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Re: Pentagon Threatens Pope Leo After He Criticized Trump by Mirasteel: 6:19pm On Apr 09
fwallex4truth:
It is very difficult to win US in a propaganda war because US controls over 12000 media outlets worldwide.

The USA is a terrorist state!
Bro US couldn't win in propaganda, even Israel couldn't win the propaganda war. alot of people are wise now.

Majority of Americans don't support the war in Iran, they all think it's illegal and it's not America war.

does americans support iran war



A majority of Americans oppose a war with Iran, with 53% opposing and 34% supporting it as of April 2026, according to YouGov polling. While most Republicans support the conflict (67%), the majority of Democrats (84%) and Independents (57%) oppose it, driven by concerns over rising costs and troop involvement.
Re: Pentagon Threatens Pope Leo After He Criticized Trump by Nwaiyoo: 6:20pm On Apr 09
dappydozzy:
So now, Donald Trump is your own saviour, he has saved your own humanity abi, people with low IQ plenty for here o .

Saviour in which way ? a power drunk tyrant that behaves like a vicious dog which if not quickly tamed could bring the world to the point of no return .
An antichrist can also pose as a saviour to humanity and at the end of the day, brings the world into the unexpected abyss.
A hypocrist calling someone an antichrist, what is christ like in your comment? Is there anyone among your whole country as powerful as Donald Trump? You don't even have I talk more of the Q. No wonder!
Re: Pentagon Threatens Pope Leo After He Criticized Trump by KobolanderSegun: 6:21pm On Apr 09
livebullet:
Ki

You read from conspiracy theorists sir... And I guess you just read only the headlines... Go read more texts and see how false this claim is. Very soon una go say na Catholic Church approve Nagasaki and Hiroshima bombing or even dey fund boko haram.. stop reading conspiracy theories sir.
They did not praise Hitler they just did not speak up about Hitler's Atrocities.
Re: Pentagon Threatens Pope Leo After He Criticized Trump by Mirasteel: 6:22pm On Apr 09
EndBuhariNow:
Indeed America and Israel are fighting anti Christ.. pope who have never lend his voice towards what if happening in Nigeria all of a sudden weakened up to condem America and Israel military campaign against Islamic republic who has committed so many atrocious act against their people and others.
The anti christ are both Trump and Netanyahu, they are the biggest problem on earth.
Re: Pentagon Threatens Pope Leo After He Criticized Trump by Mirasteel: 6:34pm On Apr 09
Pootle:
pope shut up and face front
Is this how you talk to your dad?
Re: Pentagon Threatens Pope Leo After He Criticized Trump by Mirasteel: 6:39pm On Apr 09
BeardedMeat:
Iran is a global terrorists sponsor. All terrorists and their apologists must not be suffered to live.
US is the only global terrorist sponsor, be updated.
Re: Pentagon Threatens Pope Leo After He Criticized Trump by Mirasteel: 6:41pm On Apr 09
jaxxy:
Better the the Islamic Republic guards causing havoc everywhere. undecided
Iran didn't invade any country.

The terrorist countries you support are the ones that invade countries.
Re: Pentagon Threatens Pope Leo After He Criticized Trump by Mirasteel: 6:42pm On Apr 09
greggng:
Thank you for been honest about this matter ....Iran is using cluster bomb in Israel yet this pope has nothing to say ....let's say isrrael is using those weapon ....
Israel used more cluster bombs in Gaza and harmful chemicals, why didn't you talk then? hypocrite!
Re: Pentagon Threatens Pope Leo After He Criticized Trump by Mirasteel: 6:47pm On Apr 09
Fuckyoumod:
Some Roman pastor call pope, should stay out of politics. He has no right to tell people outside his faith what to do.
He has every right to do so because he's the father of millions of Christians.
Re: Pentagon Threatens Pope Leo After He Criticized Trump by Pootle: 6:53pm On Apr 09
Mirasteel:
Is this how you talk to your dad?
weytin concern your papa for this mata fk off
Re: Pentagon Threatens Pope Leo After He Criticized Trump by jaxxy(m): 6:56pm On Apr 09
Mirasteel:
Iran didn't invade any country.

The terrorist countries you support are the ones that invade countries.
Iran support Russia who invaded Ukraine. They give Russia ammunition and drones so yes Iran invaded countries via proxies. undecided

they have terror cells in Lebanon and palestine.
Re: Pentagon Threatens Pope Leo After He Criticized Trump by donleo92(m): 7:04pm On Apr 09
Ballmer:
What role did it play in biafra war as you no wan gree get sense.
Waytin concern Biafra with world war grin
Re: Pentagon Threatens Pope Leo After He Criticized Trump by StJasper(m): 7:14pm On Apr 09
Re: Pentagon Threatens Pope Leo After He Criticized Trump by Silentflute: 7:19pm On Apr 09
THE POPE IS NOT HOLY, MANY ARE BLIND. AND THAT'S FRIGHTENING.
Re: Pentagon Threatens Pope Leo After He Criticized Trump by Fuckyoumod: 7:20pm On Apr 09
Mirasteel:
He has every right to do so because he's the father of millions of Christians.
Christians that are being terrorized daily? Churches burnt by Islamic terrorists in Nigeria?

How many of you Christians were murdered on Easter and Palm Sunday? How many Christians are allowed to preach in Tehran and London?

These are this your pope should be concerned with, Not Iran war and oil politics.
Re: Pentagon Threatens Pope Leo After He Criticized Trump by tunjijones(m): 7:40pm On Apr 09
alobright17:
what is the usefulness of popes?
If you know how big and rich the catholic church is, you will not be asking this question.

Catholic even have a country of their own.
Re: Pentagon Threatens Pope Leo After He Criticized Trump by captaininiobong(m): 7:53pm On Apr 09
OKON125:
bunches of puppet ND mudpuppies playing their games..
I swear organized scenes
Re: Pentagon Threatens Pope Leo After He Criticized Trump by NOETHNICITY(m): 8:06pm On Apr 09
Jughead29:
The POPE is already used to old days where Christians suffer persecution and keep quiet without fighting back.


Modern Christianity won't tolerate the nonsense that what America stands for.


Condemning US is not fair, what will he say to those saying Death to America?

At times, it's better to speak fair language than blame...

You are condemning US, how many Muslim Imam has ever condemn Iran sponsoring terrorism globally?
So people deserve to die and get genocided because they chant death to America?
Re: Pentagon Threatens Pope Leo After He Criticized Trump by alobright17(m): 8:14pm On Apr 09
tunjijones:
If you know how big and rich the catholic church is, you will not be asking this question.

Catholic even have a country of their own.
Imagine ? So the usefulness of pope is that catholic is big and pope has a country? Kai
Re: Pentagon Threatens Pope Leo After He Criticized Trump by EndBuhariNow(m): 8:18pm On Apr 09
Mirasteel:
The anti christ are both Trump and Netanyahu, they are the biggest problem on earth.
very soon you will tell me they are also sponsoring Fula ppl in the bush
Re: Pentagon Threatens Pope Leo After He Criticized Trump by EndBuhariNow(m): 8:20pm On Apr 09
Bakrabas:
Pope understands that the terrorism in Nigeria is sponsored by The USA
so Fulani herdmen are America proxy 🤣🤣🤣🤣 help me read this “Something very dangerous happened in Nigeria in October 2010 that should have changed everything about our national security forever.

Nigerian security agents received credible intelligence about suspicious cargo sitting at Apapa Port in Lagos.

They moved in fast.

When they cracked open the 13 shipping containers, they didn’t find building materials like the shipping documents claimed.

They found weapons.

Hundreds of 107mm Katyusha artillery rockets. Mortars of different sizes. Rocket launchers. Grenades. Explosives. Thousands of rounds of ammunition.

All of it carefully hidden inside pallets of glass wool and stone.

The entire shipment had come straight from Bandar Abbas, Iran — a major port controlled by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.

It was loaded and sealed in Iran and shipped on the MV CMA CGM Everest.

The Iranian “businessman” behind it? Azim Aghajani — a man Nigerian authorities and UN investigators later identified as a senior operative of the IRGC Quds Force.

Four people were arrested, including Aghajani.

This was no ordinary smuggling job. It was a clear violation of UN arms sanctions against Iran.

Iran quickly denied any government involvement, calling it a “private trader’s mistake.”

But the evidence was overwhelming.

Aghajani was convicted in a Nigerian court in 2013 and sentenced to five years for arms smuggling.

The weapons were exactly the type used by Hezbollah in Lebanon.

Weapons of war were flowing straight into Nigeria.

Now fast forward to May 2013.

Something even more chilling happened in Kano.

After weeks of surveillance, Nigerian security forces raided a warehouse in the city.

What they discovered was officially described as a full “Hezbollah armoury” and an active terrorist cell operating on Nigerian soil.

Inside the warehouse: AK-47 rifles, anti-tank weapons, rocket-propelled grenades with missiles, submachine guns, hand grenades, explosives and massive amounts of ammunition.

All stored professionally in sawdust, ready for deployment.

Three Lebanese nationals were arrested on the spot.

Nigerian intelligence explicitly linked the entire cache to Hezbollah, the Iranian-backed militant group.

These were not local thugs playing with guns.

This was a foreign terror network with state-level support.

Now guess what?

Despite two major, well-documented interceptions proving that the Iranian government and its proxy Hezbollah were secretly shipping advanced weapons into Nigeria, the full networks were never completely dismantled in public view.

Some arrests were made, diplomatic noises were issued, and relations with Iran were eventually restored.

Yet the same patterns of influence through certain religious groups, cultural ties and untraceable supply lines continue to raise serious questions even today, while Nigeria battles deadly insecurity on multiple fronts.

You can see one of the reasons I supported isreal and USA dealing with Iran, they are threat to global peace
Re: Pentagon Threatens Pope Leo After He Criticized Trump by Metrofox(m): 8:20pm On Apr 09
Dogalmighty17:
It has reached the point where the US military is threatening the pope? Because the Pope spoke the truth? This is nothing short of evil.
The Pope has also allowed Muslims to use holy churches for prayers and spreading their filth. I don't see why anyone should be liberal with people who want your extermination by nature
Re: Pentagon Threatens Pope Leo After He Criticized Trump by EndBuhariNow(m): 8:21pm On Apr 09
MrGerald:
Pope never condemn the attacks in Nigeria? You've been sleeping not to notice.
did he condem the recent one on Easter or they lied to him it didn't happen
Re: Pentagon Threatens Pope Leo After He Criticized Trump by Bakrabas: 8:37pm On Apr 09
EndBuhariNow:
so Fulani herdmen are America proxy 🤣🤣🤣🤣 help me read this “Something very dangerous happened in Nigeria in October 2010 that should have changed everything about our national security forever.

Nigerian security agents received credible intelligence about suspicious cargo sitting at Apapa Port in Lagos.

They moved in fast.

When they cracked open the 13 shipping containers, they didn’t find building materials like the shipping documents claimed.

They found weapons.

Hundreds of 107mm Katyusha artillery rockets. Mortars of different sizes. Rocket launchers. Grenades. Explosives. Thousands of rounds of ammunition.

All of it carefully hidden inside pallets of glass wool and stone.

The entire shipment had come straight from Bandar Abbas, Iran — a major port controlled by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.

It was loaded and sealed in Iran and shipped on the MV CMA CGM Everest.

The Iranian “businessman” behind it? Azim Aghajani — a man Nigerian authorities and UN investigators later identified as a senior operative of the IRGC Quds Force.

Four people were arrested, including Aghajani.

This was no ordinary smuggling job. It was a clear violation of UN arms sanctions against Iran.

Iran quickly denied any government involvement, calling it a “private trader’s mistake.”

But the evidence was overwhelming.

Aghajani was convicted in a Nigerian court in 2013 and sentenced to five years for arms smuggling.

The weapons were exactly the type used by Hezbollah in Lebanon.

Weapons of war were flowing straight into Nigeria.

Now fast forward to May 2013.

Something even more chilling happened in Kano.

After weeks of surveillance, Nigerian security forces raided a warehouse in the city.

What they discovered was officially described as a full “Hezbollah armoury” and an active terrorist cell operating on Nigerian soil.

Inside the warehouse: AK-47 rifles, anti-tank weapons, rocket-propelled grenades with missiles, submachine guns, hand grenades, explosives and massive amounts of ammunition.

All stored professionally in sawdust, ready for deployment.

Three Lebanese nationals were arrested on the spot.

Nigerian intelligence explicitly linked the entire cache to Hezbollah, the Iranian-backed militant group.

These were not local thugs playing with guns.

This was a foreign terror network with state-level support.

Now guess what?

Despite two major, well-documented interceptions proving that the Iranian government and its proxy Hezbollah were secretly shipping advanced weapons into Nigeria, the full networks were never completely dismantled in public view.

Some arrests were made, diplomatic noises were issued, and relations with Iran were eventually restored.

Yet the same patterns of influence through certain religious groups, cultural ties and untraceable supply lines continue to raise serious questions even today, while Nigeria battles deadly insecurity on multiple fronts.

You can see one of the reasons I supported isreal and USA dealing with Iran, they are threat to global peace
I believe you read or heard the confession from Trump about how he smuggled weapons to Iran trying to equip the protesters to face the government.


Few years ago, some ammunitions seized from the terrorists showed NATO on them
Re: Pentagon Threatens Pope Leo After He Criticized Trump by P1PrinceKT(m): 10:10pm On Apr 09
pope who have never lend his voice towards what if happening in Nigeria
You guys have wonders full of ignorance. I wonder if school is available in your neighborhood.
https://www.vaticannews.va/en/pope/news/2026-02/pope-angelus-appeals-nigeria-floods.html?utm_source=chatgpt.com

I have Quranic verse that matches your situation...

“The path of those You have blessed, not the path of those who earned Your anger, nor of those who went astray.”

Breaking it down:
“Those You have blessed” → people guided by truth (like prophets, righteous people)
“Those who earned Your anger” → people who knew the truth but rejected or disobeyed it
“Those who went astray” → people who lost the right path out of ignorance or confusion
Re: Pentagon Threatens Pope Leo After He Criticized Trump by BeardedMeat(m): 10:23pm On Apr 09
geoworldedu:
The answer is simple and straightforward: their religion gave room for it and even encouraged it. That aside, we allknow that both Iran and Israel are two terrorist countries. So USA taking side with one terrorist is what doesn't make any sense to me. He should have left the two terrorist countries to finish themselves off instead of abetting one against the other.
When Fulani herdsmen were killing people in the south west during buharis days, why did tinubu take sides with the killers?
Re: Pentagon Threatens Pope Leo After He Criticized Trump by Ubenedictus(m): 10:32pm On Apr 09
donleo92:
You can lieeeeeee grin

Damage control
Well it is good to read.

This is an encyclical originally written in German, it is against nazism. Read up
https://www.vatican.va/content/pius-xi/en/encyclicals/documents/hf_p-xi_enc_14031937_mit-brennender-sorge.html

In case you are worried, please check the date.
Re: Pentagon Threatens Pope Leo After He Criticized Trump by geoworldedu: 11:17pm On Apr 09
BeardedMeat:
When Fulani herdsmen were killing people in the south west during buharis days, why did tinubu take sides with the killers?
Because he was obviously a thief and a man without conscience. We can all see it glaringly now. So USA taking side with terrorist Israel shows that they are terrorists themselves with different ideology from Iran terrorists. Their style of terrorism aligns with Israel's.
Re: Pentagon Threatens Pope Leo After He Criticized Trump by Mirasteel: 3:26am On Apr 10
jaxxy:
Iran support Russia who invaded Ukraine. They give Russia ammunition and drones so yes Iran invaded countries via proxies. undecided

they have terror cells in Lebanon and palestine.
Funny
Re: Pentagon Threatens Pope Leo After He Criticized Trump by EndBuhariNow(m): 7:38am On Apr 10
Bakrabas:
I believe you read or heard the confession from Trump about how he smuggled weapons to Iran trying to equip the protesters to face the government.


Few years ago, some ammunitions seized from the terrorists showed NATO on them
Why are Muslims are always act as agents of destruction.. NATO, Iran, America etc using them because they know they like crime , why are they not using other religions why always Muslims
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