Thirty members of the U.S. Congress called upon Dept. of Defense Inspector General Moring, in a March 6 letter, to investigate the reports that some military leaders are instructing their forces that the war on Iran is to fulfill “Biblical End Times Prophecy.” The co-chair of the “Freethought Caucus,” Jared Huffman (D-CA), a lead sponsor of the call, issued a press release, and the 2-page letter is here.
The first of the six areas of investigation is key: “We urge you to assess whether Secretary Hegseth’s extreme religious rhetoric has metastasized into segments of the military chain of command in ways that contravene constitutional protections, departmental rules and standards, or professional military norms. We specifically request that the Department of Defense Office of Inspector General investigate the following:
