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Horrifying image shows active-duty airman engulfed in flames outside the Israeli embassy in DC after shouting 'Free Palestine' and accusing the US of being 'complicit in genocide' in Gaza
2024-02-26
[Daily Mail, where America gets its news] A serving US Air Force officer is in a critical condition in hospital after setting himself on fire outside the Israeli embassy in DC and livestreaming the results.
Unfortunately, not everyone who volunteers to wear the uniform is is wise and insightful. A few are idiots or mentally ill.
Horrifying video was broadcast uploaded to social media channel Twitch on Saturday afternoon after the man dressed in combat fatigues declared 'I will no longer be complicit in genocide'.
Aren’t y’all supposed to avoid wearing the uniform when engaging in politics?
Flames spread over the man's body after he shouted: 'I am about to engage in an extreme act of protest,' before repeatedly shouting 'Free Palestine!'

Authorities responded to the embassy around 1 p.m. on Sunday and found the man with burn injuries, the Metropolitan Police Department told DailyMail.com.

He was taken to the hospital by DC Fire and EMS with 'critical and life-threatening injuries.'

A spokesperson for the US Air Force confirmed to Task & Purpose that the man in uniform is an active-duty airman. The airman’s identity has not been confirmed.
Identified as Aaron Bushnell, 25, USAF active duty in the IT department. Thanks to Frank G and M. Murcek for the links in comments below.
Posted by:Skidmark

#21  In Gaza, I mean... though if you wanna weigh in on the self-immolati9n gender breakdown, that'd be cool, too.
Posted by: Caesar Panda5736   2024-02-26 19:07  

#20  Hey, Herb, you're obviously a well-informed, intelligent observer, so help us out here. What's your good faith guesstimate of casualties so far?
Posted by: Caesar Panda5736   2024-02-26 19:02  

#19  Newsweek article includes Aaron Bushnell’s final post: “What would I do if I was alive during slavery?”
"Many of us like to ask ourselves, "What would I do if I was alive during slavery? Or the Jim Crow South? Or apartheid? What would I do if my country was committing genocide?" The answer is, you're doing it.


The page is gone, but we have screenshots. Israel shut it down.


https://www.newsweek.com/aaron-bushnell-final-message-fire-israeli-embassy-washington-dc-1873242v
Posted by: Woozle Glamp3497   2024-02-26 18:01  

#18  All this to unpack, and quality snark, and I'm over here like, was it really a him?

Not snark, but definitely Observation of the Day (OOTD)
Posted by: swksvolFF   2024-02-26 15:07  

#17  SOTD grammar error exemption rule..."may have been" is the correct verb configuration/sarc off
Posted by: NoMoreBS   2024-02-26 15:03  

#16  ^ SOTD
Posted by: Frank G   2024-02-26 13:48  

#15  He may be a nutter, but he gets credit for having (charred) skin in the game.

Snark O'The Day
Posted by: SteveS   2024-02-26 13:25  

#14  ^ Perhaps because with today's "everyday crazy" this kinda thing just comes with the scenery.
Posted by: Rex Mundi   2024-02-26 12:59  

#13  Amazing how this "news" just went on by.
Posted by: DooDahMan   2024-02-26 12:40  

#12  has died...
Posted by: M. Murcek   2024-02-26 11:47  

#11  Well, he'll be warm the rest of his life. Pratchett was right.
Posted by: Silentbrick   2024-02-26 11:40  

#10  He made an ash of himself.
Posted by: Deacon Blues   2024-02-26 11:00  

#9  The protester was identified on Sunday by the independent journalist Talia Jane as Aaron Bushnell, 25, an active-duty service member of the US Air Force, who, from a public LinkedIn profile, appeared to work in the service’s IT department.

Late Sunday night, Jane reported that Bushnell had succumbed to the wounds sustained in the self-immolation.
Posted by: Frank G   2024-02-26 10:48  

#8  Almost 4 months after being rescued from Hamas captivity, Ori Magidish returns to service
Posted by: Grom the Reflective   2024-02-26 09:42  

#7  Wonder if SGLI covers this
Posted by: Kojo Bumble5579   2024-02-26 09:32  

#6  

Good he eliminated himself from the Gene Pool.

But looking further down the road.
What if he had access to USAF weapons or planes?

Doesn't the DOD still do annual Mental Health evaluations, or was that tossed out with the now Pronoun mandate.
Posted by: NN2N1   2024-02-26 08:03  

#5  
Posted by: DarthVader   2024-02-26 08:00  

#4  Not line of duty.

BTW, far more people in this country have died of the 'jab' than in Gaza.
Posted by: Procopius2k   2024-02-26 07:22  

#3  ...I've seen a few posts elsewhere that indicate this guy is an enlisted IT type, who was also on his way out - end of enlistment.

Mike
Posted by: MikeKozlowski   2024-02-26 06:40  

#2  Should there be others like him.
Posted by: Besoeker   2024-02-26 05:08  

#1  I hope his CO hopes he dies.
Posted by: Grom the Reflective   2024-02-26 01:52  

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