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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth says that he wants to live stream an execution by firing squad. Does he, or anyone in America, really believe that puts us on a higher moral ground than that of the man he is executing? How utterly barbaric.
How have we come to this moment? And we call ourselves civilized.
David Mahoney
Monson