[HN Gopher] Lawmakers Want DoD Investigated for Biblical 'Armage...
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       Lawmakers Want DoD Investigated for Biblical 'Armageddon' Claims
        
       Author : Jimmc414
       Score  : 43 points
       Date   : 2026-03-07 18:04 UTC (4 hours ago)
        
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 (TXT) w3m dump (www.military.com)
        
       | Bombthecat wrote:
       | Wow, zero comments, that's actually scarier...
        
         | chopin wrote:
         | This is the best democrats can come up with? No wonder nobody
         | comments.
        
           | scuff3d wrote:
           | The best they could come up with in that they aren't doing
           | enough to investigate/combat this? Or that this isn't worth
           | investigation in the first place?
        
         | salawat wrote:
         | What do you expect? That people who shove their head in the
         | sand, cover their ears and go "I had nothing to do with this"
         | are suddenly going to wake up and grow a conscience that will
         | threaten their ability to feed themselves?
         | 
         | That people so distant from the decision makers who executed
         | this are going to lose even a night's sleep over it?
         | 
         | That they'll cast themselves on their knees with their cell
         | phone in hand and ask for forgiveness; it was never supposed to
         | be like this?
         | 
         | Not how the world works, friend, though imagine how much nicer
         | a world it would be if it were that way... One can dream I
         | suppose.
        
       | Jimmc414 wrote:
       | https://archive.is/OQurU
        
       | afpx wrote:
       | Wait until you see these "YIGBY" bills that are being passed
       | across the country
        
         | scuff3d wrote:
         | I'm not religious myself, and I have plenty of concerns about
         | anything faith based mingling with the government, but I don't
         | see how building affordable houses on church property has
         | anything to do with military leaders telling their soldiers
         | they're warriors for God.
        
       | coffinbirth wrote:
       | Reminder that the US is responsible for the precision strike
       | murder of at least 165 school children[1]. The fact that they are
       | still 'investigating' after 7 days now is basically an admission
       | that they are indeed responsible for it.
       | 
       | [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Minab_school_airstrike
        
         | dtj1123 wrote:
         | Can someone explain why this is being downvoted?
        
       | emsign wrote:
       | American Jihad?
        
         | chiengineer wrote:
         | Bro its chill WW3 is totally promised to trump 3000 years ago
        
       | wvbdmp wrote:
       | Is this supposed to be a diversion from something else? It's so
       | over the top, even for this timeline.
        
         | UltraSane wrote:
         | No, some evangelicals really are this crazy.
        
       | phendrenad2 wrote:
       | I guess rogue doomsday cults trying to destroy the planet need to
       | arise from time to time to remind us of how silly they are.
        
       | stopbulying wrote:
       | > non-commissioned officers were told that the Iran war is part
       | of God's plan and that President Donald Trump was "anointed by
       | Jesus to light the signal fire in Iran to cause Armageddon and
       | mark his return to Earth," as originally reported by journalist
       | Jonathan Larsen. Between Saturday and Tuesday afternoon, MRFF
       | logged more than 200 similar complaints across 50 installations
       | encompassing every branch of the military,
        
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