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Cardinal Blase Cupich, the Archbishop of Chicago, has called out the Trump administration for posting social media videos that splice scenes from movies and video games with footage of US strikes on Iran.
In a statement released by the Archdiocese of Chicago, Cupich referenced a video posted by the White House on Thursday, captioned “JUSTICE THE AMERICAN WAY,” that showed scenes from popular movies and TV series along with strike footage.
“A real war with real death and real suffering being treated like it’s a video game — it’s sickening. Hundreds of people are dead, mothers and fathers, daughters and sons, including scores of children who made the fatal mistake of going to school that day,” Cupich said, referencing the likely US strike on the Minab school in southern Iran, which massacred over 100 children.
“Six US soldiers have been killed. They are also dishonored by that social media post. Hundreds of thousands displaced, and many millions more are terrified across the Middle East,” Cupich added.
The Catholic leader said the “horrifying portrayal demonstrates that we now live in an era when the distance between the battlefield and the living room has been drastically reduced.” He also called out the “gamifying” of war and the new online trend of betting on conflicts.
“What a profound moral failure, for gamifying strips away the humanity of real people. Let’s not forget, a ‘hit’ isn’t putting points on the board; it’s a grieving family whose suffering we ignore when we prioritize entertainment, and profit, over empathy,” he said.
Cupich said that the US government is “treating the suffering of the Iranian people as a backdrop for our own entertainment, as if it’s just another piece of content to be swiped through while we’re waiting in line at the grocery store.”
Since the US and Israel launched the war on February 28, Pope Leo XIV, who was born in Chicago, has been urging for an end to the conflict. “Reports from [Iran] and across the entire [Middle East] continue to cause deep dismay and raise the fear that the conflict will expand, and that other countries in the region, including dear Lebanon, may once again sink into instability,” Leo wrote on X on Sunday.
“Let us [pray together] for the roar of bombs to cease, weapons to fall silent, and space to open for dialogue, in which people’s voices may be heard,” Leo added.
Whoa there, Cardinal! Hold on!
Dumbshit Donny has come down from the mountain top to declare “the war is already won”! So enough with going on about the costs of war or government idiots treating the war like a video game. The warmongers don’t care about what’s happening to innocents, so why should you? Dumpy has it under control.
President Donald Trump told British Prime Minister Keir Starmer his help is not needed in the war against Iran on Saturday, saying “We don’t need people that join wars after we’ve already won!”
The president essentially told Starmer “thanks, but no thanks” for considering sending the United Kingdom’s two active aircraft carriers to the Middle East to help the U.S. and Israel with Operation Epic Fury.
Trump posted the following on Truth Social about it:
The United Kingdom, our once Great Ally, maybe the Greatest of them all, is finally giving serious thought to sending two aircraft carriers to the Middle East. That’s OK, Prime Minister Starmer, we don’t need them any longer — But we will remember. We don’t need people that join Wars after we’ve already won! President DONALD J. TRUMP
via mediaite.com
Well, evidently, Dumbshit Donny has checked his brain out again. The war really isn’t over. The Agent of Chaos has some serious interests in lots of ongoing war-type shit for a war he’s declared has already been won.
Report: Trump Has Expressed ‘Serious Interest’ in Sending Troops Into Iran – antiwar.com
President Trump has expressed “serious interest” in the idea of sending US troops into Iran, NBC News reported on Saturday, citing US officials.
The officials said that Trump has discussed the idea of deploying ground troops with aides and senior Republicans in Congress. Publicly, the president has refused to rule out the idea of putting “boots on the ground” in Iran.
The US has about 50,000 troops in the Middle East, nothing near the force that would be needed for a full-scale invasion, but sending in special operations teams is on the table. (read more)
And with more troops, naturally, you’re going to have to supply more bombs, right?
State Department Bypasses Congress To Send More Than 20,000 Bombs To Israel – via antiwar.comThe Trump administration is bypassing Congress to arm Israel with more than 20,000 bombs by declaring the war with Iran an “emergency” as US-Israeli strikes continue to pound the Islamic Republic.
The State Department said in a statement on Friday that it had approved a “Foreign Military Sale” to arm Israel with 12,000 BLU-110A/B general-purpose, 1,000-pound bomb bodies at a value of $151.8 million.
“The Secretary of State has determined and provided detailed justification that an emergency exists that requires the immediate sale to the Government of Israel of the above defense articles and defense services is in the national security interests of the United States, thereby waiving the Congressional review requirements under Section 36(b) of the Arms Export Control Act, as amended,” the department said.
According to The New York Times, the deal also includes 10,000 500-pound bombs and 5,000 small-diameter bombs, worth about $500 million, bringing the total cost of the sale to more than $650 million. It’s unclear if the deal will be funded by US military aid, which is how the US typically arms Israel.
The deal marks at least the fourth time the Trump administration has bypassed Congress to arm Israel. Back in January, the State Department approved a $6.5 billion weapons package for Israel that included Apache attack helicopters and military vehicles without waiting for the normal congressional review process.
Isn’t that just like the peace president, saying ‘fuck you’ to anything outside his bloodlust for war?
Such dedication to peace is overwhelming!
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Iran Chooses Khamenei’s Son as New Leader, Israeli Strikes Kill 394 in Lebanon in One Week, and More
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Tonight’s musical offering:
Mozart: Symphony No. 41 “Jupiter” / Boian Videnoff – Mannheimer Philharmoniker
Dispatches from the Asylum 