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Comment by nonethewiser

11 hours ago

I have a very hard time understanding how the US is attacking Iran because of Christianity. I cannot even anticipate the hypothesis.

America's Evangelical Christian Right:

https://www.cnn.com/2025/06/29/us/iran-israel-evangelicals-p...

https://archive.ph/Pz81T

Huckabee one week ago:

"Citing the book of Genesis, Carlson asked whether the modern state of Israel had a right to the lands promised in the Bible by God to Abraham, stretching from the Euphrates River to the Nile, covering much of the Middle East. In response, Huckabee said: “It would be fine if they took it all. But I don’t think that’s what we’re talking about here today.”

https://www.cnbc.com/2026/02/21/mike-huckabee-claims-israel-...