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4. The West has also made important contributions to the idea that there are moral limits on what we can do in war,.

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Mon Mar 30, 2026, 12:33 PM

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Jake Grumbach
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100% of the people who claim to be “defending Western civilization” think Western civilization is Christian ethnonationalism

‪Greg Sargent‬
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Hegseth imagines himself defending "Western civilization." But the West has also made important contributions to the idea that there are moral limits on what we can do in war, from Cicero through Augustine, Grotius, Kant and more. He discards this inheritance. 6/

https://newrepublic.com/article/208322/pete-hegseth-religion-war-iran-sadism-rage

11:18 AM · Mar 30, 2026

100% of the people who claim to be â€œdefending Western civilizationâ€ think Western civilization is Christian ethnonationalism
— Jake Grumbach (@jakemgrumbach.bsky.social) 2026-03-30T15:18:41.059Z

Greg Sargent
‪@gregsargent.bsky.social‬

Hegseth imagines himself defending "Western civilization." But the West has also made important contributions to the idea that there are moral limits on what we can do in war, from Cicero through Augustine, Grotius, Kant and more. He discards this inheritance. 6/

https://newrepublic.com/article/208322/pete-hegseth-religion-war-iran-sadism-rage

8:09 AM · Mar 30, 2026

Hegseth imagines himself defending "Western civilization." But the West has also made important contributions to the idea that there are moral limits on what we can do in war, from Cicero through Augustine, Grotius, Kant and more. He discards this inheritance. 6/

newrepublic.com/article/2083...
— Greg Sargent (@gregsargent.bsky.social) 2026-03-30T12:09:12.689Z

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