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  • gam3@okla.socialG gam3@okla.social

    @lawyersgunsnmoney @GhostOnTheHalfShell @BrianJopek Have you seen a second source on this? How reliable is the MRFF?

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    @gam3 @lawyersgunsnmoney @GhostOnTheHalfShell @BrianJopek I wonder why you should find it unlikely

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    • histopol@mastodon.socialH histopol@mastodon.social

      👉️US commander calls for #HolyWar against #Iran 👈️

      (3/n)

      ...horror, afflicted by such sorrows, ...
      We promise full remission of their sins and eternal life to those who take up the labor of this journey with a contrite heart and a humble spirit and depart in penitence of their sins and with true faith...

      In fact, because of the conflict which the 👉 malice of [#Christian] men👈 has recently brought on the land by the...

      @BrianJopek

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      @HistoPol @BrianJopek well if its true, then this is a state-sponsored religious terror attack, not a war

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      • histopol@mastodon.socialH histopol@mastodon.social

        👉️US commander calls for #HolyWar against #Iran 👈️

        (3/n)

        ...horror, afflicted by such sorrows, ...
        We promise full remission of their sins and eternal life to those who take up the labor of this journey with a contrite heart and a humble spirit and depart in penitence of their sins and with true faith...

        In fact, because of the conflict which the 👉 malice of [#Christian] men👈 has recently brought on the land by the...

        @BrianJopek

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        👉️️US commander calls for #HolyWar against #Iran 👈️️

        (3/n)

        ...inspiration of the devil, Saladin approached those parts with a host of armed troops...

        ‘‘Gird yourselves and be powerful sons because it is better for us to die in battle than to witness the desecration of our nation and our saints’..." 2)

        👉 Please do note:
        The combat-unit commander is even more presumptious than Pope Gregory VIII:

        -HE attributes the horrific deeds of Muslims to the wrath of God due to...

        @BrianJopek

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        • histopol@mastodon.socialH histopol@mastodon.social

          👉️️US commander calls for #HolyWar against #Iran 👈️️

          (3/n)

          ...inspiration of the devil, Saladin approached those parts with a host of armed troops...

          ‘‘Gird yourselves and be powerful sons because it is better for us to die in battle than to witness the desecration of our nation and our saints’..." 2)

          👉 Please do note:
          The combat-unit commander is even more presumptious than Pope Gregory VIII:

          -HE attributes the horrific deeds of Muslims to the wrath of God due to...

          @BrianJopek

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          👉️️️US commander calls for #HolyWar against #Iran 👈️️️

          (4/n)

          ...the sins of CHRISTIAN men,

          -He does not claim that this was #Armageddon or that somebody is the reincarnation of Christ.👈

          2)
          https://www.pennpress.org/blog/medieval-monday-pope-gregory-viii-audita-tremendi-and-the-third-crusade/

          Excerpts of an/the original text:

          "Audita tremendi severitate iudicii, quod super terram Ierusalem divina manus exercuit...

          Eis autem qui corde contrito et humiliato spiritu, itineris huius
          laborem assumpserint, et in...

          @BrianJopek

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          • histopol@mastodon.socialH histopol@mastodon.social

            👉️️️US commander calls for #HolyWar against #Iran 👈️️️

            (4/n)

            ...the sins of CHRISTIAN men,

            -He does not claim that this was #Armageddon or that somebody is the reincarnation of Christ.👈

            2)
            https://www.pennpress.org/blog/medieval-monday-pope-gregory-viii-audita-tremendi-and-the-third-crusade/

            Excerpts of an/the original text:

            "Audita tremendi severitate iudicii, quod super terram Ierusalem divina manus exercuit...

            Eis autem qui corde contrito et humiliato spiritu, itineris huius
            laborem assumpserint, et in...

            @BrianJopek

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            👉️️️️US commander calls for #HolyWar against #Iran 👈️️️️

            (4/n)

            ...poenitentia peccatorum et fide recta decesserint, plenam suorum criminum indulgentiam, et vitam pollicemur aeternam...

            Ex occasione quippe dissensionis quae malitia hominum ex suggestione diaboli facta est nuper in terra, accessit Saladinus cum multitudine armatorum ad partes illas,...

            Accingimini, et estote filii potentes, quoniam melius est nobis mori in bello quam videre mala gentis...

            @BrianJopek

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            • histopol@mastodon.socialH histopol@mastodon.social

              👉️️️️US commander calls for #HolyWar against #Iran 👈️️️️

              (4/n)

              ...poenitentia peccatorum et fide recta decesserint, plenam suorum criminum indulgentiam, et vitam pollicemur aeternam...

              Ex occasione quippe dissensionis quae malitia hominum ex suggestione diaboli facta est nuper in terra, accessit Saladinus cum multitudine armatorum ad partes illas,...

              Accingimini, et estote filii potentes, quoniam melius est nobis mori in bello quam videre mala gentis...

              @BrianJopek

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              👉️️️️️US commander calls for #HolyWar against #Iran 👈️️️️️

              (5/n)

              ...nostrae et sanctorum"

              Source:
              Bull of Pope Gregory VIII,
              "Audita tremendi" [Having heard of the terrible/dreadful thing],
              Dated at Ferrara on the fourth Calends of November [October 29, 1187], the sixth indiction, calling for the #ThirdCrusade

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              2)
              One of the most authoritative English translations by This excerpt from...

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              • histopol@mastodon.socialH histopol@mastodon.social

                👉️️️️️US commander calls for #HolyWar against #Iran 👈️️️️️

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                ...nostrae et sanctorum"

                Source:
                Bull of Pope Gregory VIII,
                "Audita tremendi" [Having heard of the terrible/dreadful thing],
                Dated at Ferrara on the fourth Calends of November [October 29, 1187], the sixth indiction, calling for the #ThirdCrusade

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                Audita tremendi - Wikisource

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                2)
                One of the most authoritative English translations by This excerpt from...

                @BrianJopek

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                #75

                👉️️️️️️US commander calls for #HolyWar against #Iran 👈️️️️️️

                (6/6)

                ...#Crusade and #Christendom: Annotated Documents in Translation from #InnocentIII to the Fall of #Acre, 1187-1291," edited by #JessalynnBird, #EdwardPeters, and #JamesMPowell."

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                Medieval Monday: Pope Gregory VIII, the Audita tremendi, and the Third Crusade - University of Pennsylvania Press

                This excerpt from Crusade and Christendom: Annotated Documents in Translation from Innocent III to the Fall of Acre, 1187-1291, edited by Jessalynn Bird,

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                • mahadevank@mastodon.socialM mahadevank@mastodon.social

                  @HistoPol @BrianJopek well if its true, then this is a state-sponsored religious terror attack, not a war

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                  @mahadevank

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                  I would not go this far. - This statement, which seems veracious to me, as a deep fake would have taken a LOT of work, was issued by a "mere" "combat-unit commander," not the "Commander-in-Chief".

                  That anyone would go this far on the battlefield, even knowing that quite a substiantial number of his/her (wo)men were destined to be non-Christian, is quite surprising and disturbing.

                  Please also note that I highly doubt that the commander in question will be...

                  @BrianJopek

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                  • brianjopek@mastodon.worldB brianjopek@mastodon.world

                    In my 21 1/2 years of military service I don’t recall ever running into anything like this. This is fucked up beyond all recognition.
                    #FUBAR

                    “A combat-unit commander told non-commissioned officers at a briefing Monday that the Iran war is part of God’s plan and that Pres. Donald Trump was ‘anointed by Jesus to light the signal fire in Iran to cause Armageddon and mark his return to Earth,’ according to a complaint by a non-commissioned officer.” - Jonathan Larsen
                    https://jonathanlarsen.substack.com/p/us-troops-were-told-iran-war-is-for?fbclid=IwZnRzaAQTONJleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZAo2NjI4NTY4Mzc5AAEeJG3E3YqM8ukVozZseDDcDk7CWLgH6C2-l29rGcDD7SgEoT5gVduTtcaS4ak_aem_TITttkhQhu5b_C9u3tX4mA

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                    @BrianJopek

                    Crusades again?
                    Makes one wonder if pope Urban II was in the Epstein files as well.

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                    • histopol@mastodon.socialH histopol@mastodon.social

                      @mahadevank

                      (1/2)

                      I would not go this far. - This statement, which seems veracious to me, as a deep fake would have taken a LOT of work, was issued by a "mere" "combat-unit commander," not the "Commander-in-Chief".

                      That anyone would go this far on the battlefield, even knowing that quite a substiantial number of his/her (wo)men were destined to be non-Christian, is quite surprising and disturbing.

                      Please also note that I highly doubt that the commander in question will be...

                      @BrianJopek

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                      @HistoPol @BrianJopek would be good to fact check this - I read somwhere that there were multiple complaints - but it could all be just a few blogs, not sure

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                      • histopol@mastodon.socialH histopol@mastodon.social

                        @mahadevank

                        (1/2)

                        I would not go this far. - This statement, which seems veracious to me, as a deep fake would have taken a LOT of work, was issued by a "mere" "combat-unit commander," not the "Commander-in-Chief".

                        That anyone would go this far on the battlefield, even knowing that quite a substiantial number of his/her (wo)men were destined to be non-Christian, is quite surprising and disturbing.

                        Please also note that I highly doubt that the commander in question will be...

                        @BrianJopek

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                        @mahadevank

                        (2/3)

                        ...remprimanded for this.

                        I have a hunch that #Trump and #Hegseth will be gleefully chuckling inside...

                        The two most intelligent of the four, #SteveBannon and #JDVance for similar reasons.

                        #Trump, because it reinforces his #Messianian status and #Hegseth because as a potential successor as #POTUS this would also reinforce his potential standing-to-be, just as the #Apostles' in the #Christian #Church and...

                        @BrianJopek

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                        • histopol@mastodon.socialH histopol@mastodon.social

                          @mahadevank

                          (2/3)

                          ...remprimanded for this.

                          I have a hunch that #Trump and #Hegseth will be gleefully chuckling inside...

                          The two most intelligent of the four, #SteveBannon and #JDVance for similar reasons.

                          #Trump, because it reinforces his #Messianian status and #Hegseth because as a potential successor as #POTUS this would also reinforce his potential standing-to-be, just as the #Apostles' in the #Christian #Church and...

                          @BrianJopek

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                          @mahadevank

                          (3/3)

                          ...#Mohamed's in the #Muslims' faith.

                          A partial #PR win among (hard-core) MAGA followers!

                          Also:
                          A equipment-intensive #Iran would greatly boost arms sales, one of the most lavish donor industries of #Trump and the [fascist] #Maga movement.

                          //

                          @BrianJopek

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                          • mahadevank@mastodon.socialM mahadevank@mastodon.social

                            @HistoPol @BrianJopek would be good to fact check this - I read somwhere that there were multiple complaints - but it could all be just a few blogs, not sure

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                            @mahadevank

                            Fact check:

                            Thank you for the reminder. You are absolutely right: don't judge ab book by its cover:

                            (1/2)

                            The articel states right in the beginning:

                            "The complaints came from more than 40 different units spread across at least 30 military installations, the MRFF told me Monday night."

                            There are numerous further sources: [see below}

                            If this were a hoax, which I don't rule out completely, a tremendous amount of...

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                            • iveyline@mastodon.socialI iveyline@mastodon.social

                              @BrianJopek Another reason I am not religious. It is used to excuse so much death and destruction.

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                              @Iveyline
                              Any ideology with enough power always starts behaving like this, the nominally atheist Soviet Union and China also murdered millions.

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                              • knutson_brain@sfba.socialK knutson_brain@sfba.social

                                @BrianJopek
                                #ModestProposal : Put soldiers back in charge of the military…

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                                @knutson_brain @BrianJopek
                                The current setup is still the less bad one, even a quick glance into a history book should be enough to see how bad it was with soldiers in charge.

                                (I'm from a country that already had 2 military dictatorships)

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                                • simpike@mastodon.socialS simpike@mastodon.social

                                  @GhostOnTheHalfShell @BrianJopek they better hope their AI systems are secure because it would only take one hacker to turn their automated killing drones against them

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                                  @Simpike @BrianJopek

                                  That is the $.64 question you might imagine that they are secure but the commercial record of security for these companies is not exactly stellar

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                                  • nomdeb@mstdn.socialN nomdeb@mstdn.social

                                    @BrianJopek religion needs to die in a fire. I understand there are excellent human beings who are religious, but IMHO, pussyfooting around and being polite about “faith without evidence” is a slippery slope to this kind of batshit insanity. Where does one draw the line about mystical belief?

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                                    @nomdeb @BrianJopek I don't really care if people have mystical beliefs. Just leave me and the rest of the world out of it. If their mystical belief tells them to kill or even to legislate away other peoples' freedoms, then they can get fucked.

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                                    • L luc0x61@mastodon.gamedev.place

                                      @giordy @BrianJopek Wait, we're still at the Old Testament, you're running to the New one.

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                                      @luc0x61 @giordy @BrianJopek
                                      Even the Old Testament didn't work like that.
                                      Old Testament law is that foreigners must be treated the same and with same rights as citizens; and it also forbid running national census to make it impossible for the king to build a large military.

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                                      • brianjopek@mastodon.worldB brianjopek@mastodon.world

                                        In my 21 1/2 years of military service I don’t recall ever running into anything like this. This is fucked up beyond all recognition.
                                        #FUBAR

                                        “A combat-unit commander told non-commissioned officers at a briefing Monday that the Iran war is part of God’s plan and that Pres. Donald Trump was ‘anointed by Jesus to light the signal fire in Iran to cause Armageddon and mark his return to Earth,’ according to a complaint by a non-commissioned officer.” - Jonathan Larsen
                                        https://jonathanlarsen.substack.com/p/us-troops-were-told-iran-war-is-for?fbclid=IwZnRzaAQTONJleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZAo2NjI4NTY4Mzc5AAEeJG3E3YqM8ukVozZseDDcDk7CWLgH6C2-l29rGcDD7SgEoT5gVduTtcaS4ak_aem_TITttkhQhu5b_C9u3tX4mA

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                                        @BrianJopek Death. Cult.
                                        No man will know the day or the hour.

                                        They're trying to force God's hand?

                                        May they recieve that reward and swiftly 🤢🤮

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                                        • histopol@mastodon.socialH histopol@mastodon.social

                                          @mahadevank

                                          (3/3)

                                          ...#Mohamed's in the #Muslims' faith.

                                          A partial #PR win among (hard-core) MAGA followers!

                                          Also:
                                          A equipment-intensive #Iran would greatly boost arms sales, one of the most lavish donor industries of #Trump and the [fascist] #Maga movement.

                                          //

                                          @BrianJopek

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                                          @HistoPol @BrianJopek the claim looks plausible - https://www.militaryreligiousfreedom.org/

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