I am beginning to believe this entire kinetic action against Iran is nothing more than distraction, a very expensive one in lives and treasure. Why? Consider the ;test news about Iran having a missile that can reach Europe (a missile from Iran targeted the island of Diego Garcia over the weekend, some 2,500 miles away). and how that seemed t be a surprise to everyone. Sure, we all knew they had short range missiles that could threaten all of their neighbors (mostly Israel), but there wasn’t a hint about a medium range missile that could target the west.

Maybe I’m not looking in the right places, but I find it interesting there’s a dearth of atheist voices during this Iran kinetic action. Of course, I wouldn’t expect a lot of this were the Biden administration, but most of the atheists I have become acquainted with with over time, and yes, mostly online, had nothing good to say about any republican. So, I wouldn’t expected some of the more popular (?) voices in atheism to come out with a statement whether or not they agreed with the action and why. But no, nothing so far. I wonder if it’s true, what Ialway thought, that democrats (liberals) were just as in favor of these adventures as republicans (conservatives).

Is it just me or has anyone else noticed the veritable flood of religiosity all over our air waves as well as online? Not that this wasn’t apparent before, but now there are people coming out of the woodwork invoking their evangelical or catholic dogmas and of course, damning those of us that are either not very spiritual, ,or like me, atheist. All of it has to do with being a patriot and of course, anyone that doesn’t believe in god, cannot be a patriot.

I’ve been asked recently, what atheists think about this conflict in Iran. As far as I know, atheists follow the general public when it comes to any public policy, foreign or domestic. Yes, atheists tend to be more liberal but that doesn’t make them any less patriotic when it comes to our government committing the military to kinetic action anywhere in the world. After all these years of me saying that atheists are no different than the general public, with one exception, it seems strange for me to have to continue to explain atheism.

Does anyone else but me find it funny, or at least interesting that there’s a battle going on right now between…Christians? That’s right, it’s the Christian Zionists against the non-Zionist Christians. Why is this? There is a strain within the country, if you haven’t noticed, that believe we’re in this action with Iran due mainly to the influence of the Israeli government. That’s right, the Israeli government convinced President Trump and his inner circle (some very smart people) that the threat from Iran was imminent. Now the conversation has devolved into what is the meaning of imminent? And why is this a fight between Christians?