"Never before has an administration so openly glorified outright killing as the current White House propaganda machine does with its obscene snuff videos of the Iran war and the destruction of small boats.

Unlike with fascism in the 20th century, there is no attempt to promote or symbolically reward self-sacrifice –" (continued in /3)

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"it is just video game-style killing at a distance, justified not with strategic objectives, but with seemingly uncontrollable emotions ('fury' and a thirst for vengeance). And all accompanied by open admissions that basic laws of warfare will be broken."

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"It seems that Hegseth and company are also promoting an ultimately nihilist cult of death. But it celebrates killing by pressing a button thousands of miles away; meanwhile, America’s own dead are dishonored, as Trump has used their repatriation to display his Maga merch and fundraise off the victims of war."

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As Brian Kaylor reports, "Pete Hegseth’s Bible, like his body, is stamped with two Crusader tattoos."

The bible Hegseth used when he was sworn in has the same Crusader cross with which he's tattooed stamped on it, and has the stamp "Deus vult," also tatoooed on Hegseth's body.

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https://publicwitness.wordandway.org/p/pete-hegseths-crusader-bible