Hegseth Offers Violent Pulp Fiction Prayer At Pentagon Service
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth stood at a Pentagon worship service, invoking the "powerful name of Jesus Christ" while reciting a prayer that’s basically Samuel L. Jackson’s hitman monologue from Pulp Fiction — the one right before he executes someone.
“Great vengeance and furious anger,” “strike down upon thee,” the whole Tarantino special, lightly rebranded as “CSAR 25:17” and tied to the Iran war. Yeah, he’s out there baptizing military ops with a fake Bible verse from a movie about gangsters and revenge. That's not very Jesus-y of you, Pete. Samuel Jackson is gonna slap the shit out of you.
During a discussion of the Sandy 1 rescue operation — which recovered downed pilots from Iran earlier this month — Hegseth asked those in attendance to join him in reciting a prayer that had been offered at the mission's outset. The prayer, titled "CSAR 25:17" (short for "Combat Search and Rescue"), was intended to echo the biblical passage Ezekiel 25:17, Hegseth explained, before leading the audience in the recitation.