Posted on 02/26/2024 6:01:59 AM PST by Red Badger
"I am about to engage in an extreme act of protest, but compared to what people have been experiencing in Palestine at the hands of their colonizers, it's not extreme at all," the airman said before lighting himself on fire.
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The man who died after setting himself on fire outside of the Israeli Embassy in Washington, D.C. while yelling, "Free Palestine" has been identified as 25-year-old active-duty U.S. Air Force member Aaron Bushnell after harrowing footage of the live-streamed incident emerged on social media.
Bushnell succumbed to his injuries from the protest after being hospitalized, a U.S. official said Monday, per NBC News.
"I will no longer be complicit in genocide. I am about to engage in an extreme act of protest, but compared to what people have been experiencing in Palestine at the hands of their colonizers, it's not extreme at all. This is what our ruling class has decided will be normal," Bushnell said in a video he live-streamed on the video platform Twitch as he walked in uniform toward the embassy Sunday afternoon while carrying a metal water bottle.
The video is still available on X, formerly Twitter, but Twitch removed the channel where it was posted for violating the platform's guidelines, per The New York Times.
Bushnell set down his phone in front of the embassy and walked toward the gate as he poured liquid from the water bottle over his head saying, "Free Palestine." He struggled to light himself on fire for about 20 seconds as someone off camera can be heard asking multiple times if he needed help.
After lighting himself on fire, Bushnell can be heard yelling, "Free Palestine!" at least five times while yelling and going silent 20 seconds later.
This is not the first time a person has set themself on fire in the U.S. after Hamas' Oct. 7, 2023 attack on Israel. A demonstrator self-immolated in December outside of the Israeli Consulate General building in Atlanta.
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And as the SecDefComPoop has demonstrated, the floaters have risen to the top.
Believe me yet?
He was brainwashed by years of propaganda telling him Israel is evil, and “palestinians” are innocent victims of Zionist genocide. Probably a regular poster on DU or some other far left echo chamber that reinforced his beliefs. Clearly, he truly believed what he said, and was willing to die for his cause.
Well,he made an ash of himself.
Army recruitment is down 40%. Plus they have been advertising to the LGBTBBQEIEIO populations for a few years so there is probably a large number of mental nut jobs enlisted now.
A Legion of demons.
I just remembered that it's not just Mueller's face that is so hilarious ... it's the plaid pajamas and coffee cup from the "Pajama Boy" meme.
That is an epic PhotoShop. I have to bookmark this thread so I'll always be able to find it.
I originally made one for pjboy and just updated it with Muellers face when his lame report was released.
If they identified him as "an active duty USAF member", why don't they include his rank? Strange that isn't brought up.
Perhaps because most people can't relate to it.
I saw one story that said he was an E-4 (Senior Airman).
I was most concerned that anyone could claim they were members of the military (stolen valor types) but, only the rank would be a definitive link to military service.
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