What does the holy-warrior culture Secretary of War Pete Hegseth is cultivating in our military have in common with the holy-militant culture Imperial Wizard Sam Bowers cultivated in his White Knights of the Ku Klux Klan?
I fell into this question after reading Hegseth’s latest militant prayer and then about the trove of Klan artifacts uncovered at the Mississippi Department of Public Safety as it prepared to relocate. Among the items recovered were a Klan charter and a March 1, 1964, Bowers lecture. (See all items at Jackson Jambalaya.) The charter required of members “an unswerving PLEDGE of American Patriotism and Devotion to the IDEALS of Christian Militancy in their conduct.” The lecture had Bowers saying, “This is a Christian militant organization. We have become His (God’s) finite instruments with which, we earnestly pray, He will choose to save Christian Civilization.” Hegseth talks similarly of Christian heritage. “We face an essential test,” he told western nations’ defense ministers, “whether our nations will be and remain Western nations with distinct characteristics, Christian nations under God, proud of our shared heritage with strong borders and prosperous people.” Both Bowers and Hegseth invoke militant Christianity in their cultures. The Klan blended patriotic fervor with Christianity to justify cross burnings and violence. Hegseth blends warrior imagery and divine providence to justify warfighting. For example, a DOD video shows Hegseth reciting the Lord’s Prayer, segues into a voiceover as images of jets, missiles, tanks, parachuters, and the American flag roll across the screen, and ends with Hegseth saluting along with the president and vice president.
Hegseth promotes Christian militancy – “the warrior ethos” – in U.S. armed forces by refocusing on lethality, decisive action, and “warfighting over wokeness” and by boldly blending in reliance on God. “I'm a man of faith who encourages our troops to lean into their faith, rely on God," he said. During his Pentagon worship service last week, he prayed for “overwhelming violence of action against those who deserve no mercy.” In his book American Crusade published in 2020, Hegseth, often described as a Christian nationalist, writes, “Do you enjoy Western civilization? Freedom? Equal justice? Thank a crusader. If not for the Crusades, there would have been no Protestant Reformation or Renaissance. There would be no Europe and no America.” Both cultures lionize white, male warriors while excluding certain groups. For Bowers it was non-whites, Jews, immigrants, and some Catholics. For Hegseth it is “the woke” and its sympathizers, the trans, Muslims, and women (in warfighting roles). Bowers’ culture failed. Hegseth’s has just begun. “Many will follow their depraved conduct and will bring the way of truth into disrepute” – 2 Peter 2:2. Crawford is an author and syndicated columnist from North Jackson.
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Maybe this comment will finally get approved? Pete Hegseth gives speech in Jerusalem in 2018 voicing support for the demolition of Al-Aqsa and the building of the Third Temple
Crawford has always been an outlier; a whiny liberal, apart from the herd, a denier of reality and a mumbling moron of malcontentment. If you had forgotten his awkward presence, this column will serve as a reminder.
Well, use links that actually work as you did THIS time.
A new first in logical fallacies here in this blog.
Reductio ad Bowersum. Crawford’s Law.
Good God, Bill. All rolled up in TDS and holy roller as we approach Easter.
I can't see beyond Hegseth's filthy, disgusting hair. He's not just telling us who he is - he's SCREAMING it at us. So, why should I listen to anything he says? But as long as Donald is in charge, Hegseth's doing Donald's bidding, so I'm fine with him. Hegseth's harmless, as long as Donald's around.
Trump is the greatest President since the Founding Fathers. He didn't bring our nation back from the edge of the abyss: he brought it out of the abyss. Trump brought our nation BACK FROM THE DEAD. I trust his decisions.
As for Salter's silly, self-serving obsessing over the "Klan" (which hasn't really existed, for at least half-a-century)... well... I guess I've said it.
1492. The same year that Muslims who ruled Spain lost to the Reconquista in Granada and Columbus discovered America. It is not a stretch to imagine the horror that could have befallen the New World had Spain/Portugal brought the pestilence of Islam instead of Christianity to our shores.
One problem with this is that…someone is going to shoot Pete
Hammer meet nail
Are you advocating for violence against Hegseth?
"For Bowers it was non-whites, Jews, immigrants, and some Catholics. For Hegseth it is “the woke” and its sympathizers, the trans, Muslims, and women (in warfighting roles)."
It's probably Jews for Hegseth too.
Saying someone is going to shoot Pete is not advocating anything….its just going to happen
12:18pm
Seriously moronic remark. Hegseth is working hand in hand with IDF to vanquish terrorist Islamist Regime in Iran.
I had to read this, whatever this is, twice. Crawford has finally slipped completely off of the deep end, and accuses Pete Hegseth of KKK proselytizing the U.S. military.
Apparently old Bill Crawford sees something wrong with the promotion of a warrior mentality in the military, and soldiers having faith in GOD. Seeing how Crawford had a problem with soldiers leaning on their faith in GOD, he may have had some unflattering things to say about Desmond Doss.
Crawford is a clown. A pathetic, weak pussy. Anyone that believes his juvenile games of connect the dots is an absolute disgrace and liar.
Yeah, keep digging up the Klan, Till, freedom riders for the next 59 years and see how that works out.
Moronic and trolling.
I guess all of you dick and flag wavers didn’t see the report that China handed us our ass a few weeks ago when they drone-swarmed and spied on Barksdale AFB with impunity.
Earlier this month, Barksdale Air Force Base in Bossier Parish, Louisiana, faced an unprecedented threat from sophisticated drone swarms. These drones, operating in waves of 12 to 15 units each, loitered over the base for approximately four hours daily, disrupting critical operations and forcing the Air Force to halt activities and shelter personnel.
This marked the first time a U.S. air base was temporarily taken out of operation in wartime, a scenario that had never occurred even during World War II.
“Barksdale is the headquarters of the Air Force’s Global Strike Command, which is responsible for the nation’s nuclear intercontinental ballistic missiles and strategic bomber forces, including B2, B1, and B52 aircraft,” explains The National Interest. “The base is home to the 2nd Bomb Wing B52s and is the central hub of communications and logistical support for coordinating and directing those forces.”
It’s hard to overstate just how alarming this is. Potentially hostile drones were able to operate over a critical military installation for days with what looks like total impunity. And making matters worse, the disruption caused by the drone swarms impacted B-52H aircraft launches for Operation Epic Fury against Iran, delaying critical missions and potentially compromising the effectiveness of the operation.
According to a report from Asia Times, “the drones that operated over Barksdale were far more sophisticated than anything seen in Ukraine, where drones are used heavily, and well beyond Iranian capabilities.”
The drone waves lasted around four hours each day, an extraordinarily long loiter time for a drone. It is not known if the drones were fixed wing or quadcopter types, or how they were powered (liquid fuel or electrical). Each wave consisted of 12 to 15 drones, and the drones flew with their lights on, intentionally making them visible.
Barksdale AFB does not have air defenses, nor does it have fighter jets that can take down drones.
The airbase does have some electronic countermeasures that were designed to disable GPS and the datalinks between the drones and their remote operators. The electronic countermeasures failed to work.
What a fucking joke 😂
Radical militant religion whether Christian, Islam, Judaism, Satanist, cult worship or whatever is an ongoing threat to peace and civil culture and always has been. If you want to commit genocide or a land grab you can find some passage in the Koran, Bible, or other scripture to justify your abusive treatment of the "non-believer". If you refer to history you will see it is true and you will also see that no religion has a monopoly on terrorism or righteousness.
Old White Bill Crawford is just doing the same tired race hustling act (Bill Minor style) like White Democrats (“the most dangerous thing in the entire Western Hemisphere” - Malcom X) and White RINOs have been doing for many decades. The same race hustling act that has led to blacks suffering in high crime infested Democrat s__t holes like Jackson, MS (where 2 children died from stray bullets less than 10 days apart and a 6-year old was shot point blank in the face).
But there’s really bad news for the race hustlers like Bill Crawford; Conservate Trump supporting African American YouTubers are coming onto the scene in droves, with some having more viewers than shows on CNN.
DeVory Darkins (1.13 M subscribers), George A.A., Brandon Lehman, Brian Maxwell, Anton Daniels (recently interviewed by Stephen A. Smith), A Righteous Perspective, The Officer Tatum (also recently interviewed by Stephen A. Smith), CartierFamily, Black Conservative Perspective, and I Am Coach Colin are all exposing the White Democrat, White RINO scam lies, that have created the very poverty that many blacks live with today.
You just have to know it burns the Old White TDS’er Bill Crawford’s of this country up to no end, since they no longer have a monopoly on the so-called news, and their propaganda is being exposed.
Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God, for many false prophets have gone out into the world. 1 John 4:1
Condemn me if you want, but I have been making the same comparison as Bill as I have been reading the Klan chronicles this week.
Quite the stretch Bill
cool list of “grifters” i hope you supported their patreon, boomer!
How do you know it was China?
1:03: Hegseth is doing what he's told to do. That's all.
"the woke” and its sympathizers, the trans, Muslims, and women (in warfighting roles).", I don't believe it was Crawford's intent, but this reads like all of these different groups are combined to make one supporting group that Hegseth is against. That is one strange grouping.
4:09 is absolutely giddy about China’s drones over Barksdale. Must suck to live in a country you hate so much. I just hate the Biden administration didn’t beef up the anti-drone technology at Barksdale during their four years in power.
Wrong, stable genius. It’s a sign we aren’t prepared. It’s a sign our military industrial complex is unprepared for an assymetrical war. It’s a sign we should be more focused inward, keeping our powder dry, and keeping the enemy guessing about our capabailities, or lack of capabilities, instead of wasting it all on a zionist mercenary mission for Israel.
Instead we are going to send our best to die in meat grinder with an enemy who has been preparing for an assymetrical war with us since 1979.
And we are leaving much more valuable allies like the GCC, Japan, Korea, and Taiwan, vulnerable to China all just for Israel who is literal nothing more than a parasite on American taxpayers
I have known Crawford is nut job liberal, but he has gone stone cold crazy. He is demeaning the character of Pete Hegseth, with scripture at the end of his filthy hit piece. Work on your own back yard, Billy!
You're obviously a Beta who can't stand an Alpha.
Will Tom Cruise be in your movie? Now that Chuck Norris has passed, who will play Joe Biden? I'd go with Tom Hanks for the Ghost of Robert McNamara.
5:42, Me too, and I've been thinking the same thing. The Klaven Charter posted here is eerily familiar in its rhetoric (and capitalization).
https://kingfish1935.blogspot.com/2026/03/the-klan-chronicles-briefcase-full-of.html
There’s plenty of reasonable, legitimate, respectful criticisms of the Trump admin, Hegseth, and the conflict in Iran. But this wild extrapolation is totally unhinged. Just freaking wild. WOW
Sorry, 7:18, if I’d known I was responding to an antisemite I wouldn’t have bothered. Y’all are like flat earthers; you simply ignore reasoning and sane logic.
Bill was something in the 20th century. KF: Why do you keep posting his archaic diatribes?
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