I have written about the terrible attack at Ft. Hood a few times. see my prior posts here and here. Nadal Hasan is a killer motivated by some sort of Islamic johad. No, his vews are from from common among all Moslems. But, he is clearly a jihadist. He was sentenced to death years ago. Nit. Secy. of Defense Hegeseth has denied he should die by firing squad and the shooting should be live-streamed.
I think that is very unwise. Hasan surely ants to be martyred as publicly as possible. But, more importantly, terrorists will use his video as a recruiting tool. Too, it’s just barbaric to publicly execute criminals. One of Hasan’s victims, former SSGT Alonzo Lunsford, objects to publicly executing the terrorist. He has forgiven Hasan and objects to the public spectacle. See Fox News report here.
The Uinited States of America stands for certain things. Those things do not include public spectacles. Hasan committed a venal act. We should not do the same. My opinion is a firing squad is too dignified for Mr. Hassan. He should be hanged in some dirty basement, like Saddam Hussein was.