What happened: Republican congressmen refuse to call the conflict in Iran what it is.
Cross-source context: Democracy Now! highlights military commanders have reportedly been invoking extremist Christian rhetoric to push war on Iran, selling the conflict to American troops as an existential “holy war” in... Mikey Weinstein, founder and president of the Military Religious Freedom Foundation, attributes the rise in extremism at the... The Hill highlights conservative commentator Meghan McCain on Tuesday slammed Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) for saying that he is asking parents to send their children to war against Iran. Bloomberg highlights a top counterterrorism official and staunch MAGA Republican resigned over the war with Iran, claiming that Israel had misled President Donald Trump into believing that the... Joe Kent, the director of the National Counterterrorism Center, said he could not sup
What to watch next: movement around iran, counterterrorism.