By Chuck Baldwin
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth sees himself as a crusader. He calls himself a Christian. He believes his faith instructs him to “kill the infidels.” And as did the crusaders in the Middle Ages, Hegseth views the “infidels” primarily as the Muslim people. But Hegseth’s “Christian” crusade goes well beyond that. If he were able to annihilate every Muslim on earth, he would then set his sights on anyone who does not share his heretical Christian Nationalist ideology.
The theory that Ashkenazi Jews descend primarily from converts in the medieval Khazar Khaganate, a Turkic polity in the Caucasus region, has been around for over a century. Though it was largely seen as put to bed by modern genetic science, this theory has recently taken on renewed popularity, driven by the rise in anti-Zionist sentiment since October 7.
This belief has enduring appeal among anti-Zionists because, if true, it undermines the Jewish claim to an ancient biblical connection to Israel, and many of its proponents also see it as a clever way to sidestep accusations of “anti-Semitism.” Severing the connection between biblical Israelites and modern Jews is also why the theory has been adopted by some Christian anti-Zionists — this appears to be the primary motivation of Candace Owens, now the most influential proponent of Khazar theory.
This is “cognitive warfare” and ...
