Easter morning, 2026 feels like a contradiction: despair in the streets and on the front lines, but a rocket on its way to the Moon. I use that tension to ask a blunt question: if we can build Artemis II and imagine colonies beyond Earth, why do we still reach for the oldest human habit of all, killing in the name of God, nation, and pride?
From the US Israel Iran confrontation and the widening violence across the Middle East, I walk through how the Abrahamic religions get pulled into modern power struggles as cover for nationalism, empire, and control of resources. I challenge the “anointed leader” mythology around Trump 2.0 and the apocalyptic politics of Christian Zionism, and I extend the same moral scrutiny to Netanyahu’s choices and to Iran’s regime and the IRGC. I won’t pretend this is a clean story with one villain. I argue that using religion to justify murder makes a mockery of the values faith claims to defend.
Then we get specific about incentives: oil, energy security, and the Strait of Hormuz as a chokepoint that can reshape global shipping, fertilizer, and markets overnight. I also widen the lens to authoritarian pressure around the world, from Putin’s war in Ukraine to Xi’s repression, Kim’s nuclear logic, and Modi’s historical revisionism. The way out is not wishful thinking. It is accountability, protest, voting, and a return to universal standards like the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
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