Trump's continually shifting justification for the Iran war

Melania Trump sat in the chair reserved for the rotating president of the United Nations Security Council and called to order a meeting on “Children, Technology, and Education in Conflict.” This is someone with no elected office, no diplomatic title, no security clearance, and no foreign policy experience. And days earlier, her husband ordered a military operation that killed at least 165 schoolgirls and staff at an elementary school in southern Iran. She never mentioned Iran. She never said the word war. She spoke about artificial intelligence and urged the Council to “safeguard learning” while bombs her husband ordered were still falling.

Meanwhile, the justifications for this war continued to shift by the hour. First it was advancing ballistic missiles. Then it was a preemptive move to protect American forces. Then Trump himself said he “might have forced Israel’s hand.” And then the most chilling admission of all: referring to the killing of Iran’s Supreme Leader, Trump told ABC News, “I got him before he got me.” A sitting president admitted that personal revenge played a role in launching a military operation that has now killed American service members, wounded many more, and destabilized an entire region.

And inside our own military, something deeply alarming is happening. The Military Religious Freedom Foundation received complaints from over 100 service members across at least 30 installations reporting that their commanders are framing this war as part of a biblical plan to bring about the end of the world. Commanders citing the Book of Revelation. Commanders telling troops that Trump has been “anointed by Jesus to light the signal fire in Iran to cause Armageddon.” Service members who can’t push back without risking court-martial. The chaos isn’t just overseas. It’s inside the institution itself.

See the full story in the video above.

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