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Seinan Sensei

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18. Hegseth easily could have been reciting Mark Twain

Reply to Swede (Original post)

Tue Mar 31, 2026, 11:07 AM

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See “The War Prayer.”
Twain reportedly lost his publisher over this parable.

Excerpt:
O Lord our God, help us to tear their soldiers to bloody shreds with our shells; help us to cover their smiling fields with the pale forms of their patriot dead; help us to drown the thunder of the guns with the shrieks of their wounded, writhing in pain; help us to lay waste their humble homes with a hurricane of fire; help us to wring the hearts of their unoffending widows with unavailing grief; help us to turn them out roofless with their little children to wander unfriended the wastes of their desolated land in rags and hunger and thirst, sports of the sun flames of summer and the icy winds of winter …

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Having Hegseth bragging about praying for death in Iran is ironic. [View all] Swede Tuesday OP

Especially one that can turn Trump Historic NY Tuesday #1

It's almost like our Iraq war came home Hope22 Tuesday #2

Talk about a terrorist. The irony is rich. Passages Tuesday #3

He may get exactly what he's praying for. Hubris. It's a thing. ms liberty Tuesday #4

The next quote from Hogsbreath: AverageOldGuy Tuesday #5

Sounds like one of those theatrical promos for a pay-per-view WWE NXT personal grudge tag team match. sop Tuesday #6

Hegseth's messages are chilling. democrank Tuesday #7

He's probably drunk. Farmer-Rick Tuesday #8

Or maybe all three. llmart Tuesday #17

That made me laugh Farmer-Rick Tuesday #20

If he were to trip on the steps and break out all of his teeth today, I'd believe in a God. multigraincracker Tuesday #9

Who does Hegseth expect to hear his death prayers? Marcuse Tuesday #10

What a repulsively vile... GiqueCee Tuesday #11

i don't know when that rw thing was where hegseth said that crap orleans Tuesday #12

Not ironic. Sick. Ray Bruns Tuesday #13

I wanna see his psych evaluation. Volaris Tuesday #19

All I can say is that if God heard his prayer, Hegseth would already be dead. patphil Tuesday #14

Odd that he's using prayer to advocate for his own demise. aeromanKC Tuesday #15

He who sows the wind will reap the whirlwind Drum Tuesday #16

Hegseth easily could have been reciting Mark Twain Seinan Sensei Tuesday #18

I can't help but hear the Holy hand grenade bit from Monty Python when he pulls this crap.... Ol Janx Spirit Tuesday #23

We cannot discount that the twisted minds now in control actually want to usher in the battle of Armageddon. Ol Janx Spirit Tuesday #21

It's looking like Project 2025 might actually be Project 2025 BCE. Long before Frick-ism became Frack-ianity. RedWhiteBlueIsRacist Tuesday #22

Hey Pete, our government is not your church! Initech Tuesday #24