[engineer_22]

Now this is all conspiracy theory, but it's food for thought.

The USA's media strategy appears to be aimed at Christian Zionism to justify involvement in Israel's regional affairs. There are many influential Christian Zionists in government and politics in the US. Ted Cruz comes to mind as one outspoken example.

If you subscribe to these beliefs, all of this is perfectly rational, that this war is a signal of the end times, that the faithful should not shrink before the fight, the return of the Christ and millennium of peace are within reach.

There has also been conspiratorial speculation that one of the goals of this war is to incite antisemitism in the United States, to spur the return of the diaspora in America to the Holy Land. Israel needs bodies, if they are to realize the Greater Israel Project. Now this is all conspiracy theory, but it's food for thought.

[tstrimple]

Not sure why it would be considered a conspiracy theory when they told the troops that’s why they are doing it.

https://www.military.com/daily-news/2026/03/03/military-offi...

[the_af]

Thanks for providing another link. I quoted The Guardian (a mainstream newspaper, whatever you may think of it) mentioning this same source, and got downvoted for it. Oh well.

[learingsci]

There are not many Christian zionists in decision making positions in the US. You’ve named 1 person and how much power does Cruz actually have. The powerful are non Christian zionists. That much is blatantly obvious. Kushner, Witkoff, Lutnick, the entourage around Epstein, most of the cabinet of the current (non Christian president), most of the cabinet of the prior (catholic so non dispensationalist) former president. The media itself, which is used to manufacture consent is filled with, owned by and answers to non Christian zionists. Get a clue.

[throwaway-11-1]

the people currently making decisions may not be christian but are certainly beholden to christian zionist, their largest voting bloc are reactionary suburban white evangelicals

[learingsci]

Absurd. There are very few Christian zionists amongst Christians, and a dwindling number of Christians overall, most especially in the suburbs. Christian zionists are almost entirely poor uneducated (hence their misreading of scripture) rural southerners who have effectively zero political power outside very small regional elections where international politics have no relevance.

[the_af]

This today:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qGPnh3u1vBs

Evangelical pastors laying hands on Trump and praying for his success in his holy war against Iran. I don't know the overlap between Christian Zionism and evangelicals in the US, but I'm sure it's not zero.

Christian fundamentalists are influencing US policy to a noticeable degree. Nobody's saying it's the only factor.

[learingsci]

“Christian fundamentalists are influencing US policy to a noticeable degree.”

Prove it. Cults that use Jesus’ name are not representative of Christianity. The Waco cult, Theosophy, etc.

Israel influences our policy and I can provide copious evidence of that by naming Israeli affiliated zionists in the cabinets of the past 3 or 4 presidents and by the activity of groups like AIPAC which happen to fund some of the cults that endorse Christian Zionism. The numbers and facts are quite clear.