We may never know exactly why an active-duty Green Beret master sergeant rented a Tesla Cybertruck, packed it full of fireworks and fuel canisters, and shot himself inside of it before it detonated outside the Las Vegas Trump International Hotel. But a disturbing clue might come from an email Sgt. Matthew Livelsberger sent shortly before the horrifying New Year’s incident claiming he was involved in what he called a war crime while deployed to Afghanistan in 2019.
If so, it will be the latest reminder that the moral hazards that an entire generation of US policymakers have tasked soldiers like Livelsberger with committing do not always stay overseas. …..more
