Christian Zionists in America and the fascist leaders of Israel are waging war on Iran

Those who denounce the religious illusions of their adversaries now appear to be guided by radical convictions themselves. The war in Iran exposes the violent core of the West.

State fanaticism or theology of war

The offensive against Iran cannot be understood without analyzing the ideological shift sweeping through American and Israeli decision-making centers. As Ismail Allison writes, apocalyptic religious beliefs have been transposed into public action with devastating effects. For him, “A group of religious fanatics with access to nuclear weapons is using a powerful army to wage a holy war.” This chilling statement refers not to Tehran but to Washington. It speaks volumes about the ongoing reversal. Far from the caricatures perpetuated for decades, it is now Western decision-making centers that are giving substance to a militarized theology.

In the same vein, the testimonies relayed by the Military The Religious Freedom Foundation (MRFF) reports a systemic phenomenon in which officers present war to their subordinates as a divine plan, even referring to it as a sacred mission entrusted to the executive branch. According to these officers, as reported by the MRFF, President Trump was “anointed by Jesus to light the signal fire in Iran in order to bring about Armageddon and mark his return to Earth.” This fusion of religion and the military is not marginal but structural. It is not peripheral rhetoric. It is a mental infrastructure.

In this context, Trump administration Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth refers to his adversaries as “crazy regimes” and accuses them of being “determined by prophetic Islamic illusions” in an obsessive rhetoric, while his own symbolic universe is marked by the term “infidel” inscribed on his body. Along with Mike Huckabee, they appear as the vectors of a Christian Zionism that no longer merely supports Israel but projects an apocalyptic vision onto the entire Middle East. This is the embodiment of a form of political messianism where the enemy is constructed as absolute otherness. Conversely, within........

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