"He’s turned the Department of Defense into the Department of Holy War. Here we are at WAR, or at OPERATION, and he’s continuing his spree of firing, demoting, or blocking promotions for anyone who doesn’t fit his White Male Christian Nationalist TheoBro image…."

~ Marcie Jones

#Hegseth #Pentagon #military #women #Black #WhiteChristianNationalism #HolyWar #patriarchy #heterosexism #racism #misogyny
/10

https://www.wonkette.com/p/pete-hegseth-gonna-fire-fat-chicks

"I think we haven’t as a nation reckoned how corrupting his ideology of Christian nationalism is to the Pentagon. He’s been injecting Christian rhetoric and prayers into public appearances, is reshaping and threatening the chaplain corps (which, again, he says has been 'watered down'!), increasingly talks of the war in Iran as some messianic Crusade, and last week even held a prayer service at the Pentagon."

#Hegseth #Trump #HolyWar #WhiteChristianNationalism #Iran
/9

"Hegseth’s tenure as defense secretary has been one long cosplay of toxic white masculinity — from his performative kettlebell workouts to his closure of an advisory committee that helped draw women into military service. His speeches and public appearances all emphasize the 'Warrior Ethos' and the 'War-Fighter,' and seems to believe that things like 'logistics' are for wimps and sissies."

~ Garrett Graff

#Hegseth #Trump #HolyWar #WhiteChristianNationalism #Iran
/8

https://www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/the-mythology-of-pete-hegseth

As Aaron Parnas says, in one evening "Pete Hegseth amplified calls to send Iran back to the 'Stone Age,'" and "Trump compared himself to Jesus’ reception on Palm Sunday, noting that crowds once hailed Jesus as king and saying people now call him 'king.'”

#Hegseth #Trump #HolyWar #WhiteChristianNationalism #Iran
/5

https://aaronparnas.substack.com/p/major-update-white-house-concerned

"If Hegseth genuinely believes in a God of wrath, he is a courageous man, one bold enough to presume not only that he represents the omnipotent God’s interests but that he can safely ignore the direct teachings of Jesus in order to carry out what he deems to be God’s will on earth, supremely confident that God’s will aligns entirely with his own.

That takes a kind of courage I don’t have."

~ Kristin Du Mez

#Hegseth #HolyWar #WhiteChristianNationalism #Iran
/4

https://kristindumez.substack.com/p/the-unappreciated-courage-of-pete

"For Hegseth, who writes and speaks of himself as an enemy of Islam, the war is an opportunity to score a blow for Christ."

#Hegseth #HolyWar #WhiteChristianNationalism #Iran
/3

"The war on Iran is wish fulfillment for an entire class of warmongers, including Hegseth. Within this world, Iran has become a bête noire, an all-consuming obsession that, for some, has a religious dimension. An Islamic regime like Iran is a spiritual foe, not just a security threat."

Sarah Jones

#Hegseth #HolyWar #WhiteChristianNationalism #Iran
/2

https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/iran-pete-hegseth-holy-war.html