Hegseth Vows Public Firing Squad Execution
US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth vowed in an interview this week that the execution of the man who killed 13 people in a mass shooting at Fort Hood in 2009 would be "public."
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You first, Petey.
Also, this ain't happening and the U.S. military is a world-wide joke.
#1 | Posted by LegallyYourDead at 2026-10-08 09:44 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 1
Christ these people are sick
Given this administration's track record this televised murder will be a fiasco
#2 | Posted by truthhurts at 2026-10-08 10:07 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 1
Nazis gonna Nazi.... right, Jeffy?
#3 | Posted by Corky at 2026-10-08 10:07 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 1
Pete Hegseth has been committing war crimes and perhaps he should suffer a similar fate
#4 | Posted by truthhurts at 2026-10-08 10:08 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 1
Can gassing people with foreign names be far behind public executions of such?
It's only breaking almost 100 years of American Tradition.
#5 | Posted by Corky at 2026-10-08 10:15 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 1
I remind people that Piggy pardoned some US soldiers convicted of war crimes including murdering civilians
#6 | Posted by truthhurts at 2026-10-08 10:18 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 1
Bread ($5000) and Circuses (live-streamed executions).
#7 | Posted by TrueBlue at 2026-10-08 10:26 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 4
Not going to happen. He's inherited Trump's big mouth.
#8 | Posted by willowby at 2026-10-08 10:40 PM | Reply
Yeah, Willowby, they don't really mean it.
Sure.
#9 | Posted by Corky at 2026-10-08 11:01 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 1
Welcome to North Korea. This is what they do. Just sayin
#10 | Posted by LauraMohr at 2026-10-08 11:10 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 1
This is what they do. Just sayin
Same for Iran and Afghanistan.
#11 | Posted by REDIAL at 2026-10-08 11:19 PM | Reply
Posted by REDIAL at 2026-10-08 11:19 PM | Reply
Yeppers
#12 | Posted by LauraMohr at 2026-10-08 11:21 PM | Reply
Not going to happen. He's inherited Trump's big mouth. #8 | Posted by willowby
The Department of War order for execution by firing squad was on Facebook. Are you saying that was fake?
I do have to wonder if they're gonna Bonnie and Clyde him. Tsarnev him. Rodney King him, except with bullets. I know they want to.
#13 | Posted by snoofy at 2026-10-08 11:54 PM | Reply
Welcome to North Korea. This is what they do. Just sayin #10 | POSTED BY LAURAMOHR
True, which isn't as bad as Canada where they recommended they off you for just being depressed teen.
In 2023, a federal parliamentary committee recommended changing Canada's laws to allow certain minors under 18 to access MAID if deemed capable of making that decision.
The committee also recommended that a minor's decision could take priority over their parents' wishes. www.parl.ca
#14 | Posted by oneironaut at 2026-10-09 12:51 AM | Reply | Funny: 1
Captain Relevant strikes again!
#15 | Posted by REDIAL at 2026-10-09 01:10 AM | Reply
"The committee also recommended that a minor's decision could take priority over their parents' wishes."
Terrible news for parents who think they own their children.
#16 | Posted by snoofy at 2026-10-09 01:16 AM | Reply | Newsworthy 2
Canada is worse than North Korea!
This is peak stupidity, oneironut. I dare you to do better.
#17 | Posted by Alexandrite at 2026-10-09 01:44 AM | Reply | Newsworthy 3
This is peak stupidity, oneironut.
He doesn't seem to understand the difference between a committee report and a law.
What it has to do with public executions is also a bit of a mystery.
#18 | Posted by REDIAL at 2026-10-09 01:48 AM | Reply
This is what we've sunk to here in "The Land of the Free." Public executions for sport.
The America we grew up in is gone and will never return. We live in its festering corpse now.
#19 | Posted by qcp at 2026-10-09 08:45 AM | Reply | Newsworthy 1
"You should get life in front of a firing squad!!"
-Frank Burns, Sec. of Defense
#20 | Posted by eberly at 2026-10-09 08:57 AM | Reply
#14 | Posted by oneironaut
Off-topic as usual, you retarded pile of ----.
#21 | Posted by LegallyYourDead at 2026-10-09 10:31 AM | Reply | Newsworthy 2
I am not for executions public or private.
But ... If we are going to execute our people shouldn't they all be public?
So that the public can decide if that is what they really want happening?
If the botched execution of the woman in Tennessee had been televised I bet there would not be any more executions in America. For at least for a while until they forget how horrible it was.. again.
#22 | Posted by donnerboy at 2026-10-09 11:41 AM | Reply | Newsworthy 1
#16 | Posted by snoofy at 2026-10-09 01:16 AM | Reply | Flag:
Just wait till that ------ does something really stupid and destroys someone's property. You'll see how fast a parent owns that child.
#23 | Posted by lfthndthrds at 2026-10-09 02:05 PM | Reply | Funny: 1
Livestreaming the execution is sick and disgusting, but also perfectly in character for Pete Testosterone. He probably sports wood every time he thinks about it. If he's sober enough.
#24 | Posted by cbob at 2026-10-09 03:40 PM | Reply
JD Vance casts doubt on firing squad execution and says he will not watch it www.bbc.com
... US Vice-President JD Vance has cast doubt on the Pentagon's plans to livestream a firing squad execution of the Fort Hood shooter. Talking with reporters, Vance expressed doubt that it would happen as planned, saying: "I don't know that that's actually going to happen". He added, that "if it's through live stream, I'm not going to be watching it". Vance described the actions by former US Army major Nidal Hasan as "the worst terrorist attack on American soil outside of 9/11". Hasan fatally shot 13 unarmed US soldiers at Fort Hood in 2009, injuring another 32. His execution by firing squad would be the first military execution in more than 60 years. ...
Talking with reporters, Vance expressed doubt that it would happen as planned, saying: "I don't know that that's actually going to happen".
He added, that "if it's through live stream, I'm not going to be watching it". Vance described the actions by former US Army major Nidal Hasan as "the worst terrorist attack on American soil outside of 9/11".
Hasan fatally shot 13 unarmed US soldiers at Fort Hood in 2009, injuring another 32. His execution by firing squad would be the first military execution in more than 60 years. ...
#25 | Posted by LampLighter at 2026-10-09 04:15 PM | Reply
"I don't know that that's actually going to happen".
Vance is leaving millions in Pay Per View fees on the table.
Money that could go right to his boss's pockets.
And not to the American People.
#26 | Posted by snoofy at 2026-10-09 04:17 PM | Reply | Funny: 1
Hegseth faces bipartisan backlash over public execution for Fort Hood shooter www.politico.com
... "I absolutely support the sentence of death, but live-streaming executions is what jihadists do," Rep. Austin Scott (R-Ga.), a senior member of the House Armed Services Committee, said in a social media post. "America is better than that." Republican Sen. John Curtis of Utah urged Hegseth to "reconsider" the decision. "A civilization erodes when it cultivates an appetite for executions as a form of entertainment," Curtis said on X. "Secretary Hegseth's plan to livestream the Fort Hood execution risks feeding that appetite." Sen. Thom Tillis (R-N.C.), one of the most vocal GOP critics of Hegseth's management of the Pentagon, similarly ripped the effort as "beyond disgusting" on Thursday. "Public executions are what oppressive dictatorships like Iran and Afghanistan do. It should not be happening in America," he said. A former senior Trump administration official also criticized the move. Joe Kent, who led the National Counterterrorism Center before resigning in March in protest over the Iran war, criticized the tactic as "beneath the dignity" of the country. "Streaming his execution is not just a stain on our morality -- it also gives the terrorists free propaganda that they will use to radicalize & recruit more terrorists like Hassan [sic]," Kent said on X. ...
Republican Sen. John Curtis of Utah urged Hegseth to "reconsider" the decision.
"A civilization erodes when it cultivates an appetite for executions as a form of entertainment," Curtis said on X. "Secretary Hegseth's plan to livestream the Fort Hood execution risks feeding that appetite."
Sen. Thom Tillis (R-N.C.), one of the most vocal GOP critics of Hegseth's management of the Pentagon, similarly ripped the effort as "beyond disgusting" on Thursday. "Public executions are what oppressive dictatorships like Iran and Afghanistan do. It should not be happening in America," he said.
A former senior Trump administration official also criticized the move. Joe Kent, who led the National Counterterrorism Center before resigning in March in protest over the Iran war, criticized the tactic as "beneath the dignity" of the country.
"Streaming his execution is not just a stain on our morality -- it also gives the terrorists free propaganda that they will use to radicalize & recruit more terrorists like Hassan [sic]," Kent said on X. ...
#27 | Posted by LampLighter at 2026-10-09 04:49 PM | Reply
CAN'T WAIT TO SEE THIS GUY'S HEAD EXPLODE... AND AS FAR AS " YOU PEOPLE" ARE CONCERNED...
---when Kirk was executed IN PUBLIC ,many if not most of you celebrated.. So yet again/ take your 2 faced lying hypocritical outrage and SHOVE IT up your clownshack.
#28 | Posted by shrimptacodan at 2026-10-09 06:12 PM | Reply
Murdered. Murdered in public. Yes, some people were excited for it, like Luigi murdering the CEO.
Completely different context than a state ordered execution.
#29 | Posted by sitzkrieg at 2026-10-09 06:30 PM | Reply
Wouldn't it be ironic if Hegseth was charged and found guilty of murder for the Venezuelan boat murders, is condemned to death and his execution was televised?
#30 | Posted by truthhurts at 2026-10-09 06:47 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 1
@#27 Republican Sen. John Curtis of Utah urged Hegseth to "reconsider" the decision.
"A civilization erodes when it cultivates an appetite for executions as a form of entertainment," Curtis said on X. "Secretary Hegseth's plan to livestream the Fort Hood execution risks feeding that appetite." ...
I agree with Sen Curtis.
Especially the "cultivates an appetite for executions as a form of entertainment" aspect.
#31 | Posted by LampLighter at 2026-10-09 08:22 PM | Reply
It would be cool if the Senate had the power to stop this monstrosity, but oh well
#32 | Posted by truthhurts at 2026-10-09 08:29 PM | Reply
I'm kinda surprised it isn't being promoted like their cheezy WH MMA extravaganza. You gotta to know that if those sociopathic ghouls believed they could actually make money off this man's death, they'd hold it Prime Time on Trump's new helicopter pad, with a light show and everything! With the play-by-play co-anchored by Joe Rogan & Steven Miller. Just think of the lucrative ad revenue possibilities.
#33 | Posted by dutch46 at 2026-10-09 08:29 PM | Reply
They will blow it and he will only be wounded his gofundme will be like 10M
#34 | Posted by john_savage2 at 2026-10-09 08:42 PM | Reply
...can't execute him twice you know...
#35 | Posted by john_savage2 at 2026-10-09 08:42 PM | Reply
What a barbaric idea!
Only two countries in the world have public executions:
Iran and Afghanistan.
Hegseth and that entire cabal are evil.
#36 | Posted by AMERICANUNITY at 2026-10-09 08:59 PM | Reply
@#36
Only 2 countries held known public executions last year. The U.S. is preparing for its first in 90 years. www.cbsnews.com
... The list of countries that still carry out public executions, whether on video or in a public place, is very short and almost entirely countries accused of human rights violations. Afghanistan and Iran are the only two known countries to execute anyone publicly in 2022, 2023, 2024 and 2025, according to Amnesty International. Yemen publicly executed multiple people in 2021, according to the group. ...
Afghanistan and Iran are the only two known countries to execute anyone publicly in 2022, 2023, 2024 and 2025, according to Amnesty International. Yemen publicly executed multiple people in 2021, according to the group. ...
#37 | Posted by LampLighter at 2026-10-09 09:08 PM | Reply
Impeach Hegseth! It should have been when he first leaked war plans to a reporter
#38 | Posted by johnny_hotsauce at 2026-10-09 09:09 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 1
Hegseth also should have been fired by his boss when he leaked war plans to a reporter.
But no, Republicans stand by Trump, no matter what.
This is just who Republicans are.
Republicans have been working diligently towards this manner of government for at least forty years.
#39 | Posted by snoofy at 2026-10-09 09:17 PM | Reply
Afghanistan and Iran are the only two known countries to execute anyone publicly
Saudi Arabia has an odd quirk where they decapitate prisoners "in private", and then sew the head back on and display the body in public. To send a message.
#40 | Posted by REDIAL at 2026-10-09 09:18 PM | Reply
I would imagine that not even this sc would allow this. I see a 7-2 vote against it
#41 | Posted by truthhurts at 2026-10-09 09:22 PM | Reply
Phil Donahue was right!
#42 | Posted by lfthndthrds at 2026-10-09 11:08 PM | Reply
@#42 ... Phil Donahue was right! ...
How so?
#43 | Posted by LampLighter at 2026-10-09 11:12 PM | Reply
How so? #43 | Posted by LampLighter at 2026-10-09 11:12 PM | Reply | Flag
He wanted to televise executions so the US could decide if they were the correct way to deal with heinous crime.
#44 | Posted by lfthndthrds at 2026-10-09 11:33 PM | Reply
People took their children to the park to watch lynchings. The ate picnics.
Didn't seem to dawn on them it was a horrific event.
But sure. Public executions streaming live on Paramount Plus or CBS will definitely get people to reconsider something.
What are they reconsidering? The death penalty? Public executions?
#45 | Posted by ClownShack at 2026-10-09 11:39 PM | Reply
@#44
Thanks for the follow-up.
I found this ...
Phil Donahue's Prediction of Live Executions Comes True with Hegseth: Talk Show Host Tried to Make It Happen in 1994 But Was Rejected www.showbiz411.com
... Phil Donahue, the late talk show host, predicted we would one day have live executions on TV. In 1994, he petitioned the Supreme Court to videotape Lawson's execution for television, arguing that the public needed to see capital punishment to decide if it was right or wrong. The death row inmate, David Lawson, convicted of a 1980 murder, joined him in the petition, the SCOTUS turned them down. Donahue wasn't asking for the access to advocate for capital punishment. Rather, he wanted people to see how barbaric it was. He told Larry King on King's show: "I am on record as being against capital punishment,. I am making this argument not as an ideologue, but as a person who believes that this free-press establishment has a responsibility to show this issue, which has split families." ...
In 1994, he petitioned the Supreme Court to videotape Lawson's execution for television, arguing that the public needed to see capital punishment to decide if it was right or wrong.
The death row inmate, David Lawson, convicted of a 1980 murder, joined him in the petition, the SCOTUS turned them down.
Donahue wasn't asking for the access to advocate for capital punishment. Rather, he wanted people to see how barbaric it was. He told Larry King on King's show: "I am on record as being against capital punishment,. I am making this argument not as an ideologue, but as a person who believes that this free-press establishment has a responsibility to show this issue, which has split families." ...
#46 | Posted by LampLighter at 2026-10-09 11:49 PM | Reply
@#44 ... He wanted to televise executions so the US could decide if they were the correct way to deal with heinous crime. ...
From the link in #46..
... Donahue wasn't asking for the access to advocate for capital punishment. Rather, he wanted people to see how barbaric it was. ...
Rather, he wanted people to see how barbaric it was. ...
#47 | Posted by LampLighter at 2026-10-09 11:52 PM | Reply
-People took their children to the park to watch lynchings. The ate picnics.
That was the executions of gays, in your culture.
#48 | Posted by lfthndthrds at 2026-10-10 12:02 AM | Reply
"Didn't seem to dawn on them it was a horrific event."
People were starved for content back then.
Also, plenty of them think it's a great idea.
If Trump could figure out a way of setting up little peepholes into the ICE camps, there would be Republicans lined up to get their thrills.
#49 | Posted by snoofy at 2026-10-10 12:02 AM | Reply
If Trump could figure out a way
#49 | Posted by snoofy at 2026-10-10 12:02 AM | Reply | Flag
STFU ------. You should move to Iran
#50 | Posted by lfthndthrds at 2026-10-10 12:09 AM | Reply
That was the executions of gays, in your culture. #48 | Posted by lfthndthrds
Coulda been your culture, but you don't have the guts to do it.
#51 | Posted by snoofy at 2026-10-10 12:12 AM | Reply
@#48 ... That was the executions of gays, in your culture. ...
Huh?
Why the apparent attempt to change the topic of the thread?
I mean, that is more like something the trolling bell-whatever, or it's other current trolling aliases would do. Hopefully, your current alias would not want to sink to that level...
#52 | Posted by LampLighter at 2026-10-10 12:13 AM | Reply
#51 | Posted by snoofy at 2026-10-10 12:12 AM | Reply | Flag:
But the Iranians do? LMAO
#53 | Posted by lfthndthrds at 2026-10-10 12:17 AM | Reply
Snoofy is a sick bitch...
#54 | Posted by lfthndthrds at 2026-10-10 12:19 AM | Reply
@#54
Projecting?
:)
#55 | Posted by LampLighter at 2026-10-10 12:24 AM | Reply
And, still apparently trying to changing the topic of this thread.
That begs the obvious question ... why does the actual topic o this thread seem to be so anatema to that current alias?
What about the original topic of this thread seems to irk it so much?
#56 | Posted by LampLighter at 2026-10-10 12:27 AM | Reply
That was the executions of gays, in your culture. #48 | POSTED BY LFTHNDTURDS
What's my culture?
What's your culture?
#57 | Posted by ClownShack at 2026-10-10 12:35 AM | Reply
Remember that B flick Deathrow Game Show? It's weird how satire has become reality. I can't get behind capital punishment in general, and public executions in particular seem particularly problematic.
#58 | Posted by Karabekian at 2026-10-10 12:38 AM | Reply
-What's my culture?
You're one generation behind your dad. Why are you even asking? Your dad beat your mom like she stole something... STFU already, loser.
#59 | Posted by lfthndthrds at 2026-10-10 12:52 AM | Reply
Cucumber, zucchini, squash.... it's all loaded
#60 | Posted by lfthndthrds at 2026-10-10 12:54 AM | Reply
"Bread ($5000) and Circuses (live-streamed executions)."
Exactly this.
It's an easy way to distract from the fact that the US can't win a war. Against Iran.
They're not even trying anymore. Just theatrics.
#61 | Posted by madbomber at 2026-10-10 03:41 AM | Reply
Welcome to Empire. Enjoy and respect the peace.
#62 | Posted by donnerboy at 2026-10-10 11:01 AM | Reply
Your dad beat your mom like she stole something #59 | Posted by lfthndthrds
You're not fathers beating people, when it's their kid. So nobody really believes you draw the line at his wife.
Exhibit A: Your kids. Exhibit B: Your wife. Exhibit C: This comment of yours.
Terrible news for parents who think they own their children. #16 | Posted by snoofy
Just wait till that ------ does something really stupid and destroys someone's property. You'll see how fast a parent owns that child. #23 | Posted by lfthndthrds drudge.com
#63 | Posted by snoofy at 2026-10-10 11:11 AM | Reply
It's an easy way to distract from the fact that the US can't win a war. Against Iran. They're not even trying anymore. Just theatrics. #61 | Posted by madbomber
Serious question. Not just for MadBomber, but for everyone who didn't vote for Kamala:
Before Trump, did you think the Untied States could win a war against Iran?
#64 | Posted by snoofy at 2026-10-10 11:12 AM | Reply
Define the victory conditions.
Example: Russian was going to conquer all of Ukraine. So much so the helicopter pilots had dress uniforms and condoms for the party they'd be having 5 days after the invasion.
#65 | Posted by sitzkrieg at 2026-10-10 11:29 AM | Reply | Funny: 2
"Define the victory conditions."
You want me to define winning a war?
LOL
#66 | Posted by snoofy at 2026-10-10 11:33 AM | Reply
Vance described the actions by former US Army major Nidal Hasan as "the worst terrorist attack on American soil outside of 9/11"
I guess he forgot about Oklahoma City, or maybe he doesn't recognize that as a terrorist attack because it wasn't a muslim.
#67 | Posted by StatsPlease at 2026-10-10 12:26 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 3
#66 | Posted by snoofy at 2026-10-10 11:33 AM | Reply | Flag:
Yes. Define winning a war with Iran. What's the end state? Regime change? Negotiated settlement after attrition? It's not a difficult question unless you're just here to troll.
#68 | Posted by sitzkrieg at 2026-10-10 12:40 PM | Reply | Funny: 1
A better question Snoofy, is can anyone define a realistic way of winning a war with Iran?
#69 | Posted by truthhurts at 2026-10-10 12:46 PM | Reply
You actually have to define what the goal of the war is. Republicans tried to do that with regime change , and clearly that was not going to work.
Set some more limited goals , like heavy attrition of iranian surrogates, then yes , a democrat administration can pull that off.
#70 | Posted by sitzkrieg at 2026-10-10 12:49 PM | Reply | Funny: 2
Republicans tried to do that with regime change , and clearly that was not going to work.
Did they? i thought it was to destroy Iran's nuke program or helping the protestors, or destroying their missile capacity or preventing their helping hezbollah or opening the strait or stopping the drug trade or......
#71 | Posted by truthhurts at 2026-10-10 12:55 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 1
You actually have to define what the goal of the war is.
And not only for public support. It kinda helps the military too.
#72 | Posted by horstngraben at 2026-10-10 01:25 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 1
#70 | Posted by sitzkrieg
Gotta give this kid credit: he spends a lot of time thinking about stuff...he's just not very good at it.
#73 | Posted by Angrydad at 2026-10-10 01:26 PM | Reply
Did they?
#71 | Posted by truthhurts at 2026-10-10 12:55 PM | Reply | Flag:
He's a serial liar, but it's what we went with in the beginning.
"US President Donald Trump has shifted his rhetoric on regime change in Iran multiple times, initially calling it "the best thing that could happen" before later claiming that a form of regime change had already been achieved through U.S. and Israeli military strikes, and subsequently stating he "never cared about regime change"."
#74 | Posted by sitzkrieg at 2026-10-10 01:28 PM | Reply
and the only group to rise up is in Eastern Iran, a group that operates out of Afghanistan and the Taliban tacitaly supports.
#75 | Posted by sitzkrieg at 2026-10-10 01:29 PM | Reply
The Hatred dripping from every pore of Hegseth's alcohol pickled body makes this a far too scary a time in American history.
#76 | Posted by moder8 at 2026-10-10 01:50 PM | Reply
#8 | POSTED BY WILLOWBY
Not if we don't get to bet on it.
So ... Wanna bet on it?
#77 | Posted by donnerboy at 2026-10-10 02:13 PM | Reply
Murder by the state is a crime against humanity.
If this murder happens, everyone involved should be sent off to The Hague for trial, and they should be subject to life without parole. Just like every judge, juror, persecutor, governor, president, warden, and prison guard who has ever participated in a murder by the state.
There is NO crime more heinous.
#78 | Posted by DarkVader at 2026-10-10 02:57 PM | Reply | Funny: 1
Technically a war of aggression is more heinous. Good thing is we are also doing that
#79 | Posted by truthhurts at 2026-10-10 03:01 PM | Reply
It's so terrible what they're doing to him. For 13 murders and 32 attempted murders you should definitely get to live out your life in a comfortable cell and play video games all day.
#80 | Posted by sitzkrieg at 2026-10-10 03:37 PM | Reply
"You actually have to define what the goal of the war is. "
The goal of war is to render the enemy unable to defend themselves.
I Googled that and the AI said "Carl von Clausewitz defined the theoretical aim of war as disarming the enemy or rendering them incapable of further resistance to compel them to do one's will."
So, there you go.
Maybe Sun Tzu had a different definition. You're free to pencil that one in as you please.
#81 | Posted by snoofy at 2026-10-10 03:46 PM | Reply
"get to live out your life in a comfortable cell and play video games all day."
By way of example: That person was unable to defend themselves from being forced to live a cage.
#82 | Posted by snoofy at 2026-10-10 03:47 PM | Reply
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