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Jonathan Larsen
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Jonathan Larsen's personal blog at jonathanlarsen.substack.com covers politics and culture. Since 2026, 7 different Hacker News readers have linked it 7 times, most often “U.S. Troops Were Told Iran War Is for "Armageddon,"”. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-11-01, and you can follow it by feed.
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Why HN links it
HN commenters link Jonathan Larsen's Substack posts on the US war with Iran, including one reporting that US troops were told the war was about Armageddon and the return of Jesus. Commenters cite it as support.
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Adversarial journalism and commentary from the former executive producer of Up w/ Chris Hayes, senior producer at Countdown w/ Keith Olbermann, and veteran of The Daily Show, ABCNews, CNN, The Young Turks, and more. with tens of thousa
Most-linked posts?
- U.S. Troops Were Told Iran War Is for "Armageddon,"7 people · 7 mentions · first linked 2026-03-03
What Hacker News says?
Defense contractors, the oil companies who get to rebuild, private security, etc. You can do a web search for who profited from the Iraq war. It's mostly all the same. This war also has a religious component to it, as a US combat unit commander has said "the Iran war is part of God’s plan and that Pres. Donald Trump was anointed by Jesus to light the signal fire in Iran to cause Armageddon and mark his return to Ear…
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on “Iran War Cost Tracker”Submitted U.S. Troops Were Told Iran War Is for "Armageddon," as a story · 16 points
HN discussionThere is no way to know what Jesus would or wouldn't like. Most religious people interpret their chosen text in whatever way best fits their preferences and lifestyle. In this case, they like war, so that means Jesus also likes war: https://jonathanlarsen.substack.com/p/us-troops-were-told-ir... . It is trivial to find Bible verses supporting war if that's what you're looking for: https://www.biblestudytools.com/top…
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on “U.S. pulling ocean sensors a 'shock' for Canadian research as El Niño nears”I think the problem is not that the president is insane, but that he is fed misleading information by his inner circle. Let’s have a look at the overall situation. The day began with the threat of the apocalypse https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/1163633360339... It was an unprecedented verbal escalation. Since the US administration is flooding the zone with shit/slop after the war started, a lot of peop…
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on “'This Is Just Not How the Human Race Should Operate,' Says US Senator”Oppressive theocracy say what? https://jonathanlarsen.substack.com/p/us-troops-were-told-ir...
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on “Iran unleashes Shahed drones aimed at targets across Middle East”LOL theocracy: https://jonathanlarsen.substack.com/p/us-troops-were-told-ir...
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on “Iran unleashes Shahed drones aimed at targets across Middle East”Then there's the rich irony of the supremely unqualified transphobic belligerent alcoholic anti-DEI social injustice warrior accelerationist christian nationalist DUI hire Pete Hegseth running the Department of War into the ground and the War on Iran into WWIII Armageddon. U.S. Troops Were Told Iran War Is for “Armageddon,” Return of Jesus: https://jonathanlarsen.substack.com/p/us-troops-were-told-ir... >Defense Sec…
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on “Welcoming Elizabeth Barron as the New Executive Director of the PHP Foundation”
