Hegseth's Christian Crusade: Inside the Militant Theology Fueling the US-Iran Conflict

A bible-thumping US defense secretary is overseeing another potential strategic disaster in the Middle East, raising questions of whether this is a war or a crusade. Just nine months and six days before a Tomahawk missile tore through the classrooms of an Iranian elementary school, the Pentagon's closest spiritual advisor delivered a sermon that revealed the militant Christian theology animating the US attack.

In the sermon, Brooks Potteiger, Pete Hegseth's personal pastor, told a congregation at the Pentagon that