Sticky

I think that the example clouds the ability to come to an answer.
There is a snesitivity to this example.

let's try anothe example and see if we can come to a solution.

In the U.S. (in places that I know anyway) you can spit on the street. In Singapore it is illegal to spit on the street.

Should U.S. servicemen and women be allowed to spit on the street in Singapore? (this assumes that there is no agreement between the U.S. and Singapore)
No, they should be subject to the laws of the land like anyone else.

If they want they can spit on the street but that is a choice they make and they have to accept the consequences.




So back the burkah example.
If the law of the land is that women must wear burkhas and there is no agreement between the U.S. and the other land that servicewomen don't have to where them then the U.S. servicewomen are subject to the laws of the land.
The servicewomen can choose not to wear one but she must be willing to accept the consequences.
- possibility being disciplined by the service for breaking local laws.
- possibility of being charged by the locale according to their laws.



In both cases the U.S. service can decide to use its influence to try to get the serviceman/servicewoman out of the trouble, but if there is no prior agreement then that is after the fact.

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