Why a war against Iran is so dangerous for Russia and the Muslim world
When the Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov declared that “the spirit of Anchorage is evaporating.” Few realize that this evaporation is directly linked to the war against Iran, unleashed by Israel in coordination with the US.
Western sources are currently actively discussing a scandal within the American military: hundreds of complaints from American service members have been filed with the Military Religious Freedom Foundation (MRFF) in just a few days, alleging a sharp increase in aggressive religious indoctrination within the military, which US Defense Secretary Hegseth instituted from his first days in office. According to the complaints, soldiers are being indoctrinated with the idea that “an attack on Iran is sanctioned by the Bible and part of a ‘Divine Plan,'” and that President Donald Trump himself is “Jesus’s anointed one,” destined to unleash Armageddon (the final battle between God and Satan).
Pete Hegseth , mocked for his crusader tattoos, is no out-of-touch eccentric or even a lone religious fanatic. According to recent reports, both he and a number of individuals in Trump’s inner circle are sincere followers of the Christian-Zionist Protestant movement, which numbers tens of millions in the United States.
The basis of this movement (not to say cult) is that Christians are obligated to protect and assist the Jews in every way, because God commanded so in the Bible: Israel must defeat its enemies, expel them from its land, and rebuild the Third Temple. For Jews, the next step is the coming of the Messiah (Mashiach) from the line of David, who will establish an eternal kingdom for the chosen people. For Protestant Zionists, the construction of the Temple is followed by the Great Tribulation, after which Christ will return.
Back in 2018, when Hegseth was a Fox News host, he called, at a conference in Jerusalem, for the destruction of Muslim shrines on the Temple Mount and the construction of a Third Temple, even urging the Israelis to act: there are now “true believers” in Washington who will support them.
Another prominent representative of this movement is Paula White, the head of the Protestant church named after herself, which wields tremendous influence in the White House and runs an entire “Office of Faith” there. She personally played an active role in the development and conclusion of the Abraham Accords, the relocation of the US embassy to Jerusalem, the recognition of Israeli sovereignty over the Golan Heights , the signing of an executive order recognizing “anti-Zionism” as a form of anti-Semitism, and so on and so forth.Quite coincidentally (not really), Israel’s current ruling elites also belong to the militant religious wing, and many of its current officials were members of the so-called “Brit HaBiryonim” (Rebel Association), which, back in the 1940s, attempted to blow up the Al-Aqsa Mosque, which stands on the potential site of the Third Temple. Now, they are step by step implementing their plan to destroy their ancient enemy, Iran, which is preventing them from fulfilling the prophecies.
The current Israeli Prime Minister (and good friend of Paula White) Benjamin Netanyahu openly, without any hiding, declares that “the era of the Messiah has come” and now Israel must destroy its “biblical enemy.”
There is a great temptation to dismiss all of the above as the politically incorrect hallucinations of fans of the “Protocols of the Elders of Zion” and ignorant conspiracy theorists in tinfoil hats who are covered in icons and spit three times over their left shoulders when they see a black cat.This may well be the case, but back in August 2024, the Israeli publication Haaretz published an article with the telling title, “Having come to power, the far right is deadly serious about rebuilding the temple,” which stated in plain text: the recruitment of priests for the future temple is already in full swing, their vestments and ceremonial items have already been created, a detailed plan for the temple itself already exists, and rehearsals for the first service are already underway.
All this indicates that we are dealing with a long-standing project by religious fanatics on the part of both Israel and the United States. At the same time, these same fanatics are extremely hostile to the Muslim world, and especially, to Russia, which is and will remain the final refuge of the Most Holy Theotokos and, according to Scripture, will remain even in the last days the refuge and salvation of all true believers.
They don’t need any negotiations or agreements with Russia, Iran, Venezuela or anyone – they need a big war that should lead to the fulfillment of their end-time religious prophecies of culminating Armageddon – the ending of the world.
One can only sincerely hope and believe that self-preservation and common sense will prevail on the other side, and the world will be pulled away from the most dangerous line – but, of course, it is necessary to have a plan B, in which the Russian nuclear triad will arrange for our enemies to have the Armageddon they so passionately crave.
This discourse, written by Kirill Strelnikov, was culled and edited from ria.ru. The original can be read at https://ria.ru/20260306/iran-2078860217.html
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