✦ Bombs Are Not Peaceful — But Neither Is Silence in the Face of Evil
Published on Tiller.Earth | June 23, A.D. 2025
“Thanks MAGAts for electing someone so stupid he thinks bombs are peaceful.” – seen on my Facebook feed today…
A brutal reaction. Not uncommon. And not without feeling.
But at Tiller.Earth, we don’t measure truth by outrage or applause. We measure it by fruit, by root, and by the law of heaven and history alike.
So let’s dig beneath the noise — not to take a side, but to seek understanding, and maybe, find our footing again in a world tilting toward war.
✦ I. What Happened in Iran?
On June 21–22, 2025, coordinated strikes by U.S. and Israeli forces targeted three of Iran’s most fortified nuclear sites: Fordow, Natanz, and Isfahan (IAEA press release).
These weren’t symbolic. They were surgical. They took down advanced enrichment centers—underground, reinforced, and accelerating uranium beyond peaceful thresholds.
The operation, nick-named “Midnight Hammer,” may have bought the world time—not to celebrate violence, but to keep an unholy weapon from an unholy regime.
✦ I-A. Uranium: Levels of Enrichment
The crisis revolves around uranium-235 (U-235). Natural ore contains only 0.7 % U-235; centrifuges spin it to higher purity:
| Purity | Label | Primary Use |
|---|---|---|
| ≤ 5 % | Low-Enriched (LEU) | Civilian power reactors |
| 5–20 % | Medium | Research & medical reactors |
| 20–60 % | High-Enriched | Short “break-out” to weapons-grade |
| ≥ 90 % | Weapons-Grade | Nuclear warheads |
According to the IAEA data quoted by Reuters, Iran had already stockpiled more than 400 kg of uranium enriched to 60 % — perilously close to bomb-grade — before the strikes.
✦ II. Was This an Act of Peace?
No.
Bombs are not peace.
But neither is permitting the machinery of genocide to assemble unchallenged.
This wasn’t warmongering. It was a strike against the potential for mass murder, against a regime that:
- Publicly chants “Death to Israel” and “Death to America.”
- Arms proxies with missiles aimed at schools, hospitals, and markets.
- Executes dissenters, women, and Christians alike.
- Blocks IAEA inspections when it suits its aims.
✦ III. Were Any Treaties Broken?
Iran is party to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT), yet it suspended IAEA “Additional Protocol” access and enriched to 60 % after 2018 (IAEA statement to UNSC).
The U.S.-Israel strike lacked UN mandate, yes — but international law often lags existential threats.
✦ IV. “Trump Is a Fool,” They Say. “Bombs Don’t Bring Peace.”
They’re not wrong to fear war. They’re not wrong to hate destruction.
But peace built on denial is not peace — it’s delay. The question is larger than any one president:
Do we allow a sworn enemy of life and liberty to gather the power to vaporize cities… because confrontation makes us uncomfortable?
✦ V. The Sword and the Plowshare
Christ is the Prince of Peace.
But He is also the Lamb who returns with a sword.
“Think not that I am come to send peace on earth: I came not to send peace, but a sword.”
— Matthew 10:34, Geneva Bible (1599)
Truth divides. Justice sometimes arrives with fire.
✦ VI. To the One Crying Out in Disbelief
If you’re angry… good. That means you’re alive. But let anger bow to truth.
The bombs were a line drawn to defend future life, not a conquest of land or oil.
✦ VII. Final Word: The Narrow Path Between Cowardice and Fury
We at Tiller.Earth are not partisans. We are stewards of land, law, language, and truth.
Peace without justice is slavery; justice without truth is chaos.
“He shall judge among the nations… they shall beat their swords into mattocks.”
— Isaiah 2:4, Geneva Bible (1599)
Until that day, we watch, we warn, and we wield truth like a double-edged blade.
P.S. — For Those Still Unsure
Each claim below links to primary documentation so you can test the roots yourself:
- Nuclear Deception: Iran curtailed inspections and pushed to 60 % enrichment (IAEA press release).
- Terror Funding: The U.S. State Department lists Iran as the leading state sponsor of terrorism, bankrolling Hezbollah, Hamas, and Houthis (State Dept. Country Report 2021).
- Cyber Warfare: DOJ indictments detail IRGC-linked hackers (APT35) targeting U.S. voters in 2020 (DOJ Indictment; see also Wired analysis).
- Human Rights Violations: Amnesty International recorded 800+ executions in 2023 and 900+ in 2024, many for non-violent “crimes” (Amnesty report 2025 PDF).
- Influence & Propaganda: Iran’s disinformation campaigns use fake U.S. social profiles and phishing ops to sway opinion (Wired).
This isn’t about hating Iran or its people. It’s about separating culture from captivity and truth from denial.
