile.
Honestly, if we have to designate a region as hostile, anyone participating there can leave the hostile region and participate in Lazarus. If they choose not to leave the hostile region, then it's pretty hard to believe they're going to put our security first if asked to do something against our security by the hostile region. Because by choosing not to leave the hostile region, they're already indicating their preference for that region and that their loyalty lies there, not here.
So, I'm not going to be including this in the legislation. But thank you for the feedback nonetheless.
Honestly, if we have to designate a region as hostile, anyone participating there can leave the hostile region and participate in Lazarus. If they choose not to leave the hostile region, then it's pretty hard to believe they're going to put our security first if asked to do something against our security by the hostile region. Because by choosing not to leave the hostile region, they're already indicating their preference for that region and that their loyalty lies there, not here.
So, I'm not going to be including this in the legislation. But thank you for the feedback nonetheless.
Cormac Skollvaldr
"We are all misfits living in a world on fire." - Kelly Clarkson, "People Like Us"
"We are all misfits living in a world on fire." - Kelly Clarkson, "People Like Us"