Far-Right Religious Leaders Advising Trump See Iran as an End Times Holy War
By making Iran into a religious crusade, Trump’s spiritual advisers are making the war that much more difficult to end.
By making Iran into a religious crusade, Trump’s spiritual advisers are making the war that much more difficult to end.
Some Democrats are fighting to stop war with Iran, but party leaders are silently acquiescing or, worse, supporting an attack.
Short of a full-scale invasion, it looks like Trump will need to deal with the Iranian regime.
Everyone reported the exact same story at the exact same time — and they all relied on the same liars who got us into this mess.
Netanyahu and Trump have invoked the Woman, Life, Freedom movement to justify war. Politicians like Rep. Yassamin Ansari rejected the idea.
Defense officials say his claims are “overblown” — and the intelligence community said Iran wasn’t building a bomb.
Israel’s plan to strike Iran would put American lives at risk, the secretary of state said. Rather than confronting Israel, the U.S. joined their war.
A War Powers Resolution would prohibit the “United States Armed Forces from unauthorized hostilities in the Islamic Republic of Iran.”
The Israeli military has closed checkpoints around the West Bank, restricting Palestinians’ movement as settler violence ramps up.
With Congress not reconvening until next week, there’s a chance the vote might come after attacks start.
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