In his latest monologue, Mehdi does a deep-dive into the actual religious, messianic maniac pushing for conflict in God’s name - not Iran’s ‘Supreme Leader,’ but America’s ‘Secretary of War.’
Hegseth is worse than a nut job! It’s not even about religion anymore since religion has become the launching ground for all the evil and atrocities against civilians going from Gaza, to Lebanon, to Iran and even here in the USA! The whole administration together is a cult and unfortunately, we, the people of this country have to pay the price for their crimes and stupidity!
No, Jesus would not do this. There is not a word of his statements in the Gospels supporting this tosh spouted by Hegseth and many other American self-professed Christians.
American historian Andrew Hacker portrayed a nation mired in [Iran] and declining into oblivion. ‘America’s history as a nation has reached its end'. he wrote. Agree or disagree, there is chaos. There is considerable detail about the worthlessness of the American character. The recent opinion of a federal appeals court on 21 April 2026 narrowly upheld a Texas law that requires public schools to display posters of the Ten Commandments in classrooms, which many believe expose the hypocrises of the scribes and Pharisees and men of authority. By 9-to-8, the US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit ruled that the law does not violate the separation of church and state, reversing two lower court decisions. The court also ruled the measure does not restrict parents’ right to direct their children’s religious upbringing. 'Students are neither catechized on the Commandments nor taught to adopt them', the ruling said. “Nor are teachers commanded to proselytize students who ask about the displays or contradict students who disagree with them'.
Since Republican governor.] Greg Abbott, signed a law in 2025 mandating the religious displays, families of various faith backgrounds have challenged it, arguing that the law amounted to state endorsement of religion [violating Article I of the Constitution]. The law was passed amid a broader conservative push to infuse Christianity into public schools. Trump has participated in a Bible-reading marathon a week after posting an AI image of himself as Jesus, reciting, with difficulty, a passage from the Old Testament in a pre-recorded video filmed in the Oval Office. Critics slammed the scripture reading as a blatant 'political stunt', whilst supporters praised the president for reminding Americans 'who we are as a nation'. It comes as the Trump administration is fueling a religious resurgence in the federal bureaucracy. Since the president returned to office, federal workers have been inundated with proselytizing emails and invitations to worship services. And senior officials have repeatedly invoked their Christian faith in policy discussions. The drunk secretary of war Pete Hegseth, whose torso is decorated with white supremacist Crusader crosses tattoos, is hardly known for his oratory, literary style but right-wing, evangelical political views lectured Americans on the ultimate authority of the white race in America and the world, a perpetual struggle to reinforce the official morality to one and all. The American fabric is rent by a fading rainbow of a return to an Alice in Wonderland past.
It is ludicrous that a non-believer like Trump has used far-right Christian idiocy to further his career, and in the process, destroy the essential message of Christianity. Here in Floriduh (not a spelling error) the governor has declared CAIR Florida, the Muslim-Americans' NAACP, to be a terrorist organization. He just signed a bill that will allow him, two cabinet members and his Chief of Domestic Security to secretly label a person or group a terrorist, and then hide how they came to that conclusion.
I served as a Marine Captain in Vietnam. I then served as a Green Beret A-Team commander. I do not recognize this oaf who thinks he is a warrior leading warrior knights in a crusade against Islam today. His words are repugnant to me, and I expect, to many in today's American military, especially those who are Muslim, and Jewish, and Christians who know Jesus the person of peace, and not Christ, the hater of billions. The Coward-in-Chief gave us this Christian Nationalist whose decisions are weakening, not strengthening our military. I refused illegal orders in Vietnam and refused to wear my uniform when Nixon set a convicted murderer of Vietnamese women and children free form the prison stockade. It ended my career but not my service to my country.
It's so tragically clear that Hegseth knows nothing of history, either the purpose of the crusades or the colonial land grab and slaughter from which America was formed. As a follower of Jesus (I know longer claim the title "Christian" as it has been co-opted by Xn nationalists) I am confident in saying that Jesus would have absolutely nothing to do with the insanity of Hegseth and Trump. Pretty boy Pete's prayers will not only go unanswered, they will be scoffed at by all the hosts of Heaven. While I don't believe in hell, I will gladly make an exception for Hegseth and Trump.
Don't give it away. The "Christian" nationalists are not at all Christian. Look at Jesus's Sermon on the Mount. One line from that wonderful passage is: "Blessed are the peacemakers, for the shall be the children of God."
Not to mention his murdering people in small boats. A truly awful person. Do Christians ask their gods to give them stuff and to punish their enemies, while Moslems pray for help being good people? Seems like it if we listen to frauds like Hegseth rather than sincere representatives of Christianity like Pope Leo. Gods live in human brains and have no outside agency, so, fortunately, Hegseth's prayers will not be answered. This won't stop the bombs though. That will be up to all of us together, each doing what we can, and not giving in to the horror that is this government.
The Christian God says that His is the vengance not ours. Maybe in the old testament of the Bible there is the talk of a violent God against the enemies of his people. But in the New testatement, i.e. the Christian Bible, God is love. that´s all. Hegseth and the rest of the lot haven't read and understood in their life a page of the Bible. they are just functional iliterate. Morons, but violent fanatic morons
It's rich claiming Iran would destroy christian or other religious historical landmarks. It's actually the US and Israel doing that in Iran. Case and point:
Under Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, the U.S. military is being systematically remade as a white Christian nationalist institution. The transformation operates on three inseparable axes: the purging of Black and female officers from senior leadership, the dismantling of the military’s pluralistic chaplain corps, and the infusion of evangelical End-Times theology into operational command — most acutely in the framing of the 2026 war on Iran as a divinely ordained crusade. Together, these changes constitute a direct assault on the constitutional separation of church and state — not as an incidental consequence of policy, but as a deliberate objective. The Establishment Clause was written precisely to prevent the state’s most powerful institution from being captured by a single creed. That wall is now under coordinated attack. Its defense is not a partisan cause. It is the precondition for every other freedom the military is asked to protect.
There is nothing Christian about so-called Christian nationalism. It is yet another prop used by Western imperialism in its campaign of domination, now best represented by the outrageous war on Iran.
Definitely not what Jesus would do or would want. My Jesus is about peace. I’m not Catholic, evangelical or Christian nationalist.i am a follower of Jesus teachings and this war raged by US and Israel against people of other faiths and cultures is the opposite.
Facist Christians have an Armageddon Agenda. They are Dangerous.
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Hegseth is worse than a nut job! It’s not even about religion anymore since religion has become the launching ground for all the evil and atrocities against civilians going from Gaza, to Lebanon, to Iran and even here in the USA! The whole administration together is a cult and unfortunately, we, the people of this country have to pay the price for their crimes and stupidity!
no only you, the whole world is suffering the madness and incompetence of Trump and his minions
No, Jesus would not do this. There is not a word of his statements in the Gospels supporting this tosh spouted by Hegseth and many other American self-professed Christians.
What absolute Tosh .. who started this war ?? Not Irann… Who would believe this religious extremist … what Horror…
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American historian Andrew Hacker portrayed a nation mired in [Iran] and declining into oblivion. ‘America’s history as a nation has reached its end'. he wrote. Agree or disagree, there is chaos. There is considerable detail about the worthlessness of the American character. The recent opinion of a federal appeals court on 21 April 2026 narrowly upheld a Texas law that requires public schools to display posters of the Ten Commandments in classrooms, which many believe expose the hypocrises of the scribes and Pharisees and men of authority. By 9-to-8, the US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit ruled that the law does not violate the separation of church and state, reversing two lower court decisions. The court also ruled the measure does not restrict parents’ right to direct their children’s religious upbringing. 'Students are neither catechized on the Commandments nor taught to adopt them', the ruling said. “Nor are teachers commanded to proselytize students who ask about the displays or contradict students who disagree with them'.
Since Republican governor.] Greg Abbott, signed a law in 2025 mandating the religious displays, families of various faith backgrounds have challenged it, arguing that the law amounted to state endorsement of religion [violating Article I of the Constitution]. The law was passed amid a broader conservative push to infuse Christianity into public schools. Trump has participated in a Bible-reading marathon a week after posting an AI image of himself as Jesus, reciting, with difficulty, a passage from the Old Testament in a pre-recorded video filmed in the Oval Office. Critics slammed the scripture reading as a blatant 'political stunt', whilst supporters praised the president for reminding Americans 'who we are as a nation'. It comes as the Trump administration is fueling a religious resurgence in the federal bureaucracy. Since the president returned to office, federal workers have been inundated with proselytizing emails and invitations to worship services. And senior officials have repeatedly invoked their Christian faith in policy discussions. The drunk secretary of war Pete Hegseth, whose torso is decorated with white supremacist Crusader crosses tattoos, is hardly known for his oratory, literary style but right-wing, evangelical political views lectured Americans on the ultimate authority of the white race in America and the world, a perpetual struggle to reinforce the official morality to one and all. The American fabric is rent by a fading rainbow of a return to an Alice in Wonderland past.
It is ludicrous that a non-believer like Trump has used far-right Christian idiocy to further his career, and in the process, destroy the essential message of Christianity. Here in Floriduh (not a spelling error) the governor has declared CAIR Florida, the Muslim-Americans' NAACP, to be a terrorist organization. He just signed a bill that will allow him, two cabinet members and his Chief of Domestic Security to secretly label a person or group a terrorist, and then hide how they came to that conclusion.
The NAACP is not a Muslim organization. It is and always was an organization promoting Black civil rights.
I served as a Marine Captain in Vietnam. I then served as a Green Beret A-Team commander. I do not recognize this oaf who thinks he is a warrior leading warrior knights in a crusade against Islam today. His words are repugnant to me, and I expect, to many in today's American military, especially those who are Muslim, and Jewish, and Christians who know Jesus the person of peace, and not Christ, the hater of billions. The Coward-in-Chief gave us this Christian Nationalist whose decisions are weakening, not strengthening our military. I refused illegal orders in Vietnam and refused to wear my uniform when Nixon set a convicted murderer of Vietnamese women and children free form the prison stockade. It ended my career but not my service to my country.
Hegseth character audition for a roll in Zio Tarantino future movie might pan out. He did a really good audition.
Impeach the drunken Fox weekend host - it’s supported by all religions, except the MAGA religion who worship Trump.
Hegseth is a blaspheming blood thirsty pseudo-Christian crud
It's so tragically clear that Hegseth knows nothing of history, either the purpose of the crusades or the colonial land grab and slaughter from which America was formed. As a follower of Jesus (I know longer claim the title "Christian" as it has been co-opted by Xn nationalists) I am confident in saying that Jesus would have absolutely nothing to do with the insanity of Hegseth and Trump. Pretty boy Pete's prayers will not only go unanswered, they will be scoffed at by all the hosts of Heaven. While I don't believe in hell, I will gladly make an exception for Hegseth and Trump.
Don't give it away. The "Christian" nationalists are not at all Christian. Look at Jesus's Sermon on the Mount. One line from that wonderful passage is: "Blessed are the peacemakers, for the shall be the children of God."
Not to mention his murdering people in small boats. A truly awful person. Do Christians ask their gods to give them stuff and to punish their enemies, while Moslems pray for help being good people? Seems like it if we listen to frauds like Hegseth rather than sincere representatives of Christianity like Pope Leo. Gods live in human brains and have no outside agency, so, fortunately, Hegseth's prayers will not be answered. This won't stop the bombs though. That will be up to all of us together, each doing what we can, and not giving in to the horror that is this government.
The Christian God says that His is the vengance not ours. Maybe in the old testament of the Bible there is the talk of a violent God against the enemies of his people. But in the New testatement, i.e. the Christian Bible, God is love. that´s all. Hegseth and the rest of the lot haven't read and understood in their life a page of the Bible. they are just functional iliterate. Morons, but violent fanatic morons
It's rich claiming Iran would destroy christian or other religious historical landmarks. It's actually the US and Israel doing that in Iran. Case and point:
https://en.royanews.tv/news/69166/IEA-chief-warns-of-'biggest-energy-crisis-in-history'
Under Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, the U.S. military is being systematically remade as a white Christian nationalist institution. The transformation operates on three inseparable axes: the purging of Black and female officers from senior leadership, the dismantling of the military’s pluralistic chaplain corps, and the infusion of evangelical End-Times theology into operational command — most acutely in the framing of the 2026 war on Iran as a divinely ordained crusade. Together, these changes constitute a direct assault on the constitutional separation of church and state — not as an incidental consequence of policy, but as a deliberate objective. The Establishment Clause was written precisely to prevent the state’s most powerful institution from being captured by a single creed. That wall is now under coordinated attack. Its defense is not a partisan cause. It is the precondition for every other freedom the military is asked to protect.
There is nothing Christian about so-called Christian nationalism. It is yet another prop used by Western imperialism in its campaign of domination, now best represented by the outrageous war on Iran.
They are projecting again. They have the apocalyptic endgame
Definitely not what Jesus would do or would want. My Jesus is about peace. I’m not Catholic, evangelical or Christian nationalist.i am a follower of Jesus teachings and this war raged by US and Israel against people of other faiths and cultures is the opposite.
Thanks Medhi.
Hegseth is drinking too much cheap Christian Brothers Brandy...... a caution from Ben Franklin: "If your head is made of wax don't walk in the sun"