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Report: U.S. Commander Told Troops “Trump Has Been Anointed by Jesus” to Wage War on Iran
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Gog and Magog all over again I guess. How many times is it now? At least twice, you think Christians would realize they've seen this one before.
Hegseth has been working overtime to normalize it, recruitment videos pairing the Lord's Prayer with fighter jets. christian nationalism has always been part of the military but it's a prereq now.
So when a commander stands in front of troops and says Trump is "anointed by Jesus to light the signal fire in Iran," they're not operating in a vacuum. They've watched their Secretary of War do exactly that for months without consequence.
That said, well over 200 complaints across 50+ installations show it's not isolated to a few weirdos. Hegseth's project has given them permission to say the quiet part out loud.
https://mst.military.com/daily-news/2026/03/03/military-officers-accused-of-framing-iran-war-biblical-mandate.html
The complainants themselves are mostly Christians. They're not objecting to faith in the military. They're objecting to commanders using their rank to push specific apocalyptic theology.
Some of these commanders are genuine believers, Some are opportunists but at this point it's a distinction without a difference, because the result is the same either way: troops being told it's prophecy.
Considering most of the complaints are from formal briefings, it's at least rampant in the command structure. Best case? We're looking at years of investigations, reassignments, and quietly shuffling people out.
The only silver lining is Keg Breath is so uncharismatic that most of the top brass hate him specifically.
If any top brass who probably stuck it out for a lot of time, tedium, and bureaucratic BS and probably even worked pretty hard (to finagle some near-impossible tasks without getting caught bending/breaking policy) to become top-top brass actually felt anything but deep resentment and probably hate for this sleazy failed ANG major (a middling paygrade, for those unfamiliar), I would be shocked. Can't imagine there's any general or admiral ever enjoying taking orders from a major.