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When your national airline uses a catastrophic event to promote ticket sales. This post is pinned on the Iran Air twitter account. One reason why Donald Trump and his foreign policy clown car will never understand Iran.
Iran self image is that of a series of empires who conquered much of the known world. Historically the West sees Persian history through defeats in the battles of Marathon, Thermopylae and Salamis. A military and religious concept that comforts Neocons. content.time.com/time/world/art…
Dominionists like Erik Prince even created companies called Salamis (an aviation component) and Samarus (his offshore holdings) to remind us that biblical influence is still strong in business, military and political decisions.
There are also other religious groups and cults who believe that a confrontation between Persia and the West, Islam vs Christianity, Jew vs Arab is a historical prophecy and the conflict is required to fulfill a prophecy. breakingisraelnews.com/58217/800-year…
This thinking is also present in the United States with various religious groups linking Trump's presidency, American policy and biblical prophesy to this conflict.
Netanyahu has compared Trump to Cyrus the Great and the move to recognize Jerusalem, the spot where Muhammad ascended into heaven, as the capital of Israel has powerful symbolic and cultural impact on Muslims, Christians and Jews worldwide. vox.com/identities/201…
These transnational, historical, emotional and deep-rooted beliefs transcend politics and are a major cause the nihilistic forever wars we are fighting today. @realDonaldTrump has no idea of what happens when state systems are destroyed and religious death cults replace them.
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