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Pentagon Pete Goon Offers Wild Explanation for ‘Pulp Fiction’ Prayer
April 16, 2026
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Nathan Howard / Nathan Howard/REUTERSPete Hegseth’s top spin doctor tried to defend his boss’s bizarre interpretation of a Pulp Fiction monologue during a Pentagon worship event on Wednesday.Chief Pentagon spokesperson Sean Parnell attempted to clarify on Thursday that Hegseth, 45, read from a “custom prayer” delivered to him by the lead mission planner of the rescue for two downed Air Force service members who were shot down in Iran, noting its striking similarity to the film’s famous “great vengeance and furious anger” monologue.“Secretary Hegseth on Wednesday shared a custom prayer, referenced as the CSAR prayer, used by the brave warfighters of Sandy-1 who led the daylight rescue mission of Dude 44 Alpha out of Iran, which was obviously inspired by dialogue in Pulp Fiction,” Parnell, 44, wrote in a statement shared on X.
“However, both the CSAR prayer and the dialogue in Pulp Fiction were reflections of the verse 25:17, as Secretary Hegseth clearly said in his remarks at the prayer service.Read more at The Daily Beast.
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