"No Longer Complicit in Genocide" is Not Just a Vigil for Aaron Bushnell: Think about it.

“From the River To The Sea” what else is this but a “genocidal campaign” to empty Israel of the Jews. So WHOSE Genocide did this young man die for?

“I’m an active duty member of the United States Air Force. And I will no longer be complicit in genocide…

I’m 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.” Aaron Bushnell,

.Bushnell then doused himself in a flammable liquid, setting himself ablaze in the driveway of the Embassy of Israel in Washington, D.C. screaming as he burned: Free Free Palestine.

 In March a vigil was held outside the U.S. Mission to the U.N. for Air Force serviceman, Aaron Bushnell, who self-immolated as he opposed the U.S. support for Israel,

”May his sacrifice deepen our commitment
to stop the genocide in Gaza.“
(@Dr Jill Stein Green Party candidate for President)

 The vigil was sponsored by CODEPINK, Veterans for Peace, Pal-Awda, Answer, Party for Socialism and Liberation, Palestinian Youth Movement, Mamas 4 a Free Palestine, Green Party USA, Green Party NY, and numerous others. Pro-Palestine activists anointed Aaron Bushnell as a martyr for their cause.  They idolize him.

”The oppressor-oppressed dichotomy — which has been popularized by neo-Marxists and the social justice movement — is often alluring to young radicals.”

Analyzing complex conflicts through the lens of “good guys” and “bad guys” affords an activist like Bushnell a simplistic righteousness, and absolves him of the obligation to dig deeper and actually engage with both sides of an issue.

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“REVOLUTIONARY SUICIDE is a GOOD THING”

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“Bushnell did what he felt he had to do to oppose the U.S./Israeli genocidal war in Gaza.  We hope his act will persuade more people to follow him, not to commit self-immolation, but follow him in rejecting the status quo...” [https://www.workers.org/2024/03/77428]

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Asked but never answered  …. by the press:

Who Is Really Attempting Genocide?

Israel is defending its right to exist and following international humanitarian war law while doing so. Israel is not attempting to destroy the Palestinian people.

Hamas, however, wants to wipe Israel off the map and has made it clear it won’t stop until that happens, saying October 7—when terrorists killed and mutilated more than 1,400 innocent people—will happen again and again.

Hamas, not Israel, violated the 1948 Genocide Convention on October 7 and has continually been clear on its intent: to destroy Israel. Hamas’ end goal is genocidal.

.As for the VIGIL for the martyred Aaron Bushnell, it began with lots of chants and then the obligatory muslim prayers.

While waiting for the endless intoning to end, the media should have ask the pali protestors  (which they never do)’ Wasn’t the October 7th assault proof of  genocidal terrorism against Israel?”

INSTEAD the press feeds on the lies and misinformation as they choose to highlight the need for an immediate cessation of US funding, arming, and political support for Israel, “which is committing genocide in Gaza and ethnic cleansing of Palestine.” (so they claim over and over) .

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Part 1 Flickr slide show:

Part 2 Flickr: Pro Israel side. A handful of pro-Israel counter-protesters were also there. Although originally billed as a vigil, it seemed more like an anti-Israel protest with both sides yelling back and forth; not sure I witnessed much of vigil.

.The main speaker, besides Linda Sarsour, was Green Party candidate for President, Jill Stein. The media was blocked by the police, keeping most away from the pali’s enclosure, to film at a distance.  No matter, Stein was loud and clear: spewing the type of  agitprop that encourages tragic Revolutionary Suicides like Aaron Bushnell’s.

“The Spirit of Aaron Bushnell Lives in US. We will not stop until Palestine is Free. THE WORLD IS WATCHING. THE WORLD IS WAKING UP. …. It is not Okay to commit GENOCIDE for ANYONE.” ( Jill Stein)

As Stein ended her speech:

.“In the words of Frederick Douglass,”Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never has  (did) and it never will.’ We must bring that demand to the Halls of Power. …   Nothing speaks like a challenge to power.…  The biggest way that people give us power is by not realizing we have it to start with. We have it. We must use it. Thank you so much. And in the spirit of Aaron Bushnell: Thank You (her fist held high)”

“Rest in power Aaron Bushnell,” Dr. Stein posted on her social media “May his sacrifice deepen our commitment to stop genocide now. It is truly tragic that the horrific actions of the US and Israel have provoked such a desperate sacrifice.”

The flower table memorializing this tragic, misguided young man
(unknown photographer from Bushnell protest)

. Later,  Elad Eliahu (for Tim Pool) pressed Jill Stein, the Green Party candidate for President, would she call October 7th an act of terrorism. She REFUSED.

Elad, the terrorists attacks of October 7th, will you condemn the Hamas terrorist attack of October 7th …

Stein :  I always condemn all violations of Human Rights….. it’s important for people to remember this didn’t come out of no where.; that was a response to 75 years of  murderous occupation… none of this is justified…. I understand where these Zionists were coming from …  standing way back, you can say this is  violence propagating violence… We must stop it

Elad asks again re terrorist attack…

Stein: I feel as though you want to extract October 7th as though it didn’t have 75 years leading up to it. [She will NEVER Give In to the TRUTH)

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And now, to conclude, a look at he Next Generation, from a high school in Minnesota,  repeating the lessons learned from the agitprop machine as they claim to understand Bushnell's actions:

''Bushnell wanted the extremity of his actions to combat the downplayed narratives across network news broadcasts. He wanted America to witness his protest and feel a level of discomfort that could not be achieved through the mainstream media. I challenge anyone to watch his video in its entirety, or look down at that soot-stained driveway, and still ignore the afront to humanity that is the Palestinian genocide. As long as we honor his sacrifice by continually educating ourselves about what’s happening in Palestine from independent sources, Bushnell’s death will not be in vain.''[https://www.shsoutherner.net/features/2024/05/15/aaron-bushnell-the-consequences-of-american-complacency/] The Southerner is the student-written and student-produced newspaper of South High School in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

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“Bushnell’s story is a loud alarm bell, reminding us all where radicalism, fueled by the internet and pervasive ideology, can lead.” [NY POST]

Aaron Bushnell was a Revolution Suicide,
a martyr for the COMPLICIT media.
BUT, IN REALITY a tragic example of MORAL Collapse.

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[Where indicated, Pictures and videos property of Pamela Hall-VSB]