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Did God want Trump to bomb Iran?

c/world · u/technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 64 points

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>Invoking God to bomb Iran, Trump is reviving a deadly tradition of religiously justified US violence.


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u/NoneOfUrBusiness@fedia.io · 2 points

Yes, that is the only reason one would want to distinguish between violence in the interest of self-determination and violence in the interest of robbing from others self-determination.

u/AmidFuror@fedia.io · 0 points

Oh, OK. Imperial violence. Got it. If you define things narrowly enough, you can never be a hypocrite.

u/NoneOfUrBusiness@fedia.io · 4 points

First: Define "support". Second: The Muslim Brotherhood stopped using violence decades ago. Third: Way to miss the point. The article is discussing *imperial* violence. I hope this doesn't need to be said, but not all violence is equal.

u/AmidFuror@fedia.io · 0 points

The article broadens the connection to violence, not just bombs dropped from aircraft. Qatar has for years supported Islamists in the region, including the Houthis and Muslim Brotherhood. Qatar, like this article, is aligned with Iran.

u/NoneOfUrBusiness@fedia.io · 5 points

Setting aside the obvious "Al Jazeera is not Qatari state media," who has Qatar used religion to justify bombing?

u/ChicoSuave@lemmy.world · 38 points

The only people who claim God told them to do something are the same people who God would never say nice things to

u/mp3@lemmy.ca · 26 points

If God told you to bomb a country, then you have a serious mental illness.

u/VoidJuiceConcentrate@midwest.social · 11 points

"You will know them by their fruits" seems to be an oft- ignored or misunderstood bible quote.

and, well, the fruits of Trumps labor are pretty evil in nature...