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Cardinal Blase Cupich condemned a White House video that mixed war footage with action-movie clips, calling it a dangerous 'gamification' of war and warning that turning real conflict into entertainment desensitizes the public to suffering and the human cost, urging Americans to resist turning war into a spectator sport.
Cardinal Blase Cupich, Archbishop of Chicago, released a 'Call to Conscience' condemning the way the Iran conflict is portrayed online, including a White House video that mixed war footage with action-movie clips. He warns that the shrinking distance between battlefield and living room has led to war being treated as entertainment, desensitizing the public and eroding humanity, and urges people to see Iran as a people rather than a spectacle while calling for restraint to prevent further escalation.