The ‘Dumb’ in Martyrdom

For many, a televised execution‘s a nonstarter,
They wouldn’t watch with a spouse, son or daughter.
And by the way, Secretary Hegseth,
If you shoot Nidal Hasan to death
On live TV you’ll make him another Muslim martyr.

For many, a televised execution‘s a nonstarter,
They wouldn’t watch with a spouse, son or daughter.
And by the way, Secretary Hegseth,
If you shoot Nidal Hasan to death
On live TV you’ll make him another Muslim martyr.

Though Pete Hegseth seems overly focused on makeup and hair,
He also wants his troops to be battle-ready and fully prepared.
To be at their “absolute best,”
They’ll take a testosterone test,
And if found deficient, will receive gender-affirming health care.

Pete Hegseth’s war God is a wrathful, vengeful, violent Guy,
Who springs into action when the righteous missiles start to fly.
Pete’s God is a Christian evangelical,
With, we assume, adamantine testicles,
Who sends “overwhelming violence of action” raining down from on high.

At the Pentagon, the Fourth Estate is taking a battering,
With the top-tier media outlets reduced to woolgathering.
And as if to add insult to injury,
Pete Hegseth, in a narcissistic fury,
Banned photographers for taking photos he said were “unflattering.”