by Pa Rock
Citizen Journalist
The United States and Israel launched their massive assault on Iran just this past Saturday, less than a week ago, and already that war (and it is a "war") has generated more than one hundred complaints from US servicemen and women that commanders are depicting it as an event that will bring about armageddon and the return to earth of Jesus Christ - presumably so the former Prince of Peace can stand with the aggressors and smite the infidels of Mohammad.
It would be hard to get more Christian Nationalist than that.
The Military Religious Freedom Foundation, a watchdog group that actively seeks to keep religion a matter of personal choice within the military, reports that since the war began it has received 110 reports from thirty bases and installations and across all branches of US military service stating that commanders are describing the war as some sort of "end of times" scenario in which the fighting will speed up Jesus's return.
The military mission, whatever it is, would seem to include infusing the attacks on Iran with a strong element of religious passion.
There is a wall between church and state, or at least there used to be, and it was there for a reason. The number of Americans who identify as some sort of Christian has been on a steady decline over the past several years, slipping from roughly three-quarters of the population to now less than two-thirds, and of those who profess Christianity, specific beliefs vary widely. It is not the government's role nor the military's to impose religion on the American people, nor to use our nation's wealth and resources in pursuit of a religious belief or goal.
If there is an all-powerful deity sitting on a cloud somewhere patiently waiting to come home, let him make his own damned travel arrangements. If he is reliant on taxpayer dollars and bloodshed, he should just stay where he is because we have plenty of those gods down here already.
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