WASHINGTON — Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, hosting his first monthly Christian worship service at the Pentagon since the Iran war began, prayed Wednesday to have “every round find its mark.”
“Every month it is fitting to be right here,” he told the gathered civilian employees and uniformed military personnel. “All the more fitting this month, at this moment, given what tens of thousands of Ameri...
In this article, we find evidence of emotional exploitation and false framing. Hegseth's prayer service and rhetoric can be seen as an attempt to use religion for political gain, creating a divisive binary between supporters and critics ("the left-wing shrieks, which means we’re right over the target"). The prayer for every round finding its mark during war raises questions about the use of violence in the name of righteousness.
The focus on Protestant Christianity and specific denominations at ...