In this 42-second video published on X last Friday, and subtitled “American Justice,” heroic Hollywood scenes alternate with images released by the American army showing real strikes on various targets.
American cardinal Blase Cupich, close to Pope Leo XIV, described a video montage from the White House as “disturbing” and “terrifying,” mixing excerpts of Hollywood films with images of strikes on Iran.
“A real war, with real deaths and real suffering, treated as a video game, is disturbing,” declared the cardinal on Saturday in a post on the website of the Chicago diocese, where he is the archbishop.
“Terrifying Representation”: more than 1,000 Iranian men, women, and children were killed by American and Israeli missiles, the prelate lamented, calling it a “terrifying representation.”
“The American people deserve better than this”: our government considers the suffering of the Iranian people as a backdrop for our entertainment, as if it were new content to scroll through while waiting in line at a supermarket, added the American cardinal.
“We lose our humanity when we are captivated by the destructive power of our armed forces,” he warned. “I know that the American people deserve better than this,” he added. The Chicago diocese is one of the largest in the United States.
