A combat-unit commander told non-commissioned officers at a briefing Monday that the Iran war is part of God’s plan and that Pres. Donald Trump was “anointed by Jesus to light the signal fire in Iran to cause Armageddon and mark his return to Earth,” according to a complaint by a non-commissioned officer.
From Saturday morning through Monday night, more than 110 similar complaints about commanders in every branch of the military had been logged by the Military Religious Freedom Foundation (MRFF).
The complaints came from more than 40 different units spread across at least 30 military installations, the MRFF told me Monday night.
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This is the right question. This doesn’t sound unlikely given what we know about Hegseth, but I have no clue who Jonathan Larsen is or why we should trust him.
I don’t know if Hegseth would be inclined to do this, but I could imagine there being a subculture among some commanders that would manifest this way.