Robert Arnold has a YouTube channel.
This is from his video four days ago about the school hit that was hit in Iran where 150 children killed.
The most dangerous men are the righteous ones who’ve convinced themselves that heaven stands behind their decisions. Those men rarely, if ever, doubt themselves. And a man who no longer doubts himself is a man capable of terrible things.
If there is any wisdom left in our public life, it will be found in remembering a simple truth that every honest believer, every thoughtful citizen, and every responsible leader ought to recognize. God does not need help from generals.
The end of the world is not a policy objective, and the lives of millions of human beings should never be treated like pieces of a prophetic chessboard. If history has taught us anything, anything at all, it is that when men begin to imagine themselves as agents of divine destiny, it is usually the innocent who pay the price. . . .
The world doesn’t need more prophets with power. It needs leaders with humility. Leaders who understand that the weight of human life is heavier than any mythology we might build around ourselves. Leaders who know the difference between faith and arrogance. Leaders who remember that the purpose of power is not to fulfill prophecy but to protect people. Because the moment we forget that truth, the moment we begin to believe that war can be sanctified and catastrophe justified in the name of destiny, we step onto a path that history has shown us many times before. And it is a path that never ends where the travelers believe it will.
The future of humanity should never be left in the hands of men who believe they are writing the final chapter of the book of revelation. Let us remind them that our future and our story does not belong to them.