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.

  • waddle_dee
    21·
    1 day ago

    No, in your list only religious people…

    You started off your comment by saying no. This indicates a negative position. Since you responded to my comment, I can only assume you are taking a negative position against my comment.

    Then you followed that position up with anecdotal evidence, not responding to the key position I maintain; that this is not unique to religion, but every structure in which power and positions of authority exist. If it exists, it can be corrupted. Again, modus operandi, does not matter, since that is inherently a key part of my position.

    If you were just commenting a personal experience, then why did you start off with, “No”? What is your position in this debate? Because, I am finding myself further, and further lost.

    • atomicbocks@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      1·
      1 day ago

      Disagreement isn’t proof or disproof or even an attempt at such. At this time I’m completely lost as to your point. You didn’t say every structure, you made a list and I felt that one of those things was not like the others. That one of those things does have a unique form of evil attached to it. I really don’t understand why you’re trying to add more to this conversation than actually exists.

      • waddle_dee
        11·
        23 hours ago

        I did say every structure through inference. You are still disagreeing with me. If you can’t see it, so be it. I’m Audi