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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsTRUMP'S TROOPS TOLD THE WAR IS MEANT TO 'CAUSE THE APOCALYPSE' - 3.5.26
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SPECIAL COMMENT: It's literally a disaster of BIBLICAL PROPORTIONS.
Some of Trumps Troops are being told that it isn't 'war with Iran' - it's a war to start a Biblical Armageddon: Trump has been anointed by Jesus to light the signal fire in Iran to cause Armageddon and mark his return to earth says one whistle-blower NCO about his commanding officer.
You heard it: a non-zero number of Trump Commanders aren't just fighting an illegal, ill-prepared, ill-fated war against an Iran that posed no realistic threat. To them it's a literal Holy War, start the apocalypse, end times, and then they all get raptured. More than 200 reports of such religious insanity, to a group called MRFF (Military Religious Freedom Foundation) and reported by one of my former MSNBC Coordinating Producers, Jonathan Larsen. MRRF is pushing back against us doing the whole Book of Revelations Crusades thing - and the newest development: the religious nuts in the military are holding emergency bible classes for those who may be deployed.
Maybe not Apocalypse Now but Apocalypse SOON. The religious nut jobs are in charge, Hegseth may be in on the delusion, and so: no sign of bad luck in Rapture.
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TRUMP TROOPS TOLD: IRAN WAR IS MEANT TO "CAUSE ARMAGEDDON." Hundreds of whistleblower complaints as commanders demand "Holy War"
— Keith Olbermann (@olbermann.bsky.social) 2026-03-05T05:17:09.715Z
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TRUMP'S TROOPS TOLD THE WAR IS MEANT TO 'CAUSE THE APOCALYPSE' - 3.5.26 (Original Post)
orleans
12 hrs ago
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BadgerKid
(4,977 posts)1. "Are being told" ... passive voice.
Doesnt imply DJT is the one telling them. Why would religious racials be in leadership roles anyway?
Kid Berwyn
(24,018 posts)2. Officers
US troops were told war on Iran was all part of Gods divine plan, watchdog alleges
Religious freedom group says 200 troops sent complaints of superiors using extremist Christian rhetoric to justify war
by Sara Braun
The Guardian, March 3, 2024
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 Gods divine plan and he specifically referenced numerous citations out of the Book of Revelation referring to Armageddon and the imminent return of Jesus Christ.
He said that President Trump has been anointed by Jesus to light the signal fire in Iran to cause Armageddon and mark his return to Earth, the NCO added.
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https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/mar/03/us-israel-iran-war-christian-rhetoric
Religious freedom group says 200 troops sent complaints of superiors using extremist Christian rhetoric to justify war
by Sara Braun
The Guardian, March 3, 2024
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 Gods divine plan and he specifically referenced numerous citations out of the Book of Revelation referring to Armageddon and the imminent return of Jesus Christ.
He said that President Trump has been anointed by Jesus to light the signal fire in Iran to cause Armageddon and mark his return to Earth, the NCO added.
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https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/mar/03/us-israel-iran-war-christian-rhetoric