More than two dozen Democratic members of Congress have formally requested an investigation into the Department of Defense after uniformed officers filed a complaint alleging that military commanders told them President Trump was “anointed by Jesus to light the signal fire in Iran to cause Armageddon and mark his return to Earth.”
That sentence was written by congressional representatives, in an official letter, to the Secretary of Defense, about complaints from active-duty military officers. About their commanding officers. About the thing those commanding officers said.
The legislators want to know if the DOD is being used to advance a specific eschatological agenda. This is now a thing that legislators have to ask. They are asking it in writing. There is a paper trail.
It is worth pausing here to appreciate the extraordinary nature of what it means that “please investigate whether our military thinks it is participating in the literal biblical end times” is a request that had to be made formally, through official channels, by members of the United States Congress.
The investigation has been requested. Whether the DOD will investigate itself for believing it is enacting prophecy remains to be seen. Armageddon, traditionally, does not include a strongly worded oversight letter. But we live in novel times.
All of this actually happened. Military.com confirmed it.