WEBVTT - Seth Leibsohn: Let Them Pray

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<v Speaker 1>This is Seth Leibson for town hall dot com. The

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<v Speaker 1>Washington Post and others are upset that Secretary of Defense

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<v Speaker 1>Pete Hegseth is hosting monthly worship services at the Pentagon. Unconstitutional,

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<v Speaker 1>they say, upending of norms, breaking cohesion. Are they kidding us? First?

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<v Speaker 1>I want my soldiers, especially in a time of war,

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<v Speaker 1>being reverent and prayerful. Second, just how timid and weak

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<v Speaker 1>are these Pentagon employees that they have to go off

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<v Speaker 1>the record and run to the Washington Post to complain

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<v Speaker 1>about this. One employee said, quote, if troops are trained

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<v Speaker 1>to believe that God is on our side, what precludes

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<v Speaker 1>us from doing anything we want to win? Close? Quote?

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<v Speaker 1>I don't know. Ask Lincoln or Franklin Roosevelt, who led

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<v Speaker 1>the largest public prayer in history on the cusp of

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<v Speaker 1>D Day. Ask Dwight Eisenhower, who issued a prayer to

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<v Speaker 1>the soldiers in World War Two, Or maybe know that

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<v Speaker 1>a great deal of just war theory comes from famous

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<v Speaker 1>religious leaders of yore. Journalists today just have no sense

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<v Speaker 1>of history or context. Even the unknown soldier was known

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<v Speaker 1>only to God. I'm Seth Leibson,