In my 21 1/2 years of military service I don’t recall ever running into anything like this.
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@BrianJopek Be really curious to hear what they say when that doesn’t happen.
The military didn’t light the signal fire right?
Not enough soldiers believed it hard enough?@reay @BrianJopek They'll double down, come up with some story like "you've shown that the world is worthy so it's been given a stay of execution" and it'll strengthen rather than weaken their delusion, exactly the same as you see apocalyptic cults.
I should say I'm saying this as someone with a faith of my own. I think this is a distinguishing sign between honest religious belief and a dangerous cult: one is willing to live with doubt and question everything, the other is afraid of ever giving any impression of doubt or uncertainty, so always has to go further in the face of contrary evidence.
I don't think anyone unafraid to acknowledge they might be wrong would come out with that speech. These people are fanatics, but sadly, they get seen as representative and thus give all religion a bad name.
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@oldguycrusty @mls14 @ArmyGirl @BrianJopek I remember that being used as a punchline in a satirical sketch about Tony Blair "singing from the same hymn sheet" as George W Bush while they were attempting to make their case during the run up to the invasion of Iraq.
Back then, Blair was seen as being dragged into it by Bush, and didn't want there to be any perception of it being a 'religious war'. It's scary but unsurprising that they're willing to use that language now, although I doubt that the motivation really is that for everyone involved.
(There might not be much in it, but do I wonder about the sequencing of Venezuelan oil tanker captures not long before a SMO pushes oil prices way up.)
@GerardThornley @oldguycrusty @mls14 @ArmyGirl @BrianJopek it’s always been part of motivation for the support of the Israel project. None of this stuff is ever caused by a single factor. Insider trading is a big element too, as is looking like a war leader coming into midterms.
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In my 21 1/2 years of military service I don’t recall ever running into anything like this. This is fucked up beyond all recognition.
#FUBAR“A combat-unit commander told non-commissioned officers at a briefing Monday that the Iran war is part of God’s plan and that Pres. Donald Trump was ‘anointed by Jesus to light the signal fire in Iran to cause Armageddon and mark his return to Earth,’ according to a complaint by a non-commissioned officer.” - Jonathan Larsen
https://jonathanlarsen.substack.com/p/us-troops-were-told-iran-war-is-for?fbclid=IwZnRzaAQTONJleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZAo2NjI4NTY4Mzc5AAEeJG3E3YqM8ukVozZseDDcDk7CWLgH6C2-l29rGcDD7SgEoT5gVduTtcaS4ak_aem_TITttkhQhu5b_C9u3tX4mA@BrianJopek The reason why the Israelis target children and babies in war is biblical:
> Now go, attack Amolek, and proscribe, kill and dedicate to YHWH, all that belongs to him. Spare no one, but kill alike men and women, infants and sucklings, oxen and sheep, camels and asses
As Netanyahu stated at the beginning of Israel's genocide on #palestine their objective was killing Amolek. Now they attack #iran in the hope of creating Greater Israel and the third temple for their Messiah, literally!
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@BrianJopek the religion of love and peace
@giordy @BrianJopek Wait, we're still at the Old Testament, you're running to the New one.
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@GerardThornley @oldguycrusty @mls14 @ArmyGirl @BrianJopek it’s always been part of motivation for the support of the Israel project. None of this stuff is ever caused by a single factor. Insider trading is a big element too, as is looking like a war leader coming into midterms.
@Colman @oldguycrusty @mls14 @ArmyGirl @BrianJopek Yeah, all that.
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In my 21 1/2 years of military service I don’t recall ever running into anything like this. This is fucked up beyond all recognition.
#FUBAR“A combat-unit commander told non-commissioned officers at a briefing Monday that the Iran war is part of God’s plan and that Pres. Donald Trump was ‘anointed by Jesus to light the signal fire in Iran to cause Armageddon and mark his return to Earth,’ according to a complaint by a non-commissioned officer.” - Jonathan Larsen
https://jonathanlarsen.substack.com/p/us-troops-were-told-iran-war-is-for?fbclid=IwZnRzaAQTONJleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZAo2NjI4NTY4Mzc5AAEeJG3E3YqM8ukVozZseDDcDk7CWLgH6C2-l29rGcDD7SgEoT5gVduTtcaS4ak_aem_TITttkhQhu5b_C9u3tX4mA -
In my 21 1/2 years of military service I don’t recall ever running into anything like this. This is fucked up beyond all recognition.
#FUBAR“A combat-unit commander told non-commissioned officers at a briefing Monday that the Iran war is part of God’s plan and that Pres. Donald Trump was ‘anointed by Jesus to light the signal fire in Iran to cause Armageddon and mark his return to Earth,’ according to a complaint by a non-commissioned officer.” - Jonathan Larsen
https://jonathanlarsen.substack.com/p/us-troops-were-told-iran-war-is-for?fbclid=IwZnRzaAQTONJleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZAo2NjI4NTY4Mzc5AAEeJG3E3YqM8ukVozZseDDcDk7CWLgH6C2-l29rGcDD7SgEoT5gVduTtcaS4ak_aem_TITttkhQhu5b_C9u3tX4mA@BrianJopek And yet Trumpistan seems to be the losing side? Oil proces disrupted, strikes all over the middle east? No visible plan on the part of Trump apart from thinking that killing the leaders would make a difference?
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In my 21 1/2 years of military service I don’t recall ever running into anything like this. This is fucked up beyond all recognition.
#FUBAR“A combat-unit commander told non-commissioned officers at a briefing Monday that the Iran war is part of God’s plan and that Pres. Donald Trump was ‘anointed by Jesus to light the signal fire in Iran to cause Armageddon and mark his return to Earth,’ according to a complaint by a non-commissioned officer.” - Jonathan Larsen
https://jonathanlarsen.substack.com/p/us-troops-were-told-iran-war-is-for?fbclid=IwZnRzaAQTONJleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZAo2NjI4NTY4Mzc5AAEeJG3E3YqM8ukVozZseDDcDk7CWLgH6C2-l29rGcDD7SgEoT5gVduTtcaS4ak_aem_TITttkhQhu5b_C9u3tX4mA"Gods do not need human beings to protect them or carry out their plans.
Unless they are not gods."
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In my 21 1/2 years of military service I don’t recall ever running into anything like this. This is fucked up beyond all recognition.
#FUBAR“A combat-unit commander told non-commissioned officers at a briefing Monday that the Iran war is part of God’s plan and that Pres. Donald Trump was ‘anointed by Jesus to light the signal fire in Iran to cause Armageddon and mark his return to Earth,’ according to a complaint by a non-commissioned officer.” - Jonathan Larsen
https://jonathanlarsen.substack.com/p/us-troops-were-told-iran-war-is-for?fbclid=IwZnRzaAQTONJleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZAo2NjI4NTY4Mzc5AAEeJG3E3YqM8ukVozZseDDcDk7CWLgH6C2-l29rGcDD7SgEoT5gVduTtcaS4ak_aem_TITttkhQhu5b_C9u3tX4mA@BrianJopek
Jesus! I would have gone ape shit on any NCO or officer talking that crap. I thought it was always humourous when our ship's chaplain would pray for a successful evolution the night before an operation -
In my 21 1/2 years of military service I don’t recall ever running into anything like this. This is fucked up beyond all recognition.
#FUBAR“A combat-unit commander told non-commissioned officers at a briefing Monday that the Iran war is part of God’s plan and that Pres. Donald Trump was ‘anointed by Jesus to light the signal fire in Iran to cause Armageddon and mark his return to Earth,’ according to a complaint by a non-commissioned officer.” - Jonathan Larsen
https://jonathanlarsen.substack.com/p/us-troops-were-told-iran-war-is-for?fbclid=IwZnRzaAQTONJleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZAo2NjI4NTY4Mzc5AAEeJG3E3YqM8ukVozZseDDcDk7CWLgH6C2-l29rGcDD7SgEoT5gVduTtcaS4ak_aem_TITttkhQhu5b_C9u3tX4mA
US commander calls for #HolyWar against #Iran 
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"A combat-unit commander told non-commissioned officers at a briefing...He 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 #BookOfRevelation referring to #Armageddon and the imminent return of #Jesus #Christ. He said that “#PresidentTrump has been anointed..
https://jonathanlarsen.substack.com/p/us-troops-were-told-iran-war-is-for
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US commander calls for #HolyWar against #Iran
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"A combat-unit commander told non-commissioned officers at a briefing...He 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 #BookOfRevelation referring to #Armageddon and the imminent return of #Jesus #Christ. He said that “#PresidentTrump has been anointed..
https://jonathanlarsen.substack.com/p/us-troops-were-told-iran-war-is-for
US commander calls for #HolyWar against #Iran (2/n)
...by #Jesus to light the signal fire in #Iran to cause #Armageddon and mark his return to Earth”.
He had a big grin on his face... " 1)Contrast that with this #PapalBull of 1187, calling for the 3rd #Crusade:
"When we heard of the severity of the awesome judgment that the hand of God visited on the land of #Jerusalem, we and our brothers were disturbed by such a great...
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@lawyersgunsnmoney @GhostOnTheHalfShell @BrianJopek Have you seen a second source on this? How reliable is the MRFF?
@gam3 @lawyersgunsnmoney @GhostOnTheHalfShell @BrianJopek I wonder why you should find it unlikely
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US commander calls for #HolyWar against #Iran
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...by #Jesus to light the signal fire in #Iran to cause #Armageddon and mark his return to Earth”.
He had a big grin on his face... " 1)Contrast that with this #PapalBull of 1187, calling for the 3rd #Crusade:
"When we heard of the severity of the awesome judgment that the hand of God visited on the land of #Jerusalem, we and our brothers were disturbed by such a great...
️US commander calls for #HolyWar against #Iran ️ (3/n)
...horror, afflicted by such sorrows, ...
We promise full remission of their sins and eternal life to those who take up the labor of this journey with a contrite heart and a humble spirit and depart in penitence of their sins and with true faith...In fact, because of the conflict which the
malice of [#Christian] men has recently brought on the land by the... -
️US commander calls for #HolyWar against #Iran ️
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...horror, afflicted by such sorrows, ...
We promise full remission of their sins and eternal life to those who take up the labor of this journey with a contrite heart and a humble spirit and depart in penitence of their sins and with true faith...In fact, because of the conflict which the
malice of [#Christian] men has recently brought on the land by the... @HistoPol @BrianJopek well if its true, then this is a state-sponsored religious terror attack, not a war
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️US commander calls for #HolyWar against #Iran ️
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...horror, afflicted by such sorrows, ...
We promise full remission of their sins and eternal life to those who take up the labor of this journey with a contrite heart and a humble spirit and depart in penitence of their sins and with true faith...In fact, because of the conflict which the
malice of [#Christian] men has recently brought on the land by the... ️️US commander calls for #HolyWar against #Iran ️️ (3/n)
...inspiration of the devil, Saladin approached those parts with a host of armed troops...
‘‘Gird yourselves and be powerful sons because it is better for us to die in battle than to witness the desecration of our nation and our saints’..." 2)
Please do note:
The combat-unit commander is even more presumptious than Pope Gregory VIII:-HE attributes the horrific deeds of Muslims to the wrath of God due to...
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️️US commander calls for #HolyWar against #Iran ️️
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...inspiration of the devil, Saladin approached those parts with a host of armed troops...
‘‘Gird yourselves and be powerful sons because it is better for us to die in battle than to witness the desecration of our nation and our saints’..." 2)
Please do note:
The combat-unit commander is even more presumptious than Pope Gregory VIII:-HE attributes the horrific deeds of Muslims to the wrath of God due to...
️️️US commander calls for #HolyWar against #Iran ️️️ (4/n)
...the sins of CHRISTIAN men,
-He does not claim that this was #Armageddon or that somebody is the reincarnation of Christ.
Excerpts of an/the original text:
"Audita tremendi severitate iudicii, quod super terram Ierusalem divina manus exercuit...
Eis autem qui corde contrito et humiliato spiritu, itineris huius
laborem assumpserint, et in... -
️️️US commander calls for #HolyWar against #Iran ️️️
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...the sins of CHRISTIAN men,
-He does not claim that this was #Armageddon or that somebody is the reincarnation of Christ.
Excerpts of an/the original text:
"Audita tremendi severitate iudicii, quod super terram Ierusalem divina manus exercuit...
Eis autem qui corde contrito et humiliato spiritu, itineris huius
laborem assumpserint, et in...️️️️US commander calls for #HolyWar against #Iran ️️️️ (4/n)
...poenitentia peccatorum et fide recta decesserint, plenam suorum criminum indulgentiam, et vitam pollicemur aeternam...
Ex occasione quippe dissensionis quae malitia hominum ex suggestione diaboli facta est nuper in terra, accessit Saladinus cum multitudine armatorum ad partes illas,...
Accingimini, et estote filii potentes, quoniam melius est nobis mori in bello quam videre mala gentis...
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️️️️US commander calls for #HolyWar against #Iran ️️️️
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...poenitentia peccatorum et fide recta decesserint, plenam suorum criminum indulgentiam, et vitam pollicemur aeternam...
Ex occasione quippe dissensionis quae malitia hominum ex suggestione diaboli facta est nuper in terra, accessit Saladinus cum multitudine armatorum ad partes illas,...
Accingimini, et estote filii potentes, quoniam melius est nobis mori in bello quam videre mala gentis...
️️️️️US commander calls for #HolyWar against #Iran ️️️️️ (5/n)
...nostrae et sanctorum"
Source:
Bull of Pope Gregory VIII,
"Audita tremendi" [Having heard of the terrible/dreadful thing],
Dated at Ferrara on the fourth Calends of November [October 29, 1187], the sixth indiction, calling for the #ThirdCrusadehttps://la.wikisource.org/wiki/Audita_tremendi
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One of the most authoritative English translations by This excerpt from... -
️️️️️US commander calls for #HolyWar against #Iran ️️️️️
(5/n)
...nostrae et sanctorum"
Source:
Bull of Pope Gregory VIII,
"Audita tremendi" [Having heard of the terrible/dreadful thing],
Dated at Ferrara on the fourth Calends of November [October 29, 1187], the sixth indiction, calling for the #ThirdCrusadehttps://la.wikisource.org/wiki/Audita_tremendi
2)
One of the most authoritative English translations by This excerpt from...️️️️️️US commander calls for #HolyWar against #Iran ️️️️️️ (6/6)
...#Crusade and #Christendom: Annotated Documents in Translation from #InnocentIII to the Fall of #Acre, 1187-1291," edited by #JessalynnBird, #EdwardPeters, and #JamesMPowell."
//
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@HistoPol @BrianJopek well if its true, then this is a state-sponsored religious terror attack, not a war
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I would not go this far. - This statement, which seems veracious to me, as a deep fake would have taken a LOT of work, was issued by a "mere" "combat-unit commander," not the "Commander-in-Chief".
That anyone would go this far on the battlefield, even knowing that quite a substiantial number of his/her (wo)men were destined to be non-Christian, is quite surprising and disturbing.
Please also note that I highly doubt that the commander in question will be...
