The greatest betrayal of all time

God’s plan and the catastrophic US-Israeli playbook for total destruction

When the men who hold the world’s most powerful weapons begin to believe they are taking orders from Heaven, the rest of us should start praying for the Earth. We have entered a terrifying new chapter in human history where the line between a military briefing and a religious sermon has completely evaporated.

Since the end of February, when the USA and Israel launched their massive strikes against Iran, we were told this was about "national security" and "deterrence." But look closer at the rhetoric coming out of the Pentagon and the White House. This isn't just a war for oil, influence, or nuclear containment anymore. It is a war being fueled by a dangerous, apocalyptic playbook that views the Middle East not as a region of living people, but as a stage for the "End Times."

The reports coming from the front lines are chilling. We are hearing that senior US military commanders are now delivering sermons to their troops, telling young men and women that the war with Iran is "God’s plan." When you frame a conflict as divinely ordained, you remove the possibility of peace. You can’t negotiate with a prophecy. You can’t have a ceasefire with the Apocalypse. This shift in discourse is not accidental. It is the direct result of a leadership structure in Washington that has been taken over by fundamentalist ideologies.

Within this chaotic framework, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s propositions represent the most radical vantage point of this fundamentalist playbook. His stance isn't merely strategic; it is a total ideological overhaul of the US war machine. By advocating for a military culture rooted in "Crusader" ethics, Hegseth essentially argues that the constraints of modern international law are "secular weaknesses" that hinder a divinely sanctioned victory.

From his perspective, the strikes against Iran are not just about dismantling a regime, but about fulfilling a historical and religious destiny that justifies any level of collateral damage. This discursive shift effectively transforms the U.S. military from a peacekeeping force into an instrument of eschatological fulfillment, where the "Total Destruction" of an adversary is seen not as a humanitarian disaster, but as a necessary purification before the "End Times."

This is the ultimate "fraud" being played on the global public. While the official press releases talk about international law, the private conversations are about the Book of Revelation. This isn't just a critique of religion; it’s a critique of the absolute apathy shown toward the human cost of these beliefs. To these decision-makers, the millions of Iranians, Iraqis, and Kurds caught in the crossfire are just "props" in a cosmic drama. Their lives, their homes, and their futures are viewed as secondary to a "divine timeline" that requires chaos before it can bring "redemption." This is the peak of arrogance— to believe that your specific religious interpretation gives you the right to set the world on fire.

The most disturbing part of this playbook is how it uses the most vulnerable people in the region as fuel for the fire. Look at the current strategy regarding the Kurdish people. For decades, the Kurds have been used and then abandoned by the USA whenever it was convenient. Now, the plan is to "foment militancy" among the Kurds in Iran to destabilize the government from within. This is a classic move of "vested interest" disguised as "support for freedom." Washington isn't supporting Kurdish independence because it cares about Kurdish rights; it is using Kurdish blood to weaken a rival.

But this is a dangerous game of dominoes. The Kurdish population is scattered across Iran, Iraq, Turkey, and Syria. If you light a fire in Iranian Kurdistan, you aren’t just burning Tehran— you are threatening the borders of Turkey and the fragile stability of Iraq. Turkey, a NATO ally, sees any rise in Kurdish militancy as an existential threat. By pushing this agenda, the USA is effectively pushing Turkey into the arms of its enemies. It is a strategy of total fragmentation. They aren't trying to fix the Middle East; they are trying to break it into so many pieces that it can never be put back together again.

The irony of this entire situation is the "helpfulness" the West claims to offer. They talk about "liberating" the people of Iran while dropping bombs on their infrastructure. They offer "empathy" to the oppressed while cutting off their access to food and medicine through sanctions and strikes. It is the most profound form of hypocrisy: being "helpful" only when it serves a hidden, selfish agenda. It is the same "selfless" mask that covers a face of pure "vested interest." Every move made on this regional chessboard is calculated to benefit a small group of ideologues in Washington and Tel Aviv, while the actual people of the region are treated like ghosts.

In the end, the land they claim to be "saving" is the land they are destroying. They think they own the "Zamanas" (the eras) and the "Zameens" (the lands), but they are merely "Gadaagars" (beggars) of power, desperately trying to force a divine conclusion to a human tragedy. We must call this out for what it is: a cynical, dangerous, and fraudulent use of faith to justify the slaughter of the innocent and the destabilization of an entire civilization.

We must also critique the "short-lived war" myth. We were told in February that these strikes would be surgical and quick. Instead, we see the war expanding every day. When you believe you are fighting for the "End Times," you don't seek an exit strategy. You seek an escalation. The danger of having fundamentalists at the helm is that they don't fear a "Total War." In fact, they might actually welcome it. To them, a global catastrophe is just a sign that their "God’s plan" is working. This is why the dangerous playbooks being adopted now are so different from anything we’ve seen before. We aren't dealing with rational actors; we are dealing with people who are looking for a miracle in the middle of a massacre.

As someone who has always believed in the power of truth and the dignity of the human spirit, I find this merger of statecraft and superstition to be the greatest betrayal of our time. We are being led into a dark alley by people who claim to be following a "Light" that only they can see. They have built "cities of advice" and "fortresses of sermons," but they have no room in their hearts for a simple "embrace" of humanity. They are "full of fables," as the poetry says, but their stories are written in blood.

In the end, the land they claim to be "saving" is the land they are destroying. They think they own the "Zamanas" (the eras) and the "Zameens" (the lands), but they are merely "Gadaagars" (beggars) of power, desperately trying to force a divine conclusion to a human tragedy. We must call this out for what it is: a cynical, dangerous, and fraudulent use of faith to justify the slaughter of the innocent and the destabilization of an entire civilization. If we stay silent, we are simply waiting for the fire to reach our own doorstep.

The world does not need an apocalypse. It needs an awakening. It needs us to see through the "God’s Plan" rhetoric and realize that the only plan worth following is one that preserves life, respects sovereignty, and values the "incomplete" human story over the "perfect" divine disaster.