One Holy Mess: Revelation 16:12-16
He offers hate. He lies, his world is binary: you win or you lose, there is no win-win, no live and let live. There is no “and justice for all…”. It’s his war and he doesn’t owe you an explanation.
Up to this point, he hasn’t offered a real reason. Yes, a few of his enablers have mumbled lies about weeks away from this or that. As I write this, his Secretary of State says we had to strike because Israel was about to and we couldn’t let someone else be first. Yeah, he actually said that. Only 27% of Americans support the war right now. That figure can only go down with more silly explanations like this.
Last Monday, commanders in all branches told service members across the Middle East that this is a holy war and they were preparing the way for Jesus. There were over 200 complaints filed, most from Christians. Here’s just one example: “The Iran war is part of God’s plan and President Donald Trump was ‘anointed by Jesus to light the signal fire in Iran to cause Armageddon and mark his return to Earth’“. Funny, the anointed one forgot to mention that part.
How Russia will benefit from its ill-fated ally
To me, the war that the US and Israel started is a crusade in a good old way. The good vs evil, civilization vs barbarity. No space for political correctness here. Some people support Russia’s war against Ukraine. I support the Islamic Republic elimination.
It’s an ethical issue.
I mean, Israel can have nukes, and Iran – the Islamic Republic – cannot. Period. You are either a responsible power, or a thug. Iran is a thug. I can only hope that Iranian people will be free after this military operation, and build a responsible and strong power afterwards. According to GAMAAN, up to 70% of Iranians do not support the Islamic Republic regime.
They want it gone. This is my message to all good-hearted Western liberals. You have never experienced a life under a dictatorship, and I hope you never will. Or this can be too late. Look at Russia. Look at Iran. Back in 1979, they wanted freedom, not ayatollahs.
Iranians have tried several times to overthrow the dictatorship. This time, with the help of Donald Trump and Israel, they will finally succeed. God bless!
I say this because Russia has become another Iran. Unfortunately, the nukes keep Vlad in power. Yet, he now knows what happened to Khamenei – and this is enjoyable news, really! We all know how nervously he accepted the news about Gaddafi’s ultimate fate back in 2011. There’s a strong assumption here in Russia that the ill-fated Gaddafi was the primary reason he rushed back to the president’s seal in 2011, against the will of most Russians.
Paradoxically, Russia can benefit from Iran’s debacle. Don’t get me wrong, they have already betrayed Iran. Now, they count on China’s oil money as Chinese have lesser options to buy Iranian oil.
My guess: did Donald and Vlad strike a deal? I bomb Iran, and you will benefit from China?
I have another guess: Donald Trump will finally come after Vlad, geopolitically. Vlad missed his chance, peace in Ukraine for great economic benefits. This is why Putin was so nervous, condemning attack on Iran.
Technically, it is possible. We just saw it.
Now that’s a tad awkward…..
The latest turmoil involving Iran feels oddly familiar to us Brits. Not in the sense that we have a clear plan — Britain rarely does in moments like these — but more that we’ve seen the film before and remember how the last showing ended. Which was piss-poorly.
Our survival instincts then kick-in, which is neither swagger nor silence, but something uniquely British: careful disapproval delivered in complete sentences. Our Prime Minister, Sir Keir Starmer, has attempted to strike precisely that tone; firm enough to sound principled, but cautious enough to avoid being dragged headfirst into someone else’s war.
His message, broadly speaking, has been that escalation is unwise, diplomacy is preferable, and perhaps, just perhaps, the first response to every international crisis should not involve stuff exploding. As we all know, these somewhat modest proposals are not well received in Washington.
When Starmer allowed himself the mildest hint of independence — suggesting that Britain might support restraint rather than immediate action — it drew the familiar glare from Donald Trump, who, as we know, is never a man to let a disagreement pass quietly. He responded in his typical presidential manner – loudly, publicly, and with irritation. “He’s no Winston Churchill”, he remarked. To which I would suggest that Trump is no James Buchanan; he’s much, much worse.
Anyway, the “special relationship” now looks and feels less like a proud alliance; more like a family WhatsApp group in which one relative has started typing in capital letters. 📱
And that, in essence, is Britain’s position. We support stability and urge caution. We remind everyone that the Middle East is complicated. Then we stand slightly to the side, hoping nobody asks us to prove how supportive we really are.
It’s neither glorious. nor decisive. But it is unmistakably British: a mixture of principle, hesitation, and the faint suspicion that someone else is about to make a terrible mistake.
Which leaves Britain doing what it does best in moments like this — standing in the corner of the room, clearing its throat politely, and hoping beyond hope that someone is still listening.