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To: Miami Rebel
I'm genuinely curious as to how Hegseth stumbled upon this movie quote and thought it to be Scripture.

It's been quoted by wannabe tough guys since the 90s. It's also important to note that Hegseth isn't too bright.

2 posted on 04/16/2026 6:08:41 AM PDT by Kleon
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To: Kleon; Miami Rebel

Who’s not too bright, the jokester or the person who misses the obvious tells that it’s a joke???


4 posted on 04/16/2026 6:09:54 AM PDT by dangus
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To: Kleon

and what pray tell have you in your brilliance actually accomplished?

BTW..... the correct spelling is Klingon


8 posted on 04/16/2026 6:15:18 AM PDT by bert ( (KE. NP. +12) Quid Quid Nominatur Fabricatur)
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To: Kleon

First, I don’t see where Hegseth says it’s direct scripture. Second, who says a prayer must come directly from scripture? This is a warriors prayer.


13 posted on 04/16/2026 6:25:27 AM PDT by Magnum44 (...against all enemies, foreign and domestic... )
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To: Kleon

I clicked through and watched that section of the video.

Hegesth clearly knew he was making a joke.

The audience can be seen laughing.


19 posted on 04/16/2026 6:32:07 AM PDT by JoeVortex (Pray that nobody gets nuked.)
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To: Kleon

It’s been quoted by wannabe tough guys since the 90s. It’s also important to note that Hegseth isn’t too bright.


Also funny to note how SoW’s net flushes out the concern trolls.


39 posted on 04/16/2026 6:57:28 AM PDT by Jane Long (Jesus is Lord!)
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To: Kleon
It's also important to note that Hegseth isn't too bright.

Oh really. You don’t think that Hegseth noticed that there was no such thing as a “aviator” in Bible times. Looks like you didn’t notice.

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

62 posted on 04/16/2026 7:47:26 AM PDT by Ditto
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To: Kleon
U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin I suppose you’d prefer this guy? He’s a real genius.🙄
94 posted on 04/16/2026 9:03:20 AM PDT by Jaxter (Pro Aris et Focis)
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To: Kleon
It's also important to note that Hegseth isn't too bright.

As valedictorian of his high school, he beat out minority affirmative action candidates to get into Princeton and Harvard, and was accepted at West Point, but didn't attend.

That might not be a hallmark of brilliance, but "not too bright" doesn't describe him.

101 posted on 04/16/2026 9:18:16 AM PDT by RoosterRedux (The nocebo effect: Negative expectations and negative thinking lead to negative, unhealthy outcomes.)
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To: Kleon

Yup, low IQ Pete. Only 2 Trump Cabinet members are high IQ - Rubio and Bessent.


110 posted on 04/16/2026 10:26:00 AM PDT by nwrep
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To: Kleon

Yup, low IQ Pete. Only 2 Trump Cabinet members are high IQ - Rubio and Bessent.


111 posted on 04/16/2026 10:26:02 AM PDT by nwrep
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To: Kleon
"It's been quoted by wannabe tough guys since the 90s. It's also important to note that Hegseth isn't too bright."

You're defaming the crews that took the movie quote and made some changes to it, to suit a prayer for their own special needs as a team. Hegseth said it "reflected" Ezekiel 25:17, which it does, not that it was from Ezekiel 25:17.

114 posted on 04/16/2026 10:32:24 AM PDT by mass55th (“Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway.” ― John Wayne)
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