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    US-Truppen sagten, der Krieg gegen den Iran sei „alles Teil von Gottes göttlichem Plan“, Watchdog meldet mehr als 200 Beschwerden


    US-Truppen sagten, der Krieg gegen den Iran sei „alles Teil von Gottes göttlichem Plan“, Watchdog meldet mehr als 200 Beschwerden

    https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/mar/03/us-israel-iran-war-christian-rhetoric

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    2. GraveDiggingCynic on

      It’s been 1600 years since Theodosius I began the Persecution of the Pagans in earnest, and here we are again right back into Imperial Christianity with all the Divinely-commanded killing of non-Christians.

      What a pathetic species we are.

    3. boris_squanch on

      Everyone memes on republican foreign policy as being about oil and communism. reality is oil and communism are what liberal foreign policy are about, republican foreign policy is about abrahamic prophecy, gog, and magog, king david, and the book of ezekiel

    4. fungobat on

      >US military commanders have been invoking extremist Christian rhetoric about biblical “end times” to justify involvement in the Iran war to troops, according to complaints made to a watchdog group.

      >The Military Religious Freedom Foundation (MRFF) says it has received more than 200 complaints from service members across all branches of the armed forces, including the marines, air force and space force.

      >One complainant, identified as a noncommissioned officer (NCO) in a unit that could be deployed “at any moment to join” operations against Iran, told MRFF in a complaint viewed by the Guardian that their commander had “urged us to tell our troops that this was ‘all part of God’s divine plan’ and he specifically referenced numerous citations out of the Book of Revelation referring to Armageddon and the imminent return of Jesus Christ”.

    5. QBRisNotPasserRating on

      “Military members are not really able to stand up for themselves, because your military superior is not your shift manager at Starbucks”

      Starbucks managers catching strays

    7. oldbutfeisty on

      Amazingly it’s the same rhetoric used by the Taliban. Then again, it’s no surprise at all.

    8. patchesohoulihandies on

      This is the kind of bullshit that proves religion only acts to hold back humanity.

    9. BearFeetOrWhiteSox on

      Hegseth: „Grok, find evidence in the bible to support a US war against Iran“.

    10. timelydefense on

      200 reports, there needs to be a name attached to who did it, and that person needs to be deposed.

    11. Constant-Horse-3389 on

      I’m fairly certain Jesus would be against this.

      I’m also fairly certain that Trump is the anti-Christ, if anything.

      „The Antichrist is a figure in Christian eschatology prophesied to oppose Jesus Christ, deny his divinity, and falsely present themselves as a savior. Often linked to the „beast“ in Revelation, the Antichrist is described as a deceptive, power-hungry figure who will reign briefly, causing immense tribulation.“

    12. DFuhbree on

      Turns out handing over the biggest military in world history to a pedophile worshipping cult that believes we’re living in the biblical end times may have been a mistake. Whoopsy daisy.

    13. Superb-Farmer1411 on

      We seriously need to start banning people with such views from serving in the military or government. It’s the only way to maintain a true separation of church and state. And preserve the world. They will happily nuke it because they think they can conjure Jesus back with enough human sacrifices.

    14. rds92 on

      Are Americans into this shit? I was doing training for work in Texas, and met a couple normal seeming dudes that just brought up god and Jesus all the time it was super weird

    16. Morden013 on

      So… is this a war or a crusade?

      Why don’t we check on the idiot who is running the ministry of war. „Pete Hegseth, a military veteran, author, and former Fox News host nominated by Donald Trump to be Secretary of Defense, has a collection of tattoos heavily themed around Christian, Crusader, and American patriotic imagery. He has described his tattoos as representing „faith, firepower, and freedom“

      OK. It fits.

    18. burnmenowz on

      Billionaire class running the government treats all of us as disposable numbers. Keep that in mind.

    19. WoollyMittens on

      Strange how this all powerful loving god always wants either money or mass murder.

    22. Logical_Wheel_1420 on

      remember when George W. Bush said to Chirac the Iraq War was „Gog vs. Magog“ and a harbinger of the end times?

      but now it’s the generals too.

    24. Accidental-Genius on

      And this is how you actually lose support of the grunts. Crazy can recognize crazy.

    26. Erisian23 on

      So.out of curiousity, let’s say we get the peace in the middle east but the end times doesn’t happen? Then what?

    27. FigureFourWoo on

      Any trouble in the Middle East is a sign of the End of Days in the Bible. That’s where Armageddon begins.

    28. bappestinian on

      Yeah if I was told to embark on some jihad on the behalf of a cultish subsection of Christianity I’d be pissed too

    30. dainamo81 on

      How is it only 200 complaints? I know most Americans, especially in the military, are religious, but this is batshit crazy talk.

    32. neroselene on

      Well…10th Crusade is starting up, and somehow for reasons even stupider then the previous 9 ones.

    35. tneeno on

      You know you’re really in trouble when ‚Ushering in Armaggedon‘ is a key objective in your nation’s war plan.

    42. MrBlueBoar on

      This sounds like reserve/guard unit in some deep south/midwest state non-sense.

    44. Illustrious_Map_3247 on

      All these warmongering, bible thumping, mouth breathers who don’t realise Armageddon is a place and it’s 1000 miles from Iran.

      Might as well be searching for the gold at the end of the rainbow in Scotland.

    45. Elisian_Knight on

      The world unfortunately has a lot of people who think angels are real. They often do and say really stupid shit,

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