Mastodawn

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

"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
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Iran Has Become Pete Hegseth’s Holy War

Hegseth has turned the war in Iran into a kind of religious Crusade in the name of power — and Trump.

Intelligencer

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

"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
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The uappreciated courage of Pete Hegseth

No really, hear me out...

Du Mez CONNECTIONS

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

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
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Major Update: White House Concerned as Trump's Address to Nation Falls Flat, Trump Considers Firing Bondi and Gabbard, and More

Good morning everyone.

The Parnas Perspective

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

"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
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The Mythology of Pete Hegseth

The Iran War cheerleader-in-chief embraces a dangerous alternate history of the 21st Century

Doomsday Scenario

"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
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Urzl 1d ago

@wdlindsy You only need logistics and planning if you intend to win and survive long term. That's clearly not the plan.