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Thursday, April 16, 2026

ARE WE GREAT YET?




 

The more you know about the Christian Nationalist heading our Department of Defense, the more sickening it is:





"At the Pentagon's monthly worship service yesterday, the Secretary of Defense stood up, told military leaders what they hear in worship should "inform" their war decisions, and then read a prayer calling for "great vengeance and furious anger" on Iran. He said the prayer was called "CSAR 2517," standing for Combat Search And Rescue, and was based on Ezekiel 25:17.

It wasn't.

It was from the movie, Pulp Fiction. Specifically, it was the speech Samuel L. Jackson's character recites before executing an unarmed man. Tarantino wrote those lines himself.  

They are not in any Bible. They are in a Quentin Tarantino movie. 

The actual Ezekiel 25:17 has one sentence. The rest, including "the path of the righteous man is beset on all sides by the inequities of the selfish and the tyranny of evil men," was invented for a 1994 film about hit men eating hamburgers.

"The path of the righteous man is beset on all sides by the inequities of the selfish and the tyranny of evil men. Blessed is he who, in the name of charity and good will, shepherds the weak through the valley of darkness, for he is truly his brother's keeper and the finder of lost children. And I will strike down upon thee with great vengeance and furious anger. And you will know my name is the Lord when I lay my vengeance upon thee."

The Secretary of Defense [War] read a fictional hit man's execution speech to bless an actual war."





The service was reportedly the second in a row that Hegseth used violent verses and messaging in discussing the war in Iran: 

“Grant this task force clear and righteous targets for violence,” he prayed last month.




What the Christians' Savior, Jesus, ACTUALLY preached:  


"Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called children of God" (Matthew 5:9).


What the Secretary of Defense did was quote a Hollywood movie's words about violence and killing as scripture, and he ignored the actual words of his Savior, Jesus Christ.

Are we great yet?

1 comment:

BB-Idaho said...

Wont go anywhere, given the saturation of the Fed Guv, but it is a start -
"Rep. Yassamin Ansari (D-Ariz.) has announced her intention to introduce articles of impeachment against Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth. The allegations include:

War Crimes: Hegseth is accused of committing war crimes, including the bombing of civilian infrastructure such as a girls' school in Iran.
Constitutional Violations: Ansari claims Hegseth has repeatedly violated his oath of office and the Constitution, endangering U.S. servicemembers."
The World Court holds a stronger vierw ----