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2026-03-04 -Short Attention Span Theater-

US commanders tell troops Iran war 'God's divine plan,' Trump anointed to 'ignite Armageddon': Report

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Posted by Jairong+Scourge+of+the+Gepids2435 2026-03-04 00:00|| E-Mail|| Front Page|| [1855 views ] Top

Posted by Skidmark 2026-03-04 07:58|| 2026-03-04 07:58|| Front Page Top

2 Consider the source: Founded in 2005 by an ex-army lawyer. The MRFF claims to be about freedom of religion but mainly focuses on anti-Christian policy.

Posted by Hupoluth Dribble3876 2026-03-04 09:17|| 2026-03-04 09:17|| Front Page Top

3 The source might be questionable, based on what I saw and heard even back to the late 1980's there has always been an element of very religious in the military. There was a story that almost all of the AF missile crews and their leadership were very religious. I suppose it makes sense if you have a job that could kill millions of people and end the world.

Posted by Chantry 2026-03-04 10:20|| 2026-03-04 10:20|| Front Page Top

4 Somebody needs the Chinese general treatment.
Religious fanatics tend to be ... less reliable than one might wish.

Posted by Skidmark 2026-03-04 11:42|| 2026-03-04 11:42|| Front Page Top

5 I would really like a pony, but that didn't happen either.

Posted by Thing From Snowy Mountain 2026-03-04 14:33|| 2026-03-04 14:33|| Front Page Top

6 The entire thing was based on a single source: Mikey Weinstein of the Military Religious Freedom Foundation (MRFF).

If a commander in the military was arguing that this war was part of a religious crusade, why did no other media organization report this story? It’s not like they haven’t published similarly damning stories about religion in the military. How did no other reporters know about this? Why did all these soldiers (or whatever their positions are) not take their complaints to a credible military reporter, but rather decided to share it with a relatively obscure organization?

There were “110 similar complaints… in every branch of the military,” spread out over 40 units, we’re told, but MRFF is the only outlet to hear about this one? Really? (By the way, on MRFF’s own website, the numbers suddenly jump to “over 200 calls from more than 50 military installations.”) All these calls, all to one organization, and none apparently to any reporters who actually have the power to create change and have the contacts within the military to get more information.

So basically a made up story to make the left go REEEEEEEEE

Posted by DarthVader 2026-03-04 16:15|| 2026-03-04 16:15|| Front Page Top

7 Masterful analysis, Darth Vader.

Posted by trailing wife 2026-03-04 17:47|| 2026-03-04 17:47|| Front Page Top

8 ^^Agree..good job DV!

Posted by Oregon Dave 2026-03-04 18:24|| 2026-03-04 18:24|| Front Page Top

9 110 complaints logged within 48 hours... over 40 units... at least 30 military installations with everyone telling the same story from the Book of Revelation.

Shenanigans! In addition to the case Darth lays out, a big pulse of identical complaints in a short time frame suggests an organized psy-op. I'm sure there are enough disgruntled DEIers in the ranks who are not happy with the current focus on warfighting instead of pronouns and cross-dressing.

Is the complaint form on-line to help ensure anonymity? In that case, you can run a script to file the complaints automatically, so you do not even need disgruntled grunts. Easy as rigging an on-line poll!

From the headline, I guessed "Bee". It would be an amusing plot twist if the war on Iran *is* God's plan. Donald Trump as an avenging angel? Nobody saw that coming!

Posted by SteveS 2026-03-04 19:21|| 2026-03-04 19:21|| Front Page Top

10 A dusty old scrap of papyrus
Tests free of that tedious virus:
"An angel he ain't,
But [bright splashes of paint]
He just might be the Persians' own Cyrus."

Posted by Uluting Fillmore6448 2026-03-04 20:06|| 2026-03-04 20:06|| Front Page Top

11 Oh yum, Zenobia F. Not a Snark o’the Day, but definitely seeing deeper in the stone than I, not that it’s hard.

Posted by trailing wife 2026-03-04 20:21|| 2026-03-04 20:21|| Front Page Top

12 And masterfully done, too, SteveS. Something about the weather today, I guess, but Rantburg is just inspiring insights right and left.

Posted by trailing wife 2026-03-04 20:23|| 2026-03-04 20:23|| Front Page Top

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