War Is Hell. So Are the Fossil Fuels War Runs On

FILE PHOTO: Smoke rises after an Israeli strike on Beirut's southern suburbs, following an escalation between Hezbollah and Israel amid the U.S.-Israeli conflict with Iran, Lebanon, March 10, 2026. REUTERS/Mohamed Azakir/File Photo

As a pastor, I don’t use the word “hell” lightly, but I think it’s time. The war against Iran has oil and gas facilities across the Middle East burning. Three million Iranians and a million Lebanese citizens are displaced. Black rain laden with toxic chemicals is falling in Tehran, Iran, likely ensuring a legacy of cancer and birth defects that will rival or surpass the health legacy of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, Japan.

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