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U.S. Troops Were Told Iran War Is for “Armageddon,” Return of Jesus
(jonathanlarsen.substack.com)
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this post was submitted on 03 Mar 2026
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I would like our nobles to get lost in a desert and be massacred by the locals.
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These people are not fit to lead. This is insane...
I am trying to think of how we would have responded to this when I was in the military
We already had a 1st Sergeant who used soldiers to pick up trash at his church and gave soldiers on extra duty the option to go to his church on Sunday to avoid extra duty
That 1SG got forced retirement pretty quick
But a commander? Not sure how to handle that one
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Wow. America really is fucked.
I'm not very Jesusy but if he existed I doubt he'd annoint that sad old bag of hamburgers.
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All powerful deity exists outside of space and time
Needs Donald J Trump
Got it
Ah yes. The mentally ill are running the military.
The scary thing is not just that commanders may be saying this, but what an extreme outlier the citizens of the USA are when it comes to not being able to differentiate between reality and fairy-tales: https://www.csmonitor.com/USA/USA-Update/2015/0316/Do-countries-become-less-religious-as-they-get-richer
Even when the specific fairy-tales oppose these actions: quotes from Jesus according to the gospels:
"If anyone slaps you on the right cheek, turn to them the other cheek also." Matthew 5:39
"Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you," Luke 6:27
The NCO said they were Christian and emailed the MRFF on behalf of 15 troops, including at least 11 Christians, one Muslim, and one Jew. (Full email printed below.) The NCO wrote to the MRFF that their commander “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.”
How can you go in front of your mixed troops and start waxing lyrical about your specific religion? Like what sort of brain disease leads to this? Even if you are religious, you have to know that other people take their other religions just as seriously and recognize that perhaps it's better not to sow discord between them if they are supposed to battle together.
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It's just so stupid, so embarrassing. You guys need to get rid of these clowns ASAP.
I remember in the time after 9/11 when Muslims and Islam were shown in this kind of light while the west was too modern, scientific, and secular to fall prey to this stuff.
Now... now everything they accused Islam of they are actually doing AND the worst of the wordt Muslims are being armed and propped up by them as they always have been.
I need a good strong whisky this weekend...
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You'd have been called antisemitic for saying this exact thing yesterday.
The reason every Christians nation has turned a blind eye to the Gaza genocide is to fulfill a biblical prophecy of Jews controlling the entirety of Biblical Israel.
Is there a reputable source for this? Smells like rage-bait...
MRFF has their post about it and they seem legit, but beyond that I dunno what t tell you...
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I find this very hard to believe, especially as it's coming from some random guy's substack.
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Just... What is even going on? I don't remember people being this stupid and cruel. This is after 2 world wars. How could people not see that they're doing the same things that the other dickheads did to gain enough power to butcher people? People are mad and stupid
Ah great just another so-called holy war
I wonder if the first one were fought for the pedophiles as well
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what the actual fuck
So these ignorant, murderous heretics think they can force God's hand?
Their hubris knows no bounds.
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Holy fuck...🚨🚨🚨 🚩🚩🚩‼️‼️‼️
These people are legitimately crazy. Like drowning their kids in the bath tub because the voices in their head they think are Jesus told them to "save them," level of crazy.
Murricans always telling us we should be afraid of the mad militaristic, totalitarian theocracy
Christoid brainrot is going to kill us all jesus fucking christ
Religion is a cult. This is literal proof. Jesus was not real. The bible is fiction. Grow up.
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