NEW YORK ¨C President Donald Trump and other U.S. officials cast the rescue of a U.S. airman in Iran as an ¡°Easter miracle¡± on Sunday, framing the operation in religious terms that portrayed the war as a just cause and divinely blessed.
In the past, administrations typically issued postcard-style Easter greetings, and critics said officials¡¯ messages this time had blurred the line ?between faith and policy by invoking religion to justify the war and shape the military¡¯s conduct.
¡°The rescue was an Easter ?miracle,¡± ?Trump told NBC¡¯s ¡°Meet the Press,¡± and some Cabinet members followed with messages of their own.
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