LowlyPion said:
I did. Your hypothesizing that Indonesia may have laws relative to her National affiliation is irrelevant to the rights of Obama himself. No act on her part subsequent to his birth can cede his rights of citizenship from birth.
Indonesian law has no jurisdiction in the US.
US law has no jurisdiction in Indonesia. According to US law, an Indonesian national that naturalizes to become a US citizen, under US law, their children also become US citizens. Do you think that Indonesia recognizes that? And we aren't talking about his birth, btw.
Being a dual national myself, I know the problems it can cause. Take my brother, for instance. My mother was French and my father American, my brother and I were both born in the US, but because my mother was French, we also had French nationality. My mother later became a naturalized US citizen, which by US law would change our status to American, the French government does not recognize this US law, we would have to renounce our French citizenship at the age of 18, which neither of us did. When my brother turned 18, he was notified by the French government that he was obligated to serve whatever equivalent to military service in France. My mother spent a good bit of time between the US & French consulate getting him out of it. My brother had never even set foot on French soil.
When I went to Europe I carried two passports, one US and one French.
So even though the US recognizes me as being a full US Citizen, France also reconizes me as being a full French citizen.
Although Obama might be a US citizen, (I don't say he isn't, you keep thinking my reference to the lawsuit is my personal viewpoint for some odd reason) he may also have one or two other nationalities. I find it an interesting situation. I don't believe that holding multiple national status would prevent him from being President as long as he can prove that he was born on US soil.
