[devattel]

Mr Rogers said:

Someone else declaring you are a citizen of their country doesn’t make it so. Review the War of 1812...

Someone else declaring you are a citizen of their country always makes it so because they dictate how their own laws are written. It took a war and an eventual treaty to finally get Great Britain to reverse course.

There is nothing to stop any other nation from doing what Great Britain did in 1776. And we would be forced to take action against that nation. The founding fathers knew this was the case as Great Britain never recognized the Declaration of Independence.

Are you suggesting our arrogance as a nation automatically "makes it so" with regards to the citizenship laws of other nations? If this is the case, would you mind citing other nationality laws where the "supreme prowess of the United States" causes these nations to run in fear that their immigration laws are null an void under the shadow of the "Great Western Empire"?

[Mr Rogers]

I see...so if Putin declares Sarah Palin to be a Russian citizen, she will be ineligible due to dual citizenship?

Are you suggesting another country can make a person a citizen against their will?

If China had made Ronald Reagan a citizen, would he have been ineligible for office?

I’m saying no foreign country can make a citizen of the USA a citizen of THEIR country against that person’s will. And I’m saying the UK has never issued a passport to Obama, nor does the Queen consider him a subject.