Lawmakers Want DOD, Hegseth Investigated For Biblical 'Armageddon' Claims (military.com)

[usonian]

https://www.military.com/daily-news/2026/03/06/lawmakers-want-dod-hegseth-investigated-biblical-armageddon-claims.html

On Friday, Congressional Freethought Caucus co-chairs Reps. Jared Huffman (CA) and Jamie Raskin (MD) and House Armed Services Subcommittee on Military Personnel Ranking Member Chrissy Houlahan (PA) led 27 of their Democratic colleagues in requesting U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) Inspector General Platte B. Moring III to open an investigation into these reports and claims “invoking religious prophecy and apocalyptic theology to justify the United States’ military actions in Iran.”

“If accurate, these outrageous statements—justifying a war based on interpretations of biblical prophecies, and informing troops that they are risking their lives to advance a specific religious vision—raises not only glaring Constitutional concerns, but potential violations of Department of Defense regulations regarding religious neutrality and breaches of professional obligations and standards expected of military leadership,” the lawmakers wrote in their two-page letter shared with Military.com.

Members of the United States Armed Forces swear an oath to support and defend our secular Constitution—not any specific religious doctrines—and servicemembers must be able to carry out their duties free from coercive religious messaging by their chain of command.

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The letter was signed by moderate and progressive Democratic members including Reps. Nancy Pelosi, Ilhan Omar, Rashida Tlaib, Mark Pocan, Eric Swalwell, Veronica Escobar and Pramila Jayapal.

Couldn't find a copy of the letter this morning.

[BlueWaveNeverEnd]

1. Kick

[lindysalsagal]

2. High time this made headlines. I reject the benign religion defence

Religion hurts and kills

[vapor2]

3. AGREED 100%

[SamKnause]

4. K&R x 1000

I found out about this earlier this week.

This is absolutely terrifying !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I don't want to live in a Christian Nationalist theocracy.

[valleyrogue]

5. I noted elsewhere about the video by Friendly Atheist

who said to proceed with caution on those claims because they hadn't yet been verified.

[Be Leave On]

9. He does not know how the military functions.

It is very obvious that Hemant Mehta has zero experience in the military, and does not understand the power structures involved.
He isn't credible when he says enlisted members should contact congress.
He does not know how the military functions.

[valleyrogue]

13. He personally knows the guy who runs the outfit, which consists of only him as a member.

The outfit sounds like "Fair Play for Cuba Committee" headed by its sole member, Lee Harvey Oswald.

This Mikey Weinstein is a shady character to say the least.

[Uncle Joe]

6. Kicked and recommended

Thanks for the thread usonian

[pat_k]

10. +1

[SWBTATTReg]

7. Damn RIGHT! Go after these warmongers. Only want to start a war just to satisfy their cravings and not having a real

world reason to start a war. I just hope that they don't talk tRUMP into dropping a nuke or something similar to incite the Iranians (and their potential allies) into a broader war

[Wonder Why]

8. Then let's stone those clowns who grift, molest and hurt others as they are violating the

10 Commandments they claim to believe in as well as the 2 that the New Testament says are their replacement.

C'mon right wing fundamentalist, where are your stones now?

[usonian]

14. Private Joker, do you believe in the Virgin Mary? SIR, NO SIR!

Slaps him hard in the face.

SIR!, I'm Jewish. SIR!

[Ilsa]

11. Can you imagine a soldier telling them

"We're doing this because of whaaaat??? Not me, man. I signed up for good bennies and I swore to defend the Constitution. Gunny at boot camp never said nuthin' 'bout no Ormagetten. But hey, does that mean the president is really the antichrist? That makes some sense."

[Initech]

12. Hegseth can go shove his fake Christian bullshit straight up his ass!