A huge amount of America is Baptist Christian and believes Israel needs to be at war for Jesus to come back etc. How impactful is this to real life? (hexbear.net)

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Is American foreign policy always a cool rational neoliberal calculation or do the delusions of the general public have meaningful impact?

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[-] Dirt_Owl@hexbear.net 37 points 9 months ago

I think its more important to consider that maybe the ruling class shares these delusions

[-] DamarcusArt@lemmygrad.ml 7 points 9 months ago

I've tried to avoid thinking it, but sometimes their choices only make sense if you think they actually believe the bullshit they peddle to the masses.

[-] RyanGosling@hexbear.net 16 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Someone shared an excerpt about Bush talking to the French president, and Bush cited some esoteric biblical event about holy tribal warfare and the French president was so utterly confused he called his assistant over to see what the fuck this guy is on about

[-] DamarcusArt@lemmygrad.ml 12 points 9 months ago

That really is something. Wow, I wonder if this was just because that's how he was used to speaking to his underlings (and saw France as more of the same) or if it was actually because he honestly believes in trying to fulfill some weird "biblical prophecy" in the Middle East.

[-] RyanGosling@hexbear.net 1 points 9 months ago

Supposedly he never said this, but this rebuttal comes from a source that seems to want Daddy Bush to notice them. But considering he’s talked about divine intervention in his politics, I have no reason to doubt he’s into this shit.