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.

      • Jax@sh.itjust.works
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        1 day ago

        I’m sure he’d pivot away to something else, considering that he pivoted from talking about trans rights to try and say “I shouldn’t have to worry about walking with my daughters down the street and walking into two dudes making out.” Basically suggesting that gay and trans people are the source of moral decay in the U.S.

        The guy is the literal poster child of boomer moral decay, by the way. Digustingly obese, entitled, racist, MAGA.

    • atomicbocks@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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      1 day ago

      Your coworker being the religious equivalent of a log cabin Republican doesn’t change anything as far as I can see, the MAGA movement is still fueled by Christian overtones.

      • Jax@sh.itjust.works
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        1 day ago

        The kind of corruption and evil entitlement that people get is indeed unique to religion.

        That sure as hell sounds like goalposts shifting to me.

        • atomicbocks@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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          1 day ago

          I’m not goal post shifting. Nor am I interested in having a conversation about whose asshole opinion stinks worse. Have a good day.

          • Jax@sh.itjust.works
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            1 day ago

            You absolutely did, but let’s take your statement to its logical conclusion.

            Roughly 85% of the world is religious. By your definition, they are simply all evil. So why then would you care about Venezuela being bombed, Iran being bombed, literally anywhere being bombed — they’re evil! Anywhere that has religious people is fair game, because religion is evil.

            It’s almost like making blanket generalizations about most of the world is just fucking stupid. Weird how that worked out.