The Times of Israel Covers MRFF in Exceptional Analysis of the Dangers “When Prophecy Replaces Intelligence”

Wednesday Afternoon, April 1, 2026

THE TIMES OF ISRAEL COVERS MRFF

IN EXCEPTIONAL ANALYSIS OF THE DANGERS

“WHEN PROPHECY REPLACES INTELLIGENCE” —

THE NATION COVERS “HEGSETH’S HOLY WAR”

“End-times framing introduces a different logic. It recasts a contingent conflict as a scripted event with a predetermined outcome.

“That shift has concrete effects. When outcomes are treated as inevitable, variance in intelligence assessment narrows and alternative courses of action receive less serious consideration. ... None of this requires formal orders. It emerges through command climate.

“In such an environment, analytic debate is not simply disagreement. It can be interpreted—implicitly or explicitly—as resistance to God’s will.”

— William Keenan, retired Middle East Intelligence Analyst who served at NATO and the Pentagon, writing for

“The Blogs” at The Times of Israel

Pete Hegseth drinking a beer with thought bubble that says Overwhelming violence Jesus wants overwhelming violence

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THE TIMES OF ISRAEL

COVERS MRFF

End-Times Belief and the Iran War: When Prophecy Replaces Intelligence

By: William Keenan, Middle East Analyst

Monday, March 30, 2026

Article excerpt (emphasis added):

“On the morning of March 2, 2026, according to a complaint later filed with the Military Religious Freedom Foundation, a combat-unit commander told non-commissioned officers that the war in Iran was part of God’s plan and that President Donald Trump had been ‘anointed’ to trigger events associated with Armageddon. That account is not an isolated allegation. Within days, the foundation reported receiving more than one hundred complaints from service members across multiple installations describing similar language—references to the Book of Revelation, to divine inevitability, and to the war as a precursor to the return of Jesus Christ. Members of Congress, including Jared Huffman and Jamie Raskin, have requested a Department of Defense Inspector General investigation into whether such statements were made and, if so, how widespread they are.

“These reports remain allegations. Many are anonymous, and none has yet been adjudicated through formal investigative channels. But the scale, distribution, and internal consistency of the complaints are sufficient to establish a credible analytic question: what happens to a military institution if even a fraction of its commanders begin framing a live conflict in prophetic terms?”

Click to read the full analysis on “The Blogs” at The Times of Israel

THE NATION

COVERS MRFF

Pete Hegseth’s Holy War Is an Unholy Nightmare

The defense secretary is talking about Iran in bloodcurdling tones of religious extremism—and underscoring how much of a dangerous fanatic he is.

By: Jeet Heer

Monday, March 30, 2026

(Emphasis in article excerpts added)

Reporting on Hegseth's outrageous prayer for “overwhelming violence” at his latest Pentagon Christian prayer service, Jeet Heer of The Nation writes:

“Perhaps the best thing that can be said about this prayer is that, although it was delivered in a sectarian spirit, it might yet have an ecumenical effect, since it has something to offend just about everyone.”

Heer further remarks:

“Hegseth’s prayer is a great gift to the Islamic Republic of Iran, whose leaders are claiming to defend the Muslim world from ‘the Great Satan’ of the United States.”

The article ends with a paragraph including a quote from MRFF.

“Domestically, by making the military into a MAGA force, Hegseth is exacerbating the culture wars in ways that could lead to internal strife. Speaking to The Washington Post, Mikey Weinstein of the Military Religious Freedom Foundation, a group that promotes the separation of church and state in the military, said, ‘One side is very pro-MAGA and the other is not. If you have something like another Jan. 6, now we’re looking at a military that will start fighting itself, it’s a recipe for a civil war with military on both sides.’ Hegseth’s holy war is shaping up to be an unholy nightmare."

MRFF Note: The above quote actually came from MRFF Advisory Board Member Col. Lawrence Wilkerson, US Army (Retired), but expresses the opinion of both Col. Wilkerson and Mikey Weinstein.

Click to read on The Nation