Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth brings Christian language into the Pentagon as the U.S. and Israel wage war against Iran.

Since becoming defense secretary, Pete Hegseth has found no shortage of ways to bring his strand of conservative evangelicalism into the Pentagon.

He hosts monthly Christian worship services for employees. His department’s promotional videos have displayed Bible verses alongside military footage. In speeches and interviews, he often argues the U.S. was founded as a Christian nation and troops should embrace God, potentially risking the military’s secular mission and hard-won pluralism.

Now the defense secretary’s Christian rhetoric has taken on new meaning after the U.S. and Israel went to war with Iran, an Islamic theocracy.

  • leaky_shower_thought@feddit.nl
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    7 days ago

    “We’re fighting religious fanatics who seek a nuclear capability in order for some religious Armageddon,” Hegseth said of Iranian leaders. “But from my perspective, I mean, obviously I’m a man of faith who encourages our troops to lean into their faith, rely on God.”

    i believe more that he is a man of spirits than faith.

    • prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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      7 days ago

      Holy projection… Pretty sure Iran would only want nukes for the protection a country gets by simply having them. I’ve never heard anything about them wanting nukes for a religious Armageddon.

      On the other hand, Hegseth and others have been very fucking clear that this shit is about stupid biblical prophecy.

  • Itdidnttrickledown@lemmy.world
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    7 days ago

    A fake christian who just uses it to manipulate. I’m not christian but I recognize a manipulator and the soft brained snowflakes who blindly follow anyone making the right grunts and hoots of their faith.