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Hegseth Wants Public to Watch First Firing Squad Execution Since WWII
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this post was submitted on 08 Oct 2026
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I don't think its accurate to say that Hegseth doesn't know what he is doing.
Making the execution public is on purpose, so the question is what purpose does it serve.
The most obvious seems to be about ego, and being a "tough guy" Hegseth (and Trump) are obsessed with being seen as strong men, and they think a public execution makes them seem tough
Terror, the next most obvious is that this is a part of the regimes ongoing terrorism campaign against Americans. Hegseth (and republicans in general) are telling people that they will find and execute anybody they think is an enemy.
"Speaking to Real America’s Voice, Hegseth made clear that the decision was deliberate. “We’re gonna make sure that people are able to watch it, that it’s public, because people need to understand that there’s serious consequences for these types of things,” he said."
Desensitization seems to be next. The constant ramping up of violence, and the political celebration of violence is a pretty deliberate attempt to make government run violence a normal part of life.
Precedent is probably on this list. Now that the Regime can publicly execute people for terrorism, they can publicly execute anybody. They have already said that anybody who is against fascism is a terrorist, and they already have assaulted, imprisoned and killed people for it. Now they are setting a precedent that they can do it legally.
Pissing off Muslims and making more enemies is probably here too. The regime needs people to blame atrocities on, when Trump nukes Los Angeles, he is going to want to blame it on "extremists." It fuels his forever war, and gives him an unlimited supply of support from people that don't look too hard. This seems to be rather low on the list, since the regime already lies about everything, and lying about muslim terrorists is probably easier than telling the truth about muslim terrorists, but anything to cloud the waters is probably a bonus.