https://youtu.be/U-Pu3JfGQDU He was an emotional person, and his conscience reprimanded him when he saw the children of Gaza burning in the fire of Israel. So he decided to burn himself, perhaps the humanity of the peoples of the West would ignite and force their rulers to stop this crime.💔 #Aaron_Bushnell
Aaron Bushnell volunteered to support San Antonio’s unhoused population and would regularly purchase blankets, sweaters and snacks from a store on base to give out to people living in encampments. He created a will before his death. He died for Palestine.
"The Genocide is Gaza is not only a crime against Palestinians, but against the whole world. Children throughout the world are traumatized watching and hearing about Gaza. Your children."
I don't really cry much but I shed a tear when I saw the video. There's an intense moral clarity to what Aaron Bushnell did. He understood his actions. But because liberals are verboten from acknowledging his self stated rationale for his extreme actions, he must be "unwell."
It’s 2024 and he still felt this was the only way this issue might get the attention it deserves - goes to show how the global leaders have fallen well below par to the standard they ought to hold themselves to.
RIP, Aaron Bushnell. Thank you for speaking up for what’s right. The picture below explains why he had to resort to this extreme step. As he burns, an israeli embassy security staffer pulls a gun on him
This action may have been inspired by Thích Quảng Đức and other Buddhist monks, who burned themselves to death to protest the repression committed by the South Vietnam government of Catholic President Ngo Dinh Diem.
This isn’t even the first self-immolation we’ve seen in protest of Israel’s US-backed atrocities after October 7; back in December an unnamed protester with a Palestinian flag self-immolated outside the Israeli consulate building in Atlanta. News got buried. Remember Norman Morrison who set himself on fire in 1965 below McNamaras office to protest the vietnam war.
They will never succeed in re-writing Aaron Bushnell. He was clear and resolute! He knew exactly what to say. He is a Hero! “This is what the ruling class have decided will be normal. I will no longer be complicit in a genocide. Free Palestine.” From the river to the sea!
They'll smear Aaron Bushnell as mentally ill, but but his resume speaks for the shit he had access to. An active duty devops engineer, he really meant it when he said he will no longer be complicit in the genocide. Rest In Peace Aaron.
You simply cannot fit more America into a single incident than a 25 yr old man dying a horrifying death in protest of war crimes while a first responder screams at cops to stop pointing their guns at him and go get fire extinguishers.
He walks to the driveway of the Israeli embassy, places his phone down to film, goes up the driveway, dumps liquid from a metal water bottle over his head, tosses the bottle, places his uniform hat on his head. He pulls out a lighter from his pocket and struggles to light it.