TED CRUZ REVEALS HYPOCRISY ON RELIGIOUS EXTREMISM

Cheerleaders for imperialist wars of aggression hypocritically accuse Muslims of religious extremism while they use wrongly interpreted Biblical texts to justify their warmongering.

US Senator Ted Cruz (@SenTedCruz on X) is baying for Iranian blood by supporting Israel's aggression against Iran, a position that he claims a scriptural text about blessing Israel mandates. Journalist and commentator Tucker Carlson (@TuckerCarlson on X) challenged Cruz's interpretation, questioning him directly applying a religious text to modern geopolitical realities.

By pressing Cruz to articulate how this Biblical command translates into unqualified support for Israel, Tucker has become amongst many who have scrutinised Christian Z*onism, an influential evangelical Christian movement based on the belief that the modern state of Israel is a fulfilment of Biblical prophecy. 

Christian Z*onists unwaveringly support Israeli policies, which include an ongoing military onslaught in Gaza, despite its grave impact on Palestinians, including Palestinian Christians. 

In October 2024, a commission mandated by the UN Human Rights Council called on all states and international organisations, including the UN, to bring to an end Israel's unlawful presence in the Occupied Palestinian Territory. The panel based its report on an advisory opinion of the International Court of Justice, which ruled Israel's occupation unlawful. 

The Carlson-Cruz exchange reveals Washington's baseless foreign policy in West Asia, where it has waged its ‘Global War on Terror’ (GWOT) against neighbouring Muslim-majority countries. In September 2024, the US secured an $8.7 billion aid package for Israel. Meanwhile, Washington's war on terror has k*lled over 800,000 people, according to the Costs of War Project. 

In 1982, former US Secretary of State Alexander Haig (1924-2010) called Israel 'the largest American aircraft carrier in the world that cannot be sunk, does not carry even one American soldier, and is located in a critical region for American national security.' 

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