Pentagon spokesman Sean Parnell said that the claim that US Secretary of War Pete Hegseth quoted a passage from Pulp Fiction under the guise of a Bible verse is "spreading fake news."
Parnell wrote about this on the social network X.
Parnell said that the text used by Hegseth is an adaptation of the so-called "CSAR prayer", which was used during the operation to rescue an American pilot shot down over Iran.
He noted that this prayer was inspired by dialogue from the movie "Pulp Fiction", but added that both it and the corresponding passage from the movie refer to the verse of Ezekiel 25:17.
According to the spokesman, Hegseth directly indicated during his speech the connection of his text with the biblical source.
"Anyone who claims that the Secretary misquoted Ezekiel 25:17 is spreading fake news and does not understand reality," Parnell wrote.
What is known about the "biblical" text that Hegseth delivered
On April 15, during a prayer service at the Pentagon, Hegseth delivered a text in which he used wording similar to a line from the movie "Pulp Fiction", changing it to describe the rescue operations of American pilots in Iran.
"The path of the downed aviator is surrounded on all sides by the lawlessness of the selfish and the tyranny of evil men. Blessed is he who, in the name of fellowship and duty, leads the lost through the valley of darkness, for he is truly his brother's keeper and the one who finds lost children," he said in his speech.
During his speech, the Secretary mentioned the connection of this passage with Ezekiel 25:17, but did not specify that the text echoes the dialogue from "Pulp Fiction".
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