So . . . Pete Hegseth and the Iran War

About this episode

Doug Wilson discusses the ongoing war in Iran and the implications of military advice from pastors.

So the war in Iran has been going on for a little over a month now, and enough of it has unfolded that I am now being asked on the regular what I think of the big picture....There is an additional factor in all of this in bello discussion. Pete Hegseth, the Secretary of War, worships as part of our church service in Washington D.C. How does that factor into all of this?...On the one hand, some critics want us to intervene and “make Pete stop it.” But then, think for a minute. Do these same critics really want me or any of my fellow pastors—with no background on the intel, with no military training at this level, with no security clearance, and with no basis for sticking our noses into the internal workings of the Pentagon—to be giving Pete any specific policy advice? For more from Doug, subscribe to Canon+: https://canonplus.com/

People in this episode

Host: Doug

Topics covered

• Iran War
• military intervention
• politics
• Christianity

Keywords

• Pete Hegseth
• Secretary of War
• church service
• Pentagon

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Places: Iran, Washington D.C.

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