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Troops have logged more than 110 complaints about such comments with the Military Religious Freedom Foundation.

Without any clear message coming from the White House with regard to the purpose of the Iran war, U.S. military commanders have turned to Jesus, apparently telling American troops that the war is “biblically sanctioned.”

The U.S. joined Israel in striking Iran early Saturday morning. By Monday evening, the Military Religious Freedom Foundation, or MRFF, was “inundated” with complaints, receiving more than 110 grievances from U.S. military personnel stationed at dozens of sites across the Middle East, reported independent journalist Jonathan Larsen.

One such note included an anecdote from a noncommissioned officer, who reported that their commander had “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 Book of Revelation referring to Armageddon and the imminent return of Jesus Christ.”

The NCO’s complaint was lodged on behalf of 15 troops, including 11 Christians, one Muslim, and one Jew, according to Larsen. The officer stated that such remarks “destroy morale and unit cohesion and are in violation of the oaths we swore to support the [C]onstitution.”

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[–] AcidiclyBasicGlitch@sh.itjust.works 45 points 9 hours ago (2 children)

One such note included an anecdote from a noncommissioned officer, who reported that their commander had “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 Book of Revelation referring to Armageddon and the imminent return of Jesus Christ.”

Anything can be "part of God's divine plan" as long as some fundamentalist asshole wants to claim it is.

Was protecting pedophiles all part of God's divine plan too, or were y'all just improvising? Guess we'll all just have to wait and hear what God says. Probably sooner than any of us were expecting thanks to these ~~mentally I'll murderous cunts~~ "righteous angels" who walk among us.

[–] SarahValentine@lemmy.blahaj.zone 19 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

Nah fuck it let's say it is God's plan. Did they miss the part where, in the battle of Armageddon, the worldly armies all belong to the Antichrist? Unless these dipshits are literally descending glorified from heaven with actual physical Jesus leading them, they are on the Antichrist's side.

[–] AbidanYre@lemmy.world 5 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

Maybe they all expect to get raptured and leave the rest of us to deal with the mess they leave behind.

May be, but that's as unbiblical a belief for them to have as the one mentioned above. What they believe in isn't the Bible or Christianity, it's a pack of malicious lies designed to make them think that not only is it okay for them to kill, steal, and destroy, but that God wants them to do it as his chosen people.

[–] Almacca@aussie.zone 6 points 7 hours ago (2 children)

I'm starting to think this God guy isn't a very good planner.

[–] Nastybutler@lemmy.world 1 points 1 hour ago

I mean who puts an amusement park next to a sewage system?

[–] Salamanderwizard@lemmy.world 1 points 2 hours ago

He definitely doesn't think shit through.