I opened the news and almost threw my phone after reading just the first two headlines - ICC sanctions and televised executions.
Seems like behavior you'd expect from someone who deserves the Nobel Peace Prize though, right?
They are trying to desensitise the public before moving on to more extreme things.
Only three countries carry out public executions: Iran, Afghanistan, and North Korea. I guess there will be four now, with the U.S. joining this "prestigious" group.
This isn't as bad as I expected it to be, but there's two more years to go so we'll see.
https://www.reuters.com/world/us-livestream-army-execution-f...
Here's the second news thing mentioned for people that also did go "what??" but do not want to spend 5 extra seconds to Google like me.