It takes some real social aptitude but there's a lot of power in being able to say "what the fuck are you talking about" without letting those specific words out of your mouth
I'm going to create a sovereign nation in some unclaimed bit of land, declare myself king, and issue my one decree: Samuel Alito is bound to provide 1 year of military service.
It’s a dumb objection regardless. The person will either enlist in service to Iran, in which case they can be charged as appropriate - or they won’t, in which case there’s no problem. Same as any other US citizen.
Whether Iran claims they’re “owed” service is irrelevant.
George Carlin had this bit about "Mystery Time" in his Catholic School, when the parish priest would visit and they would all ask him very specific questions, like "Father, what if you're on a ship in the Pacific Ocean, and you haven't fulfilled your Easter duty [a requirement to take the Eucharist