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Native

(7,373 posts)
Thu Apr 16, 2026, 08:32 AM 20 hrs ago

Pete Hegseth quotes fake Pulp Fiction Bible verse during Pentagon sermon - what a fucking tool.

Pete Hegseth was speaking at a worship service at the government complex when he read the prayer, as first reported by Word&Way. He said he had been given it by the "lead mission planner" of the rescue mission for two Air Force crew who were shot down over Iran.

"The path of the downed aviator is beset on all sides by the iniquities of the selfish and the tyranny of evil men," Hegseth prayed. "Blessed is he who, in the name of camaraderie and duty, shepherd the lost through the valley of darkness, for he is truly his brother's keeper and the finder of lost children. "And I will strike down upon thee with great vengeance and furious anger those who attempt to capture and destroy my brother. And you will know my call sign is Sandy 1 when I lay my vengeance upon thee, and amen."


The beginning lines were written by Tarantino & Avary and were delivered by Samuel Jackson in the movie, claiming (falsely) that they were from Eszekiel 25:17. The 2nd part was taken from the Bible. He says these lines just before gunning down someone.

https://www.9news.com.au/world/pete-hegseth-pulp-fiction-bible-verse-pentagon-sermon-usa-politics-news/1ffd64d4-628f-49ec-be6f-51e32c83bfea
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Pete Hegseth quotes fake Pulp Fiction Bible verse during Pentagon sermon - what a fucking tool. (Original Post) Native 20 hrs ago OP
What does one expect? It's not as if he's familiar with the bible. He is familiar with substance abuse ... marble falls 20 hrs ago #1
bible poozwah 17 hrs ago #33
Good One!...BTW..(also to Marble Falls) maddiemom 42 min ago #49
Hegseth is a joke. yardwork 20 hrs ago #2
A terrible, deeply evolves 13 hrs ago #38
A clown in a cherry picker Blue Owl 20 hrs ago #3
Hey! Apparently he's branching out Bettie 19 hrs ago #4
Nice locution! NNadir 19 hrs ago #11
I know all those Old Testament prophets had "call signs," but which one was "Sandy"? sop 19 hrs ago #5
ROFL Native 19 hrs ago #8
Hegseth is such a dumbass! 1WorldHope 17 hrs ago #29
Why doesn't he just pray: "Lord, smite my enemies, smashing them into tiny bits. In thy mercy, Amen. surfered 19 hrs ago #6
Brother Maynard! Lucky Luciano 18 hrs ago #21
Fall down funny malaise 19 hrs ago #7
Hegseth's "Christianity" is a performance. So this tracks. LeftinOH 19 hrs ago #9
It's just a realty TV show to him. Irish_Dem 19 hrs ago #10
You nailed it. Noticed this a.m., during the everlasting Pentagon update, that Pete moves allegorical oracle 19 hrs ago #12
Hegseth is obviously an ignorant person who doesn't bother to check anything before speaking publicly. ChicagoTeamster 19 hrs ago #13
"while giving a sermon at the Pentagon." BlueWaveNeverEnd 19 hrs ago #14
Fcking moron mcar 18 hrs ago #15
Pathetic. dalton99a 18 hrs ago #16
Why don't they just go ahead and put an effin' steeple on the Pentagon and be done with it? Penta-gone fundie. RedWhiteBlueIsRacist 18 hrs ago #17
Actually, these quotes are in the Bible. Elon's Grok AI Translated Bible. Midnight Writer 18 hrs ago #18
I've changed the channel but that program keeps playing, Mblaze 17 hrs ago #28
$10 says he hasn't seen the movie past the opening scene. Initech 18 hrs ago #19
Next time he'll quote from the Book of Armaments, Chapter 2 jmowreader 18 hrs ago #20
Mind reader... you beat me to it surfered 18 hrs ago #23
This message was self-deleted by its author surfered 18 hrs ago #22
"Get these mother fucking snakes out this mother fucking government" maxrandb 18 hrs ago #24
Pete quoting Pulp Fiction Dave Id 17 hrs ago #25
The funny thing is this verbiage is not accurate. The movie director took poetic license. n/t PatrickforB 17 hrs ago #26
Jesus spoke about Donnie and Pete Mblaze 17 hrs ago #27
Life s a movie // TV show to these idiots! Hope22 17 hrs ago #30
K&R spanone 17 hrs ago #31
Terminal moronism. He's in charge of our military. What could go wrong? Martin68 17 hrs ago #32
He basically got Rickrolled maxsolomon 16 hrs ago #34
Hegseth is to Jesus as shit is to platinum. usonian 16 hrs ago #35
Is he trying to convince us the "rescue" was fake? CaptainTruth 16 hrs ago #36
Appears this was intentional and not a biblical mistake jimmy the one 16 hrs ago #37
Someone should've handed him Twain's sardonic 'War Prayer' Seinan Sensei 6 hrs ago #42
Hegseth Is a Fictional Character, Himself. MineralMan 13 hrs ago #39
Kegsbreath needs to go! red dog 1 13 hrs ago #40
Any remote chance the military will rise up against this goon? vapor2 8 hrs ago #41
As dystopian as this nightmare is EnergizedLib 6 hrs ago #43
What a drunken buffoon. LudwigPastorius 6 hrs ago #44
I gotta say Cosmocat 6 hrs ago #45
Methinks it was a hit job from the Chaplain Corps carpetbagger 6 hrs ago #46
It is surreal to think blue-wave 5 hrs ago #47
Trump has to fire him Renew Deal 5 hrs ago #48

marble falls

(72,010 posts)
1. What does one expect? It's not as if he's familiar with the bible. He is familiar with substance abuse ...
Thu Apr 16, 2026, 08:36 AM
20 hrs ago

... slapping women around, and overweening pride.

maddiemom

(5,190 posts)
49. Good One!...BTW..(also to Marble Falls)
Fri Apr 17, 2026, 04:01 AM
42 min ago

Bible is always capitalized because it's the NAME OF A BOOK, not for any religious reason,

evolves

(5,847 posts)
38. A terrible, deeply
Thu Apr 16, 2026, 02:44 PM
13 hrs ago

unfunny joke that will continue to have devastating consequences…

Bettie

(19,777 posts)
4. Hey! Apparently he's branching out
Thu Apr 16, 2026, 08:48 AM
19 hrs ago

to extremely violent movie quotes too!

He's a freaking idiot. If he ever had a brain, it's so pickled by now that it works only to move his carcass around and verbally fellate Trump.

sop

(18,856 posts)
5. I know all those Old Testament prophets had "call signs," but which one was "Sandy"?
Thu Apr 16, 2026, 08:54 AM
19 hrs ago

surfered

(13,732 posts)
6. Why doesn't he just pray: "Lord, smite my enemies, smashing them into tiny bits. In thy mercy, Amen.
Thu Apr 16, 2026, 08:56 AM
19 hrs ago

He’s as crazy as Trump.

allegorical oracle

(6,510 posts)
12. You nailed it. Noticed this a.m., during the everlasting Pentagon update, that Pete moves
Thu Apr 16, 2026, 09:22 AM
19 hrs ago

aside to let others speak -- but stands in the classic "A" male stance -- at the ready to fight. He's such a wuss. Unable to deal with the meanie legacy media so he gives them a sound tongue lashing.

Meanwhile Pete's bully boss has cut millions from Catholic Charities funds. That'll teach that mean ol' Pope a lesson.

ChicagoTeamster

(1,056 posts)
13. Hegseth is obviously an ignorant person who doesn't bother to check anything before speaking publicly.
Thu Apr 16, 2026, 09:40 AM
19 hrs ago

But hey, when has anybody in either Trump administration ever cared about honesty, accuracy, or anything being correct?

RedWhiteBlueIsRacist

(2,092 posts)
17. Why don't they just go ahead and put an effin' steeple on the Pentagon and be done with it? Penta-gone fundie.
Thu Apr 16, 2026, 10:01 AM
18 hrs ago

Midnight Writer

(25,529 posts)
18. Actually, these quotes are in the Bible. Elon's Grok AI Translated Bible.
Thu Apr 16, 2026, 10:12 AM
18 hrs ago

Grok went back to the earliest writings, filtered out all the woke bullshit, and used the proper interpretation of the Lord's Words.

It's a New World, and we all need to get with "The Program".

jmowreader

(53,261 posts)
20. Next time he'll quote from the Book of Armaments, Chapter 2
Thu Apr 16, 2026, 10:16 AM
18 hrs ago

Armaments 2.9-21:

And Saint Attila raised the hand grenade up on high, saying, 'O Lord, bless this thy hand grenade, that with it thou mayst blow thine enemies to tiny bits. in thy mercy' And the Lord did grin. And the people did feast upon the lambs, and sloths, and carp, and anchovies, and orangutans, and breakfast cereals, and fruit bats...

And the Lord spake, saying, ''First shalt thou take out the Holy Pin. Then shalt thou count to three, no more, no less. Three shall be the number thou shalt count, and the number of the counting shall be three. Four shalt thou not count, neither count thou two, excepting that thou then proceed to three. Five is right out. Once the number three, being the third number, be reached, then lobbest thou thy Holy Hand Grenade of Antioch towards thy foe, who, being naughty in My sight, shall snuff it.

Response to Native (Original post)

Dave Id

(292 posts)
25. Pete quoting Pulp Fiction
Thu Apr 16, 2026, 10:44 AM
17 hrs ago

Quentin Tarantino should sue Hegseth for copy-write infringement

PatrickforB

(15,469 posts)
26. The funny thing is this verbiage is not accurate. The movie director took poetic license. n/t
Thu Apr 16, 2026, 11:07 AM
17 hrs ago

Mblaze

(1,083 posts)
27. Jesus spoke about Donnie and Pete
Thu Apr 16, 2026, 11:13 AM
17 hrs ago

"Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ravenous wolves. You will know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes from thornbushes or figs from thistles? Even so, every good tree bears good fruit, but a bad tree bears bad fruit. A good tree cannot bear bad fruit, nor can a bad tree bear good fruit. Every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire. Therefore by their fruits you will know them".

maxsolomon

(38,907 posts)
34. He basically got Rickrolled
Thu Apr 16, 2026, 12:09 PM
16 hrs ago

by the "lead mission planner".

It's all jokes to these assholes.

usonian

(25,820 posts)
35. Hegseth is to Jesus as shit is to platinum.
Thu Apr 16, 2026, 12:30 PM
16 hrs ago

He and Trump should choke on a tasty burger.

CaptainTruth

(8,224 posts)
36. Is he trying to convince us the "rescue" was fake?
Thu Apr 16, 2026, 12:34 PM
16 hrs ago

I've seen some people theorize it wasn't a rescue, it was an attempt to take suspected Iranian nuclear material.
If anyone has a decent source for that theory, please share if you will. I've only seen online comments by social media users.

A fake Bible verse to go with a fake rescue would be fitting.

jimmy the one

(2,819 posts)
37. Appears this was intentional and not a biblical mistake
Thu Apr 16, 2026, 12:41 PM
16 hrs ago

It appears he knowingly quoted Quentin Tarantinos pulp fiction.

Hegseth added that reminded him of the prayer handed to him a couple of days ago that was “delivered from the lead mission planner of Sandy 1,” the head of the recent rescue mission that recently located and extracted Air Force crew members shot down in Iran. Hegseth then led those at the service in saying the prayer.

“The path of the downed aviator is beset on all sides by the iniquities of the selfish and the tyranny of evil men,” Hegseth prayed. “Blessed is he who, in the name of camaraderie and duty, shepherd the lost through the valley of darkness, for he is truly his brother’s keeper and the finder of lost children. And I will strike down upon thee with great vengeance and furious anger those who attempt to capture and destroy my brother. And you will know my call sign is Sandy 1 when I lay my vengeance upon thee, and amen.”

https://publicwitness.wordandway.org/p/hegseth-borrows-violent-prayer-from

https://publicwitness.wordandway.org/p/hegseth-borrows-violent-prayer-from

Before repeating that prayer, Hegseth mentioned he was told the prayer is titled “CSAR 2517,” which stands for “Combat Search And Rescue” and alludes to the fact that it borrows some wording from Ezekiel 25:17 (though there are other verses also used, like with his violent prayer at last month’s service). The last two sentences of the prayer do mirror language from Ezekiel, except the speaker is changed from being God to the commander of the U.S. mission.

Seinan Sensei

(1,586 posts)
42. Someone should've handed him Twain's sardonic 'War Prayer'
Thu Apr 16, 2026, 09:57 PM
6 hrs ago
O Lord our God, help us to tear their soldiers to bloody shreds with our shells;
help us to cover their smiling fields with the pale forms of their patriot dead;
help us to drown the thunder of the guns with the shrieks of their wounded, writhing in pain;
help us to lay waste their humble homes with a hurricane of fire;
help us to wring the hearts of their unoffending widows with unavailing grief;
help us to turn them out roofless with their little children to wander unfriended the wastes of their desolated land in rags and hunger and thirst, sports of the sun flames of summer and the icy winds of winter, broken in spirit, worn with travail …

EnergizedLib

(3,081 posts)
43. As dystopian as this nightmare is
Thu Apr 16, 2026, 10:00 PM
6 hrs ago

There is still a comical element to this Idiocracy.

You have to laugh at them sometimes so you’re not always crying over the enormous damage they’re doing that we’ll be lucky to undo in our lifetimes.

LudwigPastorius

(14,823 posts)
44. What a drunken buffoon.
Thu Apr 16, 2026, 10:12 PM
6 hrs ago

It must really stick in the craw of the career military to have to take orders from that feckless clown.

Cosmocat

(15,440 posts)
45. I gotta say
Thu Apr 16, 2026, 10:18 PM
6 hrs ago

Of the countless over the top / line bullshit these morons have done, this one really grates me.

Nothing is sacred if they coopt Pulp Fiction!

carpetbagger

(5,489 posts)
46. Methinks it was a hit job from the Chaplain Corps
Thu Apr 16, 2026, 10:36 PM
6 hrs ago

Fire the chief, cancel Catholic Good Friday, get the Burn of God's Delicious Revenge from Her military chaplains.

blue-wave

(5,351 posts)
47. It is surreal to think
Thu Apr 16, 2026, 10:49 PM
5 hrs ago

that the evangelical right wing Christians in the United States of America are being lead by Trump, Vance and Hegseth. I'm convinced that the three of them are mocking Christianity. If the evangelicals don't see this, I can only conclude that there is severe mental illness in their ranks. How else do you make sense of this?

Renew Deal

(85,262 posts)
48. Trump has to fire him
Thu Apr 16, 2026, 10:53 PM
5 hrs ago

I don't think it will happen quickly, but it has to happen. He was part of the deception and miscalculation about Iran presented to Trump. Hegseth is also obviously too dumb to hold the levers of power.

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