This Holy season, a Pentagon commander told non-commissioned officers that Trump was "anointed by Jesus to light the signal fire in Iran to cause Armageddon and mark his return to Earth."

Hegseth said, without the slightest trace of irony: "Obviously, we're fighting religious fanatics who seek a nuclear capability in order for some religious Armageddon."

Hegseth prayed: "Almighty God, who trains our hands for war and our fingers for battle, you who stirred the nations from the north against Babylon of old, making her land a desolation where none dwell: behold now the wicked, who rise against your justice and the peace of the righteous."

"Snap the rod of the oppressor, frustrate the wicked plans of the ungodly. By the blast of your anger, let the evil perish. Let their bulls go down to slaughter, for their day has come; the time of their punishment. Pour out your wrath upon those who plot vain things and blow them away like chaff before the wind, letting every round find its mark against the enemies of righteousness and our great nation."

"Give our troops ... overwhelming violence of action against those who deserve no mercy. Preserve their lives, sharpen their resolve and let justice be executed swiftly and without remorse, that evil may be driven back and wicked souls delivered to the eternal damnation prepared for them."

Similar prayers could just as easily come from one of Iran's mad Mullahs. Both praying to the same God of Abraham.

Just sayin'