A proposal in the Jerusalem Post to wipe out young Americans' debts in exchange for military service is drawing fire as a scheme to staff an Iran ground war fought for Israel's benefit.

• The op-ed argues a ground invasion of Iran would need 750,000 to 1.5 million troops, far beyond the roughly 425,000 in the active US Army.
• Its fix: erase student loans, credit card balances, and car loans after two to three years of service, plus expanded GI Bill benefits.
• The target group is Americans aged 18 to 34, who typically carry over $40,000 in non-mortgage debt — a pool of recruits made desperate by high tuition and high interest rates.
• Trump's public call for Iranians to rise up signals regime change was always the real goal, not stopping a nuclear program, and bombing alone has never toppled a government without troops on the ground.
• The strikes backfired: Iranians rallied around their leadership instead of turning on it.

Outlook: With no appetite among Americans for boots on the ground and recruitment short, pressure will grow to find backdoor ways to fill the ranks.