Charlie Stross4d ago

The Atlantic: Why Trump Didn’t Plan for the Strait of Hormuz

In wartime, the enemy always gets a vote.

(These people are deeply unserious. I mean, they *must* be old enough to remember the 1980-88 tanker war and the vital role the Straits of Hormuz played back then, right?)

https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/03/hormuz-strait-iran-oil/686365/

Why Trump Didn’t Plan for the Strait of Hormuz

In wartime, the enemy always gets a vote.

The Atlantic
Show threadHighlandLawyer4d ago
@cstross
Part of the Christofacist Revelations cosplay is "The eagle will fall"; it's a death cult, after the wars, plagues, & famine, the ultimate collapse of the USA is part of the plan.
Show threadstingraz4d ago
@HighlandLawyer @cstross
I get the feeling that apocalyptic Christian extremism is basically Christianity-as-a-cargo-cult. They have a story of Rapture and Reward that they do not (are not allowed to) understand the deeper meaning of, being literalists. That story tells them that their savior and his kingdom will return after some series of events. Ergo, if they make these events occur, Jesus will come back and give them their due. It can't be a prediction, it has to be an instruction manual.
Show threadKathmandu4d ago

@stingraz @HighlandLawyer @cstross

I've always been struck by how people saying "We need to [do $foo] to make the End Times come / Jesus return" are basically saying that they think they can make the Lord God Almighty hurry up. They think they can give the Creator of the Universe a deadline.

Show threadstingraz
@Kathmandu
That's what @HighlandLawyer meant by heresy, I guess.
Certainly sounds like a good way to get smitten, trying to lord it over Thy Lord Almighty because you're impatient to get your treats.
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