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US Air Force member dies after setting himself on fire at Israeli Embassy in DC yelling ‘Free Palestine’
New York Post ^ | Feb. 26, 2024 Updated Feb. 26, 2024, 8:39 a.m. ET | Snejana Farberov

Posted on 02/26/2024 6:39:38 AM PST by E. Pluribus Unum

US Air Force member Aaron Bushnell has died from his injuries after setting himself on fire outside the Israeli Embassy in Washington, DC, an official confirmed on Monday.

A US Air Force spokesperson confirmed to The Post that 25-year-old Bushnell died overnight to The Post, though she did not officially name him citing the ongoing notification of next of kin.

Officials were still contacting family members Monday and will not officially announce his death until 24 hours after that is complete, the Air Force representative said.

A man wearing a US Air Force uniform reportedly set himself on fire outside the Israeli Embassy

There was no immediate word on Bushnell’s cause of death.

A harrowing video livestreamed on Twitch on Sunday afternoon appeared to show the serviceman dressed in uniform standing in front of the embassy and identifying himself as a member of the US Air Force.

“I will no longer be complicit in genocide [in Gaza]. I am about to engage in an extreme act of protest,” Bushnell reportedly said, before setting himself ablaze and repeatedly crying out “Free Palestine.”

Just hours before his deadly act of self-immolation, Bushnell posted a final message on Facebook.

(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Foreign Affairs; Government; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: aaronbushnell; airforce; antifa; hamas; lgbtq; lgtbq
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To: 4yearlurker

Yup...the fact that he did it to himself would indicate that self preservation was turned off in his brain. Not a good mindset for a soldier...he probably was not an important “missileer”. He was a good lesson in that he exhibited the range of human thinking abnormalities.
Jim Jones, and Heaven’s Gate material.


41 posted on 02/26/2024 7:21:58 AM PST by Getready (Wisdom is more valuable than gold and harder to find.)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

I would argue with the ‘quite popular’. How many have done this?

I’ll admit its a thing, but its having a real hard time catching on.


42 posted on 02/26/2024 7:22:31 AM PST by Delta 21 (If anyone is treasonous, it is those who call me such.)
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To: BigEdLB

He will still be voting Democrat for decades.


43 posted on 02/26/2024 7:22:34 AM PST by wbslws
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

so a mental case killed himself in front of an embassy?


44 posted on 02/26/2024 7:23:17 AM PST by ronniesgal (have you even tried to mind your own business?)
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To: ClearCase_guy

Doesn’t say much for the Air Force nowadays.


45 posted on 02/26/2024 7:27:21 AM PST by MGunny ( )
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

“There was no immediate word on Bushnell’s cause of death.”

Obviously the covid vaccine.


46 posted on 02/26/2024 7:28:12 AM PST by lowbridge ("Let’s check with Senator Schumer before we run it" - NY Times)
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To: Delta 21
I would argue with the ‘quite popular’. How many have done this?

It's called "hyperbole."


47 posted on 02/26/2024 7:28:34 AM PST by E. Pluribus Unum (The worst thing about censorship is █████ ██ ████ ████████ █ ███████ ████. FJB.)
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To: Cold_Red_Steel
Self-immolation really burns me up!

Actually, I thought it burned HIM up. 😆😝😀🤗

48 posted on 02/26/2024 7:29:17 AM PST by Mark17 (Retired USAF air traffic controller. Father of USAF Captain & pilot. Both bitten by the aviation bug)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

I’m sure the Israelis are scrambling to get the story consigned to the memory hole as fast as possible, along with the 60 Minutes segment on Gaza last night.


49 posted on 02/26/2024 7:30:52 AM PST by euram (allALL)
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To: euram

It appears quite obvious that this guy was mentally ill. Welcome to today’s woke-based military.


50 posted on 02/26/2024 7:33:10 AM PST by hal ogen (First Amendment or Reeducation Camp??)
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To: Mr.Unique
Aaron Bushnell : LinkedIn

Aspiring software engineer with educational and work experience in software development and Linux system administration, looking for SkillBridge programs to transition out of the US Air Force into software engineering. San Antonio, TX


51 posted on 02/26/2024 7:34:18 AM PST by Mr.Unique (My boss wants me to sign up for a 401K. No way I'm running that far! )
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Don’t ask ... don’t tell ...


52 posted on 02/26/2024 7:35:54 AM PST by BlueLancer (Think of it as evolution in action. [Oath of Fealty - Pournelle and Niven])
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To: Mr.Unique

Maybe! That was their comment on it!


53 posted on 02/26/2024 7:36:57 AM PST by Reily (!!)
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To: Mr.Unique

Looks like he succeeded in transitioning out!


54 posted on 02/26/2024 7:43:10 AM PST by Reily (!!)
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To: Getready

barf alert:

Here is what he said:

“My name is Aaron Bushnell,’ he told the camera, ‘I am an active duty member of the United States Air Force and 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.’”


55 posted on 02/26/2024 7:54:09 AM PST by rod5591
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To: euram

Yeah, I’m sure the Israeli Consulate saw it and said “Well I guess that really showed us!”


56 posted on 02/26/2024 7:57:55 AM PST by Cold_Red_Steel
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To: Bob434

Having seen events like this before....there will be a ‘tribunal’ to interview virtually everyone in his unit. As a minimum....at least two will get some kind of formal papers when admitting he’d had been acting goofy for months.

Here’s the thing....for the past 20 years, they’ve been recruiting people like him, and I’d guess at least 10,000 need some type of in-depth mental help. In the 80s/90s, you would have written up papers and had them discharged within six months. Today? They are so low-manned....they have to keep them and hope they can control their issues.


57 posted on 02/26/2024 8:03:07 AM PST by pepsionice
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To: pepsionice

[[Today? They are so low-manned....they have to keep them and hope they can control their issues]]

Yep- when the military shows a kid with 2 moms instead of a mom and dad as their recruiting videos, sane people begin to back away from the military, and enrollment drops dramatically.


58 posted on 02/26/2024 8:08:22 AM PST by Bob434
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

To join the air force in this country, don’t they evaluate their mental health?


59 posted on 02/26/2024 8:08:23 AM PST by californian by choice
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

I can’t tell; could he be a “Subaru” driver? Or some other protected class?


60 posted on 02/26/2024 8:09:42 AM PST by guest7
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