Benedikte Svendsen

Bruxelles croit encore que les guerres se mènent pour le contrôle de territoires et de routes commerciales, pour la dissuasion ou pour des intérêts d’État rationnels. Ce n’est plus le cas à Washington, à Téhéran et à Jérusalem. La guerre en cours, à laquelle nous assistons en Iran, n’est pas seulement géopolitique : elle est théologique.

Brussels still believes wars are fought over territory, trade routes, deterrence and rational state interests. Washington, Teheran and Jerusalem no longer do. The ongoing war that we are witnessing in Iran is not merely geopolitical; it is theological. Not because Christianity, Judaism and Islam are inherently violent religions, but because political movements inside all three are increasingly interpreting history itself through sacred destiny.

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