US Military Controversy: War with Iran Seen as a Path to Armageddon
United States commanders across the armed services have told their units that a war with Iran is anointed by Jesus and will bring about his return to Earth as part of Armageddon. This has prompted numerous complaints from service members on duty. The Military Religious Freedom Foundation (MRFF), a group dedicated to ensuring religious freedom for all U.S. service personnel, told Middle East Eye on Tuesday (3 March) that it had received more than 200 similar complaints from personnel serving in the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps and Space Force.
MRFF said a combat unit commander told a non-commissioned officer during a Monday briefing that the Israel-U.S. strike on Iran is part of God’s plan and that President Donald Trump is anointed by Jesus to ignite the fire that will spark Armageddon in Iran and herald Jesus’s return to Earth.
MRFF founder and former Air Force veteran Michael L. Weinstein told MEE that his organisation continues to be flooded with complaints from service members on duty. He said they had been told they should be glad to be part of a war against Iran because it would bring Armageddon and the return of Jesus Christ.
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