When Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth invokes “no quarter, no mercy” and prays for “overwhelming violence of action” against those who “deserve no mercy” during a prayer service at the Pentagon, the country is hearing more than wartime bluster. It is hearing a dangerous view of power that confuses cruelty with strength, and risks replacing the language of disciplined force with the language of vengeance.
It’s even more concerning when the nation’s commander in chief speaks of killing as an “honor,” and shares videos integrating the actual violence of war with fictional depictions pulled from popular culture films and video games.
That matters because in the United States, war
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