"The fact that Pete Hegseth quoted Psalm 144, quoted the Bible, you've got Iran quoting the Koran," he continued. "They believe that this is all, they think they're going to heaven with 77 or whatever it is, virgins and all that. You know, they're not, by the way."
"Gina, I'm telling you, and I think you agree with this, that this is being now going to be cloaked as a religious war."
"Do you think that's a bad thing, David Brody?" Loudon wondered.
"No!" Brody insisted. "I think he just feels that God is looking over the United States of America, and the fact that he would actually go there, I think, suggests that there's going to be a lot of, that's adding some fuel to the fire."
"Having said that, no, we don't. And what I mean by that is straight up. Pete Hegseth is absolutely correct that God has been watching out for the United States of America. We don't go by the Koran. We go from the Bible, and that is accurate, what he's saying."
Loudon agreed: "I think the minute we shy from the fact that this is a Christian nation is the minute we remove God's hand and protection. And so I agree with you. I think we go bullish on this."
"Yeah, I mean, the reality is this is a religious war from the perspective of the Iranians, and God has us protected," Bates chimed in. "And so we are operating in the right."
"So kudos to President Trump. And kudos to Secretary Hegseth for invoking the Bible," he added, "in this religious war, because that's ultimately what it is. That's just the reality, whether we want to admit it or not."
