Hallelujah! Praise the Lord and pass the ammunition. We finally have the reason for our bombing of Iran. American soldiers are being sent to do God’s work.

Amen to that!

Commanders at more than 30 U.S. bases have reportedly told troops the Iran war is part of “God’s plan.”

A combat unit commander told his non-commissioned officers at a briefing that “President Trump has been anointed by Jesus to light the signal fire in Iran to cause Armageddon and mark his return to earth.”

Come on, Baby Light My Fire!

Without any clear message coming from the White House regarding the purpose of war, U.S. Commanders are naturally turning to Jesus, telling American Troops that war is Biblically sanctioned. And why not?

This ain’t new.

Oils Well That Ends Well, collage Sally Edelstein

Christian nationalism should come as no surprise. The religious military-industrial complex has been around for a while. With our all-American can-do optimism and resounding chorus of “Onward Christian Soldiers,” Americans have already flexed our formidable global muscles in the Middle East, confident that our take-charge performance would be gladly received. George W. Bush marched into the Bible Lands with God on our side and his belief in America as a crusader state.

Oils Well That Ends Well, collage Sally Edelstein

I referenced it over two decades ago when I created this collage as we battled it out in Iraq.

Onward Christian Soldiers

And would we expect nothing less from our Defense Secretary Pete Hegeth who has repeatedly evoked God and Christian nationalism. His damn body is emblazoned with Christian symbols -a Jerusalem cross and the Latin phrase “Deus Vult” ( God Wills it), an emblem of, as Hegseth describes, “modern day American Christian crusade.”

Let the Crusades begin.

This is all part of God’s divine plan.

Armageddon or Nuclear Holocaust, what’s in a name?

God helps us!