***
US troops were told Iran war ‘anointed by Jesus’ to bring on Armageddon, watchdog says – Middleeasteye.net
US commanders from every arm of the military have told their units that the war on Iran is “anointed by Jesus” and would bring about his return to Earth as part of the “Armageddon”, resulting in scores of complaints from serving members of the military.
The Military Religious Freedom Foundation (MRFF), an organisation dedicated to ensuring that all members of the US military are guaranteed religious freedom, told Middle East Eye on Tuesday that it had received more than 200 similar complaints from personnel serving in the army, navy, air force, marine corps, and space force.
The complaints received by the MRFF, first reported by journalist Jonathan Larsen, have come from more than 40 units and span at least 30 military installations.
According to MRFF, one combat unit commander told non-commissioned officers (NCOs) at a briefing on Monday that the Israeli-US attacks on Iran are part of God’s “plan” and that US President Donald Trump was “anointed by Jesus to light the signal fire in Iran to cause Armageddon and mark his return to Earth”.
I must have missed the ceremony where Dumpy was “anointed by Jesus to light the signal fire in Iran to cause Armageddon and mark his return to Earth”. Was it on Netflix? Surely, Dumpy would have such a celestial event televised, 3-ring circus smut style.
A US NCO who wrote to the MRFF said their commander had told them the war with Iran was “all part of God’s divine plan”. The commander referred repeatedly to the Bible’s Book of Revelation and to Armageddon, the story about the battle between good and evil, in which Jesus triumphs and establishes a lasting peace on Earth.
I also missed the part in the Book of Revelation where it mentions that before Jesus returns, as much human life as possible in a certain part of the world has to be obliterated before He’ll come back.
The commander is quoted by the NCO as saying: “President Trump has been anointed 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 when he said all of this, which made his message seem even more crazy,” the NCO wrote in his complaint. “Our commander would probably be described as a ‘Christian First’ supporter. He has been this way for a very long time and makes it clear that he desires all of us under him to become just like him as a Christian.”
The Pentagon did not respond to MEE’s request for comment at the time of publication. (read more)
Oh, don’t worry about the Pentagon’s silence on this one. They strutted out one of their best fallen angels they have to clarify just what a fucking madman looks and sounds like:
Hegseth Brags of ‘Death and Destruction’ as US and Israeli Airstrikes Massacre Civilians in Iran – antiwar.com
Secretary of War Pete Hegseth on Wednesday boasted of the “death and destruction” the US military can rain down on Iran, as reports say that US and Israeli airstrikes have killed over 1,000 Iranian civilians in just four days.
Hegseth said at a press briefing that the US and Israel should soon have “complete control of Iranian skies” and that it would mean “Iranian leaders looking up and seeing only US and Israeli airpower.”
“Every minute of every day until we decide it’s over, and Iran will be able to do nothing about it. B-2s, B-52s, B1s, Predator drones, fighters controlling the skies, picking targets, death and destruction from the sky all day long,” he added.
Hegseth said the war wasn’t meant to be a “fair fight” and mentioned that the administration has loosened the rules of engagement for the military.
“Our war fighters have maximum authorities granted personally by the president and yours truly. Our rules of engagement are bold, precise, and designed to unleash American power, not shackle it. This was never meant to be a fair fight. And it is not a fair fight. We are punching them while they’re down, which is exactly how it should be,” he said.
Hegseth said that in the attack on Iran, which he has dubbed “Operation Epic Fury,” the US military has “delivered twice the air power of ‘Shock and Awe’ in Iran in 2003,” referring to the massive bombing campaign that opened the US invasion of Iraq. Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Dan Caine said at the conference that the US has hit over 2,000 targets inside Iran so far.
The Human Rights Activists News Agency, or HRANA, a US-based and US-funded NGO that’s very critical of the Iranian government, said on Tuesday night that at least 1,097 civilians have been killed and more than 5,000 have been wounded. Citing Iranian medical authorities, Al Jazeera also reported on Wednesday that over 1,000 civilians have been killed. The HRANA said that targets struck over the previous 24-hour period included several military bases, two medical centers, and one residential area.
The worst known civilian massacre occurred on the first day of the bombing campaign, when a missile struck an elementary school in Minab, southern Iran, killing 165 people, mostly students. Hegseth was asked about the strike and whose munition struck the school and said the US military was “investigating” the matter. A map displayed during the briefing that showed areas the US had bombed showed that Minab was right in the middle of a strike zone.
The civilian death toll is expected to continue rising as Hegseth’s message during the briefing was that the war was just getting started and that more US forces were on their way to the Middle East. “More bombers, fighters are arriving just today. And now with complete control of the skies, we will be using 500-pound, 1000-pound, and 2000-pound GPS-and-laser-guided precision gravity bombs, which we have a nearly unlimited stockpile,” he said.
***
Tonight’s musical offering:
Mozart: ‘Requiem’ – Polish Sinfonia Iuventus Orchestra – Warsaw Philharmonic Choir
Dispatches from the Asylum 