Advocacy group reports commanders giving similar messages at more than 30 installations in every branch of the military

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.

From Saturday morning through Monday night, more than 110 similar complaints about commanders in every branch of the military had been logged by the Military Religious Freedom Foundation (MRFF).

The complaints came from more than 40 different units spread across at least 30 military installations, the MRFF told me Monday night.

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  • DokiDokiCT@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    2 days ago

    So Jesus anointed a shit covered pedo rapist begin a war with Iran by way of marking his return? Got it, no follow up questions.

  • HCSOThrowaway@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    2 days ago

    I want to get off Mr. Reagan’s Wild Ride.

    I want to get off Mr. Reagan’s Wild Ride.

    I want to get off Mr. Reagan’s Wild Ride.

    I want to get off Mr. Reagan’s Wild Ride.

  • m3t00🌎🇺🇦@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    3 days ago

    Hitchens had a book(2007) religion poisons everything. every few years they whip the faithful into a frenzy hoping to make their delusions real. ‘if we don’t reach our money goals, god will take me home’ said another faith leader. this seems like successful Russian propaganda, today anyway. obscure blogger fans flames. army guys don’t go to church a lot.

  • Gammelfisch@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    3 days ago

    The fucking MAGA clowns, their Jewish allies and their Islamic opponents share a lot in fucking common. All of them are religious nutters and should NOT be involved in politics and the military.

  • NotASharkInAManSuit@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    3 days ago

    Can we just launch all the nukes and get it over with already? That’s how this all ends, we already know that, we aren’t going to become better at being people, things are not going to improve. It would be the path of least suffering, at this point.

    • forkDestroyer@infosec.pubEnglish
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      3 days ago

      we aren’t going to become better at being people, things are not going to improve.

      Strongly disagree. Don’t lose hope.

      • NotASharkInAManSuit@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        3 days ago

        Hope is precisely what landed us in this mess. Reason, pragmatism, and being willing to compromise on ideals is what will get us out, but guess what humans have never shown the capability nor the desire to do as a species throughout literally all of documented human civilization? All we do is escalate, it’s all we’ve ever done, and it has only one possible way of ending. We burned down the first society the moment we made up organized religion, that has been the template ever since. Society is global now, destroying it this time around isn’t something that even the atmosphere will survive.

        • forkDestroyer@infosec.pubEnglish
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          1 day ago

          Hope is precisely what landed us in this mess. Reason, pragmatism, and being willing to compromise on ideals is what will get us out

          Not trying to get too much into semantics here, but yes, if you only hope and choose not to act, nothing will be improved. Conversely-ish, hope is needed for many to act. Being without hope will lead many to loudly announce that nothing can be made better, in addition to not acting. Again, we may only be disagreeing on definitions here.

          Reason, pragmatism, and being willing to compromise on ideals is what will get us out, but guess what humans have never shown the capability nor the desire to do as a species throughout literally all of documented human civilization?

          I disagree based on human history, although I admit that our conflicts are much more well documented than our ability to work together.

          All we do is escalate, it’s all we’ve ever done, and it has only one possible way of ending.

          Do you not think that people have worked together to prevent conflict and bring about a better world? Also, do you not think that we’ve ever worked to improve things, or are you saying that our ability to create conflict is louder than our ability to work against conflict?

          Most importantly, what do you believe you’re doing, through your existence? I doubt that you’re going around trying to create conflict in your environment, but: are you?

          Society is global now, destroying it this time around isn’t something that even the atmosphere will survive.

          As long as the planet isn’t absolutely destroyed, I assume the destruction of our species wouldn’t cause the ecosystem to fail entirely. Who knows, though.

          • NotASharkInAManSuit@lemmy.worldEnglish
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            22 hours ago

            Here’s the thing, we are going to destroy the actual planet. Not in that, “tHe pLAnEt WILl bE FInE!” Dumbass semantics shit, we have enough nukes to glass the surface, boil the oveans, and melt the atmosphere that is paired with a literal instinct to use them. The environment required to have an environment won’t exist.

            Sure, we’ve “improved” things, and there has been “progress”, but literally all of it came at the cost of decimated societies and genocides for any non western white cultures, and for what boils down to nothing more than convenience that is only allowed to exist because it directly supports and maintains the structure that is a capitalist war machine that is fueled by hate and orphans. Not to mention the amount of species we’ve wiped from this planet with no notice nor regard simply with our basic existence and viral consumption as an unstoppable biomass, let alone those we killed on purpose.

            Most importantly, what do you believe you’re doing, through your existence? I doubt that you’re going around trying to create conflict in your environment, but: are you?

            Oh, yeah, I forgot to apply the concept that I’m at the center of all of this. Forgot that I can single handedly fight all of this, like the main character in some short sighted fantasy storybook. Fuck off with this self-centered, woo woo, narcissistically detached, masturbatory nonsense. Pull your dick out of your mouth.

            You wrap it ip perfectly there at the end, though with a “Who knows, though?” We do. You don’t, that doesn’t equate to some objective truth. You are literally saying “ignorance is bliss, everything will be great for everyone and everything, tralalalala!” as you ignore blatant realities. You just spent like six paragraphs explaining the joys of being a detached, oblivious, deliberate moron.

            Grow the fuck up.