Pentagon Pete Cites Fake 'Pulp Fiction' Bible Verse

Friday, April 17, 2026

Pete Hegseth cited a prayer largely invented by Quentin Tarantino ...

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Who can blame whiskey Pete for loving Quentin Tarantino movies and confusing their monologues with the real bible

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Pete Hegseth cited a prayer largely invented by Quentin Tarantino for the movie Pulp Fiction to praise a rescue mission during the Iran war.

Is the drunk rapist in his cups again?

#1 | Posted by reinheitsgebot at 2026-04-16 01:48 PM | Reply

------- idiots

#2 | Posted by LegallyYourDead at 2026-04-16 02:02 PM | Reply

Tarantino stole the fake scripture from an even older Japanese movie.

It's a twice plagiarized fake Bible quote.

#3 | Posted by Effeteposer at 2026-04-16 02:49 PM | Reply

Hollywood is choc-a-bloc full of plagiarists and idea stealers.

Japanese culture was victimized several times: Star Wars, The Magnificent Seven, etc.

Music composer John Williams lifted from the masters for his Hollywood epics as well.

You can hear Gustav Mahler's The Planets (Opus 32) in his theme for Star Wars.

John Williams admitted he was influenced (he lifted) from previous masters: Igor Stravinsky, Richard Wagner, Gustav Holst, Erich Wolfgang Korngold.

His pre-Hollywood TV work seemed more original.

www.youtube.com

#4 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2026-04-16 03:10 PM | Reply

Clearly, The End is at hand.

#5 | Posted by Angrydad at 2026-04-16 04:26 PM | Reply

Can someone please provide proof that this didn't really happen?

It's like living in a Monty Python skit.

#6 | Posted by REDIAL at 2026-04-16 09:37 PM | Reply

Kegbreth is the Black Knight.

#7 | Posted by horstngraben at 2026-04-16 09:52 PM | Reply

Kegsbreath would skin himself if he were black.

#8 | Posted by ClownShack at 2026-04-16 10:05 PM | Reply

You can bet everyone in that room knew where that speech came from.

Did one of Hegseth's flunkies just put it in there to make him look stupid?

#9 | Posted by REDIAL at 2026-04-16 10:14 PM | Reply

Pretty sure Hegseth has looking stupid covered all on his own.

#10 | Posted by ClownShack at 2026-04-16 10:37 PM | Reply

Ths is what Hegseth said:

" out of Iran. And if you know anything about Sandies, their job is to bring those A-10s and put them in between the enemy and that down pilot. And so their job is to literally sacrifice themselves for someone else, and in Iran and contested territory, that's exactly what they did. So it's this prayer was recited by Sandy-1, which is one of the Sandies, to all Sandies, all those A-10 crews prior to all CSAR missions, but especially this CSAR mission that happened in real time. They call it CSAR 25:17, which I think is meant to reflect Ezekiel 25:17. So the prayer is CSAR 25:17 and it reads and pray with me please: "The path of the downed aviator is beset on all sides by the iniquities of the selfish and the tyranny of evil men. Blessed is he who, in the name of camaraderie and duty, shepherd the lost through the valley of darkness, for he is truly his brother's keeper and the finder of lost children, and I will strike down upon thee with great vengeance and furious anger those who attempt to capture and destroy my brother, and you will know my call sign is Sandy-1 when I lay my vengeance upon thee, and Amen."

#11 | Posted by BellRinger at 2026-04-17 12:48 AM | Reply | Funny: 1

Wow. He actually did it. Too much.

#12 | Posted by REDIAL at 2026-04-17 01:01 AM | Reply

Other famous Bible quotes adapted for the moment include:

"Spread the other cheek."
--Trump, to Virginia Giuffre

#13 | Posted by snoofy at 2026-04-17 01:13 AM | Reply

" and you will know my call sign is Sandy-1"

Pretty obvious he knew he wasn't quoting actual scripture.

#14 | Posted by BellRinger at 2026-04-17 01:15 AM | Reply | Funny: 1

Pretty obvious he was quoting what he wants to be actual Scripture.

JeffJ never runs out of excuses for fascists.

#15 | Posted by snoofy at 2026-04-17 01:26 AM | Reply | Newsworthy 3

Pretty obvious he was quoting what he wants to be actual Scripture.

The "pray with me please" bit does give it away.

#16 | Posted by REDIAL at 2026-04-17 01:28 AM | Reply | Newsworthy 2

Pretty obvious he (Hegseth) knew he wasn't quoting actual scripture.

#14 | Posted by BellRinger

So he wants to be serious about Christianity when that's useful to him.

AND he wants to mock Christianity when that's useful to him.

Sounds like pure distilled MAGA to me.

#17 | Posted by Zed at 2026-04-17 09:18 AM | Reply

Noem: Bring out the gimp.
Lewandowski: The gimp is sleeping.
Noem: Well, I guess you're gonna have to go wake him up now, won't you?

Heard on Noem's bangplane....probably

#18 | Posted by johnny_hotsauce at 2026-04-17 09:58 AM | Reply

Eh, it's not like the bible isn't also fiction. So pretty much the same thing, really.

#19 | Posted by DarkVader at 2026-04-17 09:58 AM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

Vance: Whose motorcycle is this?
Trump: It's a chopper, baby.
Vance: Whose chopper is this?
Trump: It belonged to some sucker and loser.
Fabienne: Who's Sucker and Loser?
Butch: Sucker and Loser is dead, baby. Sucker and Loser is dead...because I sent them off to war with no plan.

#20 | Posted by johnny_hotsauce at 2026-04-17 10:06 AM | Reply

Did he also mention his 3-point plan?

Number 1: We've got this guy named Trumpy.

Number 2: He's got a higher IQ than ANY MAN ALIVE.

Number 3: He's going to fix EVERYTHING!

#21 | Posted by donnerboy at 2026-04-17 10:19 AM | Reply

Kid Rock: sewer rat may taste like pumpkin pie, but I'd never know 'cause I wouldn't eat the filthy...
RFK Jr : Let me stop you right there. Sewer rat tastes more like pineapple upside down cake. A fist full of dehydrated bed bugs taste like pumpkin pie.

#22 | Posted by johnny_hotsauce at 2026-04-17 10:22 AM | Reply

Enjoying Elmer Gantry by Sinclair Lewis.

The 1020s vernacular term for a proselytizer was "Christer."

For example:

"Oh, lookee the Christer preachin' ferm the soap box. Wants my jack or my soul-- can't have both."

#23 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2026-04-17 10:27 AM | Reply

TYPO Fixed:

The 1920s vernacular term for a proselytizer was "Christer."

#24 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2026-04-17 10:29 AM | Reply

Trump: Hash is legal there in Amsterdam, right?
Don Jr: It's legal to buy it, it's legal to own it and if you're the proprietor of a hash bar it's legal to sell it. It's illegal to carry it but that doesn't matter because if you get stopped by a cop it's illegal for them to search you.
Trump: Oh man, I'm going.
Trump's lawyer: Sir, you can't travel to Europe on account of the many war crimes you are wanted for.

#25 | Posted by johnny_hotsauce at 2026-04-17 10:34 AM | Reply

Ths is what Hegseth said:
#11 | Posted by BellRinger

If he's going to pull out some pop culture quote then he might as well have said Thor's prayer from Avengers. "Father... Grant me the strength of all fathers. So that I can fight once more... Not as a warrior, but as a protector."

Hegseth has been trying to turn the war into some sort of crusade. Using fake religious references just makes him sound more nuts than he is. The guy needs to fired so he can finally be free to cultivate his only real talent, strip club announcer.

#26 | Posted by johnny_hotsauce at 2026-04-17 10:45 AM | Reply

Re 26

I like this one.

"I do not aim with my hand; he who aims with his hand has forgotten the face of his father. I aim with my eye. I do not shoot with my hand; he who shoots with his hand has forgotten the face of his father."

Or he could have gone full pulp fiction:

"The path of the righteous man is beset on all sides by the inequities of the selfish and the tyranny of evil men. Blessed is he who, in the name of charity and good will, shepherds the weak through the valley of darkness, for he is truly his brother's keeper and the finder of lost children. And I will strike down upon thee with great vengeance and furious anger those who would attempt to poison and destroy My brothers.

And you will know My name is the Lord when I lay My vengeance upon thee."

#27 | Posted by donnerboy at 2026-04-17 10:55 AM | Reply

Johnny Hotsauce bastardizing Pulp Fiction quotes and doing it in a funny way?

Nice!

#28 | Posted by BellRinger at 2026-04-17 11:07 AM | Reply

Could have gone with:

And Saint Attila raised the hand grenade up on high, saying, "O Lord, bless this thy hand grenade, that with it thou mayst blow thine enemies to tiny bits, in thy mercy."

Very uplifting.

#29 | Posted by REDIAL at 2026-04-17 11:19 AM | Reply

Re 29

Another nice one!

He should have used (plagiarized) them all at once!

No mercy!

#30 | Posted by donnerboy at 2026-04-17 11:29 AM | Reply

Hey, there's no separation of Hollywood and State.

#31 | Posted by Derek_Wildstar at 2026-04-17 12:55 PM | Reply

The Holy hand grenade of Antioch.

#32 | Posted by BellRinger at 2026-04-17 02:11 PM | Reply

Why don't you post his whole speech again.

Idiot.

#33 | Posted by ClownShack at 2026-04-17 02:12 PM | Reply