American Crusade

American Crusade: Our Fight to Stay Free is a non-fiction book written by American television presenter Pete Hegseth published in 2020.

American Crusade: Our Fight to Stay Free

Author	Pete Hegseth
Language	English
Genre	Politics
Publication date	2020
Publication place	United States
Media type	Print
ISBN	978-1-5460-9874-4

Contents

Hegseth says he believes there are "irreconcilable differences between the Left and the Right in America leading to perpetual conflict that cannot be resolved through the political process". He furthermore calls for an "American crusade", which he describes as "a holy war for the righteous cause of human freedom" Hegseth has explicitly rejects democracy in his book, equating it to a leftist demand; he has also expressed support for election-rigging through gerrymandering to "screw Democrats".

Hegseth predicts that if Democrats won the 2020 election, there would be a "national divorce", that the military and the police "will be forced to make a choice", and that "there will be some form of civil war". He also says that conservatives must "mock, humiliate, intimidate, and crush our leftist opponents" and to "attack first" to deal with a left he equates with "sedition". His book "lays out the strategy we must employ in order to defeat America's internal enemies". Hegseth has described progressives and Democrats as "enemies" of freedom, the U.S. Constitution, and America. Hegseth has said that victory for America includes the end of globalism, socialism, secularism, environmentalism, Islamism, genderism and leftism, the last of which he refers to as a "false religion" and "specter" that views non-believers as "infidels". He has announced his support for American nationalism. Hegseth believes Americans must build a border wall, raise tariffs, learn English and "fight back".

Hegseth says "NATO is not an alliance; it’s a defense arrangement for Europe, paid for and underwritten by the United States" and called on it to be "scrapped and remade in order for freedom to be truly defended". He criticized Turkey's membership of NATO, saying Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan "openly dreams of restoring the Ottoman empire" and is "an Islamist with Islamist visions for the Middle East". He criticizes US funding for the United Nations, calling it a "a fully globalist organization that aggressively advances an anti-American, anti-Israel, and anti-freedom agenda. Here’s one set of rules for the United States and Israel, another for everyone else.". He compares his support for Israel to the Crusades, saying "We don’t want to fight, but, like our fellow Christians a thousand years ago, we must. We need an American crusade." He also states that "if you love those, learn to love the state of Israel".

Hegseth says Islam "is not a religion of peace, and it never has been" and claims "all modern Muslim countries are either formal or de facto no-go zones for practicing Christians and Jews". He says Islam was "almost entirely captured and leveraged by Islamists." He claims Islamists plan to demographically, culturally and politically "conquer" Europe and America, allying with secularism to crush "our nation's Judeo-Christian institutions". He says Islamists plan to "seed the West with as many Muslims as possible" and "thanks to their very high birth rates relative to native populations and their strategically insular culture — the sons and daughters of those migrants and refugees multiply in greater numbers than do native citizens." He points out the elections of Muslim officials in the United Kingdom and the increase of the Muslim population in Europe to say that the United States will follow the same path without an intervention. He claims "Almost every single Muslim child grows up listening to, and learning to read from, the Quran", continuing by saying "Contrast this with our secular American schools – in which the Bible is nowhere to be found – and you’ll understand why Muslims’ worldview is more coherent than ours".

Hegseth says the UK ha been "invaded" by Islam; "The British were invaded, and they didn’t even know it. In one generation – absent radical policy change – the United Kingdom will be neither united nor a Western kingdom. The United Kingdom is done for". He also says London, Birmingham, Leeds, Blackburn, Sheffield, Oxford, Luton, Oldham, and Rochdale all now have Muslim mayors. Hegseth criticizes European nations for "disastrous open-borders, pro-migrant policies of the past few decades", adding that they "threw open their doors to Muslim ‘refugees’ and will never be the same because of it." He calls on countries to limit the immigration of Muslims, saying "Islam itself is not compatible with Western forms of government. On the other hand, countries that want to stay free … are fighting like hell to block Islam’s spread."

He praises the Crusades, saying "the eleventh century, Christianity in the Mediterranean region, including the holy sites in Jerusalem, was so besieged by Islam that Christians had a stark choice: to wage defensive war or continue to allow Islam’s expansion and face existential war at home in Europe". He continues by saying "Enjoy Western civilization? Freedom? Equal justice under the law? Thank a crusader". He predicted that Biden would follow a "anti-Israel and pro-Islamist foreign policy" and claimed Biden would implement "speech codes instead of free speech, bye-bye Second Amendment" and "naked socialism, government-run everything, Common Core education for everyone, a tiny military, and abortion on demand – even postbirth". He criticizes the Council on American–Islamic Relations, saying groups such the Muslim Brotherhood and CAIR "have advanced the radical mission of Islamism for decades". He also criticizes Senator Bernie Sanders as "a favorite among Muslim Americans due to his support for Palestinian causes and distaste for Israel".