1 hour ago, pomchop said:

No doubt Lyndsey Graham will be a rambo type platoon leader

That's the only part of your post I disagree with: Lindsey will come over with the USO and do a drag performance.

Jesus appeared to me in a dream. He said "I have a question for you: which one of you clowns down there came up with the name 'Good Friday'? I was there the whole time, and I can't think of one goddamned good thing about it!"

(it's funnier if JC is quoted using a lot of profanities, especially the one with 'mother' in it)

On 4/4/2026 at 12:16 PM, Jim Waldron said:

When public figures like Trump and Hegseth start framing U.S. military action as “fighting for Jesus”, it crosses into territory that’s historically volatile.

I thought the U.S. military was officially secular, and made up of people from many different faiths. So, tying its mission to one religion undermines both its credibility and its constitutional principles!

This kind of language also feeds into the broader rise of radical religious nationalism in U.S. politics.

The real danger in Hegseth’s words is that it could be interpreted as normalising the idea that military force is somehow tied to a divine mandate.

That’s exactly the sort of framing that inflames tensions internationally and gives extremists on all sides ammunition.

The issue isn’t just the comments themselves, it’s the direction of the rhetoric and what it signals about where some parts of the U.S. political culture have been heading.

On 4/4/2026 at 12:16 PM, Jim Waldron said:

When public figures like Trump and Hegseth start framing U.S. military action as “fighting for Jesus”, it crosses into territory that’s historically volatile.

I thought the U.S. military was officially secular, and made up of people from many different faiths. So, tying its mission to one religion undermines both its credibility and its constitutional principles!

This kind of language also feeds into the broader rise of radical religious nationalism in U.S. politics.

The real danger in Hegseth’s words is that it could be interpreted as normalising the idea that military force is somehow tied to a divine mandate.

That’s exactly the sort of framing that inflames tensions internationally and gives extremists on all sides ammunition.

The issue isn’t just the comments themselves, it’s the direction of the rhetoric and what it signals about where some parts of the U.S. political culture have been heading.

And t reminds me that for decades trust made many statemenst that e was not a christian and had no respect whatver for the christian or any church.

Now trump suddeny says he's a believer. how opportune...

3 hours ago, bendejo said:

That's the only part of your post I disagree with: Lindsey will come over with the USO and do a drag performance.

He’ll certainly lead from behind.

What he won’t do is hold Trump accountable for his crimes.