Will the US really go through with its outlandish public execution plan?
These pronouncements from senior US officials are more bluster than barbarous, but they nonetheless risk further undermining Washington’s credibility with foreign audiences.
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US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth said he wants a live streaming of the firing squad execution of Nidal Hasan to get people to understand “that there’s serious consequences for these types of things”.
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Whether at Meta, Google or X, the big brains behind them do not inflict harm on themselves for no reason.