Posted on 02/25/2024 7:59:49 PM PST by nickcarraway
A member of the US Air Force was in critical condition after reportedly setting himself on fire outside the Israeli Embassy in Washington, DC, Sunday afternoon.
A video live streamed on Twitch appeared to show the Air Force member in uniform standing in front of the embassy gate and identifying himself as a member of the US Air Force, the New York Times and Washington Post said, citing officials who confirmed the footage matched the man in question. “I will no longer be complicit in genocide [in Gaza]. I am about to engage in an extreme act of protest,” the man apparently said before setting himself alight and repeatedly shouting “Free Palestine!”
The name the man used in the video – which has not been shared publicly – matches a LinkedIn account for an active-duty Air Force officer from Texas, the Times reported. A spokesperson for the Air Force told Task & Purpose that the man is an active-duty airman. His identity has not been confirmed.
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More indication that the military has become a major threat to American citizens and their few remaining freedoms & liberties...
I think it’s more that woke policies in our armed forces is keeping out stable, right-minded individuals, forcing them to recruit kooks like this doofus. Would not be surprised if he was gay or a tranny wannabe.
Hope this also prevents his family from getting his SGLI.
I think the question needs to be asked; What percentage of the armed forces would turn on the US in an actual war? This seems to point to a 5th column within the military.
Gaydar pegged
BET HE WAS A MUSLIM! Our once fine military is becoming CORRUPT!
I think all of the people who say Israel is committing genocide should follow suit.
1) If an enlisted man is commissioned as an officer, he is no longer an enlisted man. He is an officer.
2) Yes, a draftee is an enlisted man.
Correct. Based on the available information he was not an Enlisted member who went to OCS, etc. He entered service as an Enlisted member and was Enlisted at the time of his suicide.
2. In war time, what do you call a non-officer who was drafted? Is he still an "Enlisted man?"
That I do not know.
Ditto. Humanity is more than politics. and I pray for peace for his family, and in that of him which is now free of human error.
I hope others follow his lead. Good riddance.
Sexuality issues foment other mental disorders. Very sad for the kid.
past time for a psa on the dangers of islam along the lines of the old “This is your brain on drugs” only it would be “This is your brain on islam” as the person sets fire to themselves. remember friends...the only difference between a muslim and a radicalized muslim is how devoutly they are willing to follow their own religious beliefs.
Was this soldier a us citizen?
Not insanity.
We try to comfort ourselves with the concept of insanity.
But it is not.... it is martyrdom. In the world martyrdom is a respected option. From Greeks to Christians to various religions.
Looking martyrdom in the eye terrifies people.
Death as a decision and statement.
Becoming??!
past time for a psa on the dangers of islam along the lines of the old “This is your brain on drugs” only it would be “This is your brain on islam” as the person sets fire to themselves.
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Well THAT really cut down drug abuse... not
Someone *please* tell me that this pig fornicator died!
Eff you.
What a waste of some good Carbon Dioxide!
I worked for years at a famous hospital that had a very highly respected Burns Service. The surgeons on that service would say that with badly burned people the lucky ones die quickly and the unlucky ones die slowly.
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