Make me a channel of your peace, where there is hatred, lets me bring your love.

I got a couple of things to start us off here.

First of all, I mean, actually the headline for this does better justice to it than anything I could say.

Pentagon spokesman defends Pete Heggsett's use of prayer,

similar to fake Ezekiel 2517 dialogue used in Pulp Fiction.

Will, were you aware of this story?

No, this is completely new to me.

Did he, like, the furious anger and such and such?

It's so good, man.

Basically, he said, like, you know, he's like, I will strike down upon thee with great

vengeance and furious anger, those who attempt to poison and destroy my brothers.

And you will know my name is the Lord when I lay my vengeance on you.

I mean, it's, yeah, it's really fucking stupid.

And then, yeah, he added to it,

the path of the downed aviator is beset on all sides by the iniquities of the selfish and the tyranny of evil men.

Anyway, so the Pentagon defended this, and they said,

this was Sean Parnell, chief Pentagon spokesman,

acknowledged the similarities in a post on X on Thursday

while defending Hegseth for using the quote.

Parnell wrote,

Secretary Hegsef,

shared a custom prayer.

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