Opinion piece: People often try to find parallels and/or prophecies to explain the current world geopolitical situation. Indeed, for good reason, because pattern recognition and the herd mentality of decision-makers can move the needle.
As Frank Zappa has been famously quoted as saying, “Government is the entertainment division of the military-industrial complex.”
“Round and round she goes, where she stops, nobody knows” is a familiar saying associated with a spinning wheel of chance. Apparently, the American Congress is the world’s gold standard of disregarding facts, completely comfortable operating on hearsay and make-believe. All year, comedians have been roasting the endless victory laps over the war in Iran. Bombs were still dropping while politicians kept claiming “mission accomplished,” basically handing comics easy punchlines.
So. You (TOTALLY) Won the Iran War – Crisis PR
Trump REFUSES to call it a WAR, labels Iran clash a ‘Military Operation’ to avoid Congress approval
In the land of make-believe, don’t mention the war; call it a ‘Military Operation’ to avoid Congress approval. Not that pattern recognition and the herd mentality of the Congress decision-makers will do much to shift responsibility away from those enabling it. A military operation involving bombs dropped, lives lost, US bases damaged or destroyed, and a running cost approaching $50 billion is apparently still a matter of semantics when it comes to congressional oversight and what constitutes a war.
Or perhaps it’s just a rumour of war, and not a real war at all. That could be another interpretation.
Matthew 24:6 NIV — You will hear of wars and rumours of wars, but see to it that you are not alarmed. Such things must happen, but the end is still to come.
Isaiah 30:3 NLT — But by trusting Pharaoh, you will be humiliated, and by depending on him, you will be disgraced.