Air force veteran expresses grief at vigil for Aaron Bushnell

In an interview with MEE's reporter Azad Essa at a New York City vigil to pay homage to Aaron Bushnell on Tuesday, Kate, a US Air Force veteran, expressed her grief.
Kate shared her experience pointing out that people leave the military with “a large moral wound, moral injury” because “they knew they were part of terrible things.”
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[@Imran-db1ic]

Never give up hope. Help is near. This is all a test. Stand up against injustice.

[@kaddieA]

Alhumduilaah for people like him who haven't stopped caring in spite of Zionist billionaires using their wealth and influence to remove nearly all mentions of Gaza from mainstream news in the US

[@evansusmc]

This dude staged a failed barbecue. He was unjust to himself and the poor people that had to clean up the charred remains.

[@baltimana-go3tg]

You summed up veteran PTSD perfectly. It’s very simple. Of course the authorities will not admit this anytime soon.

[@ibrahimabubakari3509]

The only ones with PTSD are the Israelis, USA and EU

[@FloralaBamaRed]

She summed that up perfectly. Most people join the military because it's either that or being stuck in a rough place. That PTSD explanation was on point too. Most civilians don't get it.

[@ibrahimabubakari3509]

@@FloralaBamaRed I have never seen any veteran with PTSD immolate himself for a race of people. It is not about PTSD,but a soft soul who couldn't handle the cruelty of this life

[@madman53507]

The air farse gets PTSD when they run out of steak and lobster before movie nights on Friday. Most of them are categorically useless, it's not like video games you play. This guy sat behind a computer, doesn't seem to traumatic to me.

[@baltimana-go3tg]

@@ibrahimabubakari3509 you misunderstood the point.

[@Max_Ivanov_Pro]

Aaron Bushnell's sacrifice and message will never be forgotten. He stood for peace, and his voice will echo through the generations. #RestInPeace

[@Risterkin90]

B.S...

[@Noname123rr]

Bullshit*t.. he was obviously on drugs to do that.

[@MamaGator]

@@Risterkin90 🖕🤠🖕 love from Florida. Nah we ain’t forgetting.

[@dan-patrickobrien3580]

😅

[@user-rl9rx1pu8k]

Who?

[@AliceWatts-d3v]

It’s so refreshing to hear a heartfelt honest voice around the realities of being in the forces 😢. I salute you all for honouring this beautiful being who made a stand on the side of right 😢🇵🇸🕯️🙏

[@elliconstantatou3223]

Very brave to come out in support not only of Aaron, but also for recognising the true reason for which many join the US forces. I hope more, not just veterans, but also active duty members of the US military will at last say STOP to all the warmongering and finally build lasting peace all over the world.

[@Ali-e5h1b]

That's where things get interesting. It's possible that Air Force OSI is already responding to airmen that show any kind of empathy for "the enemy." I'd imagine their mission to seek out those with empathy is a mind bending look in the mirror. If they are persecuting those that would help them, rather than kill on command... Are they not the "bad guys" in the bigger picture? How can OSI be any good at their jobs, and fail to see the big picture? Hiring increasingly narrow minded airmen is increasing the bigotry and racism problem that existed in the Air Force since conception. Remember, the military had to implement racial integration... Before, they enforced it. There are plenty of opportunists in the military who would cross the picket line set by the humane. That's probably why some of the most craven and incompetent rise up the ranks, while the good are forced out or marked as traitors. People that denigrate him for associating with socialists are attacking him for his economic views, not his patriotism. The profit motive is the adrenaline that fuels capitalist rage / warmongering.

[@evedearborne-suitonu45]

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[@elliconstantatou3223]

@@evedearborne-suitonu45Yes, I have seen this. Thanks. Brian Berletic's analysis is correct. He speaks from personal experience, having been in the US armed forces himself.

[@csharpe5787]

Clearly, an articulate, intelligent woman. It’s a shame that she didn’t have more opportunities than joining the army! Western Society aren’t equal when you born with privilege, you have opportunities, when you’re poor it takes some monumental amount of luckand and hard work to escape it!

[@carlywright5127]

And supportive, maybe instructive people around you. You can still be wealthy and the children go off the rails.

[@csharpe5787]

@@carlywright5127 yes agreed, however, you had the opportunities that aren’t afforded to many!

[@thegreatergood8081]

1) She didn't join the army, she joined the air force 2) There's a rich and poor divide outside of the West

[@sagapoetic8990]

Look, militaries are valuable and needed. There's plenty of elites who get jobs thanks to their connections and don't contribute in a useful way except to make sure they themselves are taken care. These are the folks who can block advancement for others not that 'hard work' willl be useful for the poor and disconnected. That's a bigger problem with most societies, not that someone joined an army. The other key thing is: don't misuse an army.

[@72marshflower15]

Save for her subversive dig against white people at the opening..

[@rovantara]

Spot on . Depression came from the misleading intentions not just from the conditions they endured..

[@user-cp7gh8zj6b]

Respect for all members of the forces that have conscience ❤

[@marcuslawrence6733]

What consience ? Spying for Hamas and dying for Hamas ? Is that conscience ?

[@Cuban20]

@@marcuslawrence6733Are you idiots trying to say that American soldiers are spies for Hamas now? GTFO!!!!

[@Bluebelle51]

@@marcuslawrence6733 fighting against genocide is always the right thing to do standing for freedom fighters is always the right thing to do

[@marcuslawrence6733]

@@Bluebelle51 Genocide ??? Who are causing those genocide ? All of you are making a bloody mistake. As the real culpriit who are the major cause of it, are laughiing behind enjoying it.

[@Bluebelle51]

@@marcuslawrence6733"the real culprit" are the British and US who started this failed colony in 1948 We should fix that

[@selmaabderrezzak649]

:Aaron Bushnell. We will not let his selfless act that was driven by the purest form of love. Love of humanity. He will not be forgotten.

[@manivallipalli4527]

Aaron Bushnell the Leading voice of the free world... He will always be with us.... He's sacrifice will be with us forever!

[@maxsch8454]

The ‘free world’ which includes Islamists??🤡

[@aosiel]

@@maxsch8454”all men are created equal” today we take that to mean every human being. to disagree with this fact means you disagree with the very founding principal of this country. if all people are created equal then we all deserve freedom. every single human.

[@maxsch8454]

@@aosiel what tf are you on about??😂

[@aosiel]

@@maxsch8454 im guessing youre not american

[@maxsch8454]

@@aosiel you guess correctly

[@IsmailPatel-w2r]

What a sad but most brave way to send a sad but true message to the world, not just the evil governments out there, but people that want peace and harmony

[@naziirani2773]

I hope more veterans show up to honor Aaron Bushnell and the great purpose for which he gave his life.

[@my2cents320]

Great purpose?

[@csharpe5787]

@@my2cents320 to bring attention to the injustice that some countries have, and some Wilde over others!

[@jamilahana1728]

​@@my2cents320 keep your 2 cents...

[@naziirani2773]

​@@my2cents320 I am an active duty member of the United States airforce and I no longer will 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 is not extreme at all. This is what our ruling class has decided will be normal. After setting himself on fire, he shouted "Free Palestine, Free Palestine, Free Palestine" and then collapsed.

[@monsieurfrancoise]

I think it will happen

[@Mavi-de2mv]

Thank you for your solidarity ❤

[@MrJukamada]

She speaks truth.

[@joeysworldsewer]

What "truth" 😂😂😂😂

[@MrJukamada]

@@joeysworldsewer You can't handle the truth

[@joeysworldsewer]

@@MrJukamada you will NEVER stop Israel 🇮🇱 🇮🇱 🇮🇱 🇮🇱 🇮🇱

[@MrJukamada]

@@joeysworldsewer Humanity will stop Israel. The Israeli themselves will rise against its own tyranny.

[@MrJukamada]

@@joeysworldsewer Humanity will stop you and Israel.

[@nbeizaie]

Must watch video: "US soldier: We must stop sacrificing lives for defense contractors".

[@nbeizaie]

Must watch video: "On Aaron Bushnell, Methinks The Israel Apologist Doth Protest Too Much"

[@coleengoodell7523]

I couldn't agree more.

[@brentwood1334]

But Russia and NATO are about to clash , it's ok though, it had to come to this, the end times

[@0zoneTherapyCures]

I used to include links, but YT would remove the post.

[@arifyusaf3621]

Respect to you lady......well said........the truth will win❤

[@jeromefalasca5118]

Amen sister tell it like it is❤

[@DursunX]

i hope Mr Bushnell is resting peacefully now. his family has my love and respect for raising a decent human.. i hope they are ok, they are part of a bigger family now 🤍 [edit] typo

[@Yumashell]

Huge respect.

[@anuarnawi6886]

Dia tidak takut mati tapi dia takut melakukan kezaliman.....what a man

[@quranteacher2310]

AARON BUSHNELL, YOU WILL FOREVER LIVE IN THE HEARTS OF MILLIONS

[@user-rl9rx1pu8k]

Who?

[@Sub4-k7u]

​@@user-rl9rx1pu8kSo you're trying to defend the usa crimes against humanity? Why start by the most recent? You've quite a bit of ground to cover.. 😂 China 1945-46 Korea 1950-53 China 1950-53 Guatemala 1954 Indonesia 1958 Cuba 1959-60 Guatemala 1960 Belgian Congo 1964 Guatemala 1964 Dominican Republic 1965-66 Peru 1965 Laos 1964-73 Vietnam 1961-73 Cambodia 1969-70 Guatemala 1967-69 Lebanon 1982-84 Grenada 1983-84 Libya 1986 El Salvador 1981-92 Nicaragua 1981-90 Iran 1987-88 Libya 1989 Panama 1989-90 Iraq 1991 Kuwait 1991 Somalia 1992-94 Bosnia 1995 Iran 1998 Sudan 1998 Afghanistan 1998 Yugoslavia - Serbia 1999 Afghanistan 2001 Libya 2011 Iraq and Syria 2014 - Somalia 2011 - Iran 2020 -

[@coles701]

as a p***y! dude took his own life for no reason. could of just been playin fortnite and chillin but got brainwashed by all these liberals acting like the terrorists dont deserve whats happening to them

[@evansusmc]

No he won't. He'll be known as a hot failure.

[@zakout007]

​​Dear Aaroun, you have engraved your name in our hearts and memories whenever Gaza or Palestine mention. You will shine as one of our legends, RIP😇

[@smcptrsa]

Respect to her👏

[@Hannah.115]

Bravo ❤

[@Hermothersdaughter665]

America needs to take care of its young citizens.

[@bernardofitzpatrick5403]

And retire elderly senior citizens like Joey and Frump

[@csharpe5787]

@@bernardofitzpatrick5403 I think Trump is all about taking care of self. He certainly doesn’t work for the good of America.

[@Hydro2Mech]

That was so to the point. Fantastic!

[@Cui-bono987]

A commenter on another video literally said Americans shouldn’t sign up for the US military because one should know Isreal is an ally. Like defending America and Isreal is synonymous. Honestly trolls or bots are beyond idiots. RIP Aaron. You are in our hearts.

[@successsystem2468]

I don't understand your comment? What are they defending America from? They are getting their legs blown off for the j bank. Yes they are defending Israel. They're there now. They are the strong arm of the bank.

[@zouhhhnomm3932]

Thank you 🙏❤

[@aichael326]

His sacrifice already had an effect. We will never forget you Aaron ❤

[@coletteday712]

As a U.S. veteran myself, she is 100% on point. 100% of what she said applies to the mass majority of us 😢

[@johnpullen3729]

Very well said. ✊❤✌

[@darrylsugg7230]

What a great example of a fine human being.❤

[@user-rl9rx1pu8k]

In what way?

[@darrylsugg7230]

@@user-rl9rx1pu8k I would guess, in exactly the same way you're not.

[@albertourrutia5090]

Una noticia muy triste...descansa en paz Aaron.

[@Isamparadis]

Aaron's tragic loss marks history and will mark people's minds for eternity. A simple soldier became a hero in spite of himself. He stole the show from the psychopaths, there are many of them, who seek to influence the course of humanity by using a power they have stolen. Almost no one votes for a guy to prevent our children from killing defenseless human beings. While the essence of a soldier is mainly DEFENSE. Love Aaron 🧡

[@ahmeda.3198]

Road trip through the country a few years ago and I remember WV was full of bill boards to join the military. It’s one of the more economically depressed states in the union, and it seemed like the military was a way out of that for a lot of people.

[@no..2756]

It unfortunately worsens the problem as many of the homeless in the U.S. are veterans, they think the military is a way out of poverty, they serve in another country the U.S. invades for no reason, they comeback and are treated like trash, they become homeless and decrease the economic wellbeing of their state. The cycle continues and everyone loses..

[@ahmeda.3198]

@@no..2756 I agree with you. When the politicians send people off to war, they don’t care if they lose their limbs, their minds or their lives. These people go and see and participate in horrible things, and it stays with them. Then they come home and they see this rat race that everyone is caught up in and it probably fills them with emptiness and rage.

[@carlywright5127]

​@@no..2756what a horrid government. Horrid.

[@lavendermist786]

​@@no..2756 this is going on 4 centuries invaders colonizers and occupiers. 💔💔

[@khurshmian6156]

R.I P. brother

[@ibrahimabubakari3509]

He wasn't a psychopath, but a soft soul who couldn't stand the cruelty of this world. May Allah grant him peace❤❤❤.

[@Badgerbeard]

A fiercely brave soul who expressed the sentiment "Not in my name" in a way that the world heard him. RIP Aaron Bushnell.

[@ibrahimabubakari3509]

@@Badgerbeard Peace be unto him

[@ibrahimabubakari3509]

@@Badgerbeard ❤️❤️❤️May his soul rest in peace

[@friotaiocht101]

How do you know what he was? Did you know him personally.... were you a friend of his or related to him...

[@Badgerbeard]

@@friotaiocht101 We listened to him.

[@Bavafa1]

*Rest* *in* *Power* *Aaron* *Bushnell* you and your message will never be forgotten

[@successsystem2468]

💯

[@dana5757]

Господи, молю Тебя, Помилуй нас всех! Аминь. Аминь. Аминь. Любовь.

[@Ali-e5h1b]

"Lord, I pray to You, have mercy on us all! Amen. Amen. Amen. Love." (Translated by Google) Thank you.

[@dana5757]

@@Ali-e5h1b Love

[@Samaa-os7hx]

Thank you for speaking facts.

[@theunboundsound]

Beautifully said ❤

[@pousillaagno3416]

Very compassionate soldier with a Heart of ❤️‍🩹of Gold. May he Rest in Peace.🥰✝️☮️🕊️💜😇♥️🇺🇸

[@kemoabi852]

True hero

[@humairakakar2821]

Aaron will be always in my prayer he sacrificed himself for justice and humanity I beg the Almighty to grant him jannat ferdous and grant his family, friends and all humanity patience for such a big and precious loss😭😭😭💔💔💔🤲🤲🤲

[@Rose.878]

They will label her mental health too.

[@forevergamer245]

Because they are criminals simple, Islam is literally fighting criminals and Evil but most of you will never know because they have demonised Islam, Islam is God's light but most of you will never know😢😢😢😢

[@user-rl9rx1pu8k]

I'll lebel her incompetent. Non hacker.

[@ezatullaha.3502]

Remember Aaron ❤ and he is a hero and he is not alone 🇺🇸❤️

[@adaa12345SixSevenEightNine]

Rest in power Aaron

[@Imrankhan-pw4ow]

Aaron bushnall a true warrior.

[@GabrielMartinez-pe6ln]

This is a warning to those who are alive. Everyone on this earth goes through crap, hardship, but taking your life is not worth it. Whether you believe it or not it or find it offensive it does not matter. The truth will set you free and and the TRUTH is Jesus Christ of Nazareth: If you think taking your life you will be in peace or cease to exist or whatever, satan has you fooled. BIG TIME. Exodus 20:13 “Thou Shalt Not Kill” 1 Corinthians 3:16-17 “Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you? If any man defile the temple of God, him shall God destroy; for the temple of God is holy, which temple ye are.”

Aaron Bushnell est un vrai guerrier qui a fait un acte extrêmement courageux ! Profond respect et grande admiration pour cet homme plein d'humanité ! Il a réussi à ce que les gens se posent des questions sur la complicité des USA dans ce génocide.

[@elegant_mysterious]

I feel like he is a ray of light, piercing through my head. He makes me rekindle hope for this world! Justice and courage! They are so stirring to the heart! A heroic and intense feeling, making lightning flow in my marrow!

[@PanhandleFrank]

😎 Cool feelingz!!!!! 😎 But when YOU gonna take the Aaron Bushnell challenge?! 🤯

[@m1a1-own4elnm]

​@@PanhandleFrank You would be calling him a hero if he died for izraHELL

[@PanhandleFrank]

@@m1a1-own4elnm Not in the least. I don't have a dog in that fight. But it should be noted that Israel has offered """Palestine""" land and sovereign statehood, and """Palestine""" has continually told them to go eff themselves. Then they attacked Oct 7. My son graduated USAF basic training the same month Bushnell did - May 2020. He's got 2 years left, and a deployment to QATAR in a month or so. He took no oath to Israel, but to the US Constitution. Suck it, lamer.

[@mariagarza1269]

WOW. Thank you for explaining PTSD. I always wondered why the people defending their lands didn't experience PTSD and she explained it beautifully.

[@abraramoon4327]

I'm Moslem, May his Soul Rest In Peace

[@user-rl9rx1pu8k]

Congrats on being Muslim, who cares 😅

[@evansusmc]

He's not going to heaven. That's for sure.

[@MimeWithagun]

​​@@evansusmc How do you know that? You're not God so you don't know that, only God knows..

[@evansusmc]

@@MimeWithagunWhich western religion says you go to heaven after committing the unforgivable sin?

[@Lol779]

Does he have 72 virgins waiting for him?😂

[@FieldDay-cj3tv]

In the Vietnamese War a Man did the same thing when Mc Namara was head of defence, this man was a Quaker he did Exactly the same thing in a department of defence building

[@bernardofitzpatrick5403]

A brave soul indeed. May his memory be preserved.

[@Soap010]

Even In south Vietnam, I don't know if it's related but a monk also immolated himself

Geste de courage et de désespoir face à la complicité génocidaire des USA avec les massacres de "l'armée la plus morale du monde" Tsahal ! Biden réveillez vous et écoutez vos soldats, votre peuple. Vous attendez que d'autres s'immolent ? Arrêtez de soutenir Netanyahu, c'est un criminel de guerre ! Arrêtez avec vos vetos qui vous discréditent et vous déshonorent !

[@PoutinePete]

This needed to be said.

[@niveax6112]

They need financially struggling people for their wars so that they can stay in power.

[@betuldede4829]

Very well said, thank you to this lady for laying out the fact in a very clear and straightforward way. Thank you!

[@heryanthiheryanthi2980]

Wow you woke up

[@HarryFlowerrs]

Aaron Bushnell RIP❤

[@lilly9972]

❤ He sacrificed himself for justice. A true Martyr. May Aaron’s soul rest in peace- may God accept his sacrifice. He made a statement - he did not commit suicide he sacrificed himself 😢❤

[@abolfazlg8667]

She explained the whole subject very clearly !!! Well done !! Hope Aaron sacrifice will be effective

[@charmainecarstens1031]

so let me see if I understand what she is saying. They join the military to solve their own personal problems, when they find out the military is not a charity they feel sorry for themselves. What did they think they were going to do in the military?

[@mischevious]

@@charmainecarstens1031 “when they find out the military is not a charity..” That’s the worst most obvious spin job I’ve ever heard. They find out that our military is up to no good. My best friend from high school suffered brain damage from one of our own air strikes in Falluja. He’s still fairly functional and deals with his injury quite well. What he’ll never deal with well, what keeps him awake just to avoid the nightmares, is his knowledge that he participated in the bombing of civilians and the images of dead shredded children that will never leave his head.

[@SpongeBob_circle_pants]

Free health care ​@@charmainecarstens1031

[@abolfazlg8667]

@@charmainecarstens1031 They join military because they don't have other viable choices and think that it is for a good cause, up until they notice that what they are fighting for, is not right and it's not what they have been told !!!

[@charmainecarstens1031]

@@abolfazlg8667 in other words they join for their own selfish purposes and then cry when they find out it is not a walk in the park

[@DynamicLearning4u]

She spoken the honest truth. Now how many people will listen to her?

[@user-rl9rx1pu8k]

How do you know its the truth?? Please explain..

[@DynamicLearning4u]

Citizens who are desperate for money join the armed forces as a way to make ends meet but find that instead of protecting their country, they are bombing others. @@user-rl9rx1pu8k

​@@user-rl9rx1pu8kAveugle est celui qui ne veut pas voir, sourd est celui qui ne veut pas entendre. Point barre !

[@maioio]

Hermana... 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

[@GoshRae]

USAF vet here as well, she is exactly right, most people enlist for economic reasons, many of the airmen I was trained with were actually recently homeless. The reason college isn't free, and will never be free, in this country is because recruiting numbers would absolutely tank. I could count on one hand how many service members/vets I've encountered in my entire life who willfully joined solely to "serve their country".

[@alizard9228]

And why our healthcare will never be free.

[@Muhdah1972]

Yep. Exactly how my father ended up in Vietnam -- he signed yp to be able to pay for college.

[@glidden67]

As a 22 year AF veteran this guy just made Friday mandatory safety briefings include not to set urself on fire. 😂😂😂

[@shaynelahmed6323]

Yup. She summed it up well, at the tail end of the post🎉

[@Aishajaa17]

I am moslem. Thank you Aaron Bushnell. We will remember you.

[@asifmehmood3848]

😢😢😢all the world Praye for airman This yung boy is hero of❤

[@FS-do3bi]

Brave women!

[@brahimmandour9696]

The lady speaks the Truth she explained the whole subject very clearly beautiful said, huge and respect to her, Aaron Bushnell was a soft soul who couldn't stand cruelty of this world he will forever live in the❤ hearts of more than millions worldwide , may Allah grant him peace ✌️ he sacrificed 😢 himself for justice and humanity may Allah 🙏 accept his sacrifice RIP Aaron Bushnell, and God bless his family. *In God we trust* .

[@peacelover8245]

Thank you for your humane and authentic words ❤ RIP Aaron.

[@medine7203]

I'm glad you guys shared this video. I'm glad that I had the opportunity to hear her out. Hearing her acknowledge the ptsd thing really might have cured my depression. The USA is not great. (Its government ofc) racism is not great. Colonialism is not great. YES!!!!!

[@MN-br5nb]

Well said young lady. Salute. PTSD is real, it is for soldiers and it is for civilians.

[@rtyrsson]

PTSD is real and some of our servicemen do suffer from what they've been through. But Bushnell was a weak leftist office nerd to bought into the liberal hype about Palestinians without considering what they did on October 7 to earn the Israeli's undying wrath. Bushnell didn't have PTSD, he was brainwashed by the leftist woke mind virus. His death was a dishonor to the uniform and the US armed forces. He was a stain.

[@e17650]

100% accurate point regarding PTSD, I think the guilt and shame eat them up, but pridefulness and fear of being labeled as a traitor they can’t really share how they feel.

[@stonecoldhitman7662]

Very well said. that line should have made headlines around the world. That is an amazing analysis, well articulated. great sound byte for truth.

[@DoaaMohammed-e3s]

Im so looking forward to a hospital or school or relief charity organization named after him to honour him forever. The Bushnell Hospital soon to come. ❤❤❤❤❤

[@nataliedoyle4701]

This is an important testimony . It shows how the US citizens who enlist in the military are themselves victims of a country that has produced, over decades, more and more billionaires and totally failed to provide its population with health care and education. For a long time, those serving in the military could hold on to the belief that their work had dignity, that they were doing something morally right but today many are realizing how they were only used and abused. Aaron Bushnell's self-immolation is about the despair an honorable and deeply moral man felt when he discovered what his country was actually ordering him to do.He understood that he and the residents of Gaza were both victims of the American empire. He killed himself in such a terrible way to express his solidarity with Palestinians and expose the utter corruption of the US elites and their accomplices in other Western countries. May his soul be rewarded in the other world.🙏

[@wav3st3p16]

Will you do the same? If not, why?

[@nataliedoyle4701]

@@wav3st3p16 I am not a US citizen.

[@wav3st3p16]

@@nataliedoyle4701 That doesn't matter, protest is protest. Are Palestinians not worth it?

[@lavendermist786]

200% well said

[@nataliedoyle4701]

@@wav3st3p16 What did you even ask me in the first place? Of course I protest against the genocide in Gaza. It is not an either or situation. I just wanted to point out how ordinary US members of the military have a lot in common with the Palestinians they are encouraged to see as "terrorists " when they are just human beings like them.

[@TowerCardReader2]

Aaron Bushnell said "Free Palestine! Free Palestine! Free Palestine!" - Aaron Bushnell 1999-2024 Rest in Power.

[@timesupgr.8471]

I can’t stop thinking of this. Maybe it’s because I’m an Air Force vet who worked is a similar field. I hope Aaron’s sacrifice brings change and saves lives. Biden can’t just look away.

[@Jad55]

Thank you! "When injustice becomes law, resistance becomes duty"

[@successsystem2468]

100%

Effectivement l'injustice crée la résistance. C'est dans l'ordre naturel des choses. L'être humain ne peut pas et ne veut pas supporter de subir l'injustice indéfiniment.Vive la résistance !

[@SilkeFauve]

Aaron is a genuine hero who took a stand against the evils being perpetrated against the Palestinians, and the stand he took for the values I once believed this country stood for. How could anyone imagine it would have been more heroic to agree to assist in murdering innocent children, civilian mothers, fathers, grandparents--a continuation of the ongoing 75+ years slow motion genocide by the squatters that have stolen their rightful land?

[@ruthgallagher9584]

God Bless All..."I will not be complicit"

[@mario_uzumaki]

Aaron bushnell heart are belongs to heaven

[@AhJodie]

A lot of people don't know he was the second American to do this. The first was in December 2023. It was kept quiet, they didn't want people to know who it was, or even if it was a male or female. When I hear Aaron yelling "Free Palestine!" while he is burning, and he also screams and moans in pain, I think of all the people who head their loved ones making the same horrendous noises while they suffered both from white phosphorus, from being blown into pieces, from having buildings on top of them, from having surgeries with no anesthesia and other illnesses, fears, seeing their loved ones harmed or dead, and even suffering from hunger. Humans can do better, we are all connected and can make the world a much better place where all have shelter, food, clean water and air, and peace and we respect and love all life. The old way of stealing and killing is leaving earth as we move ahead each day, the new world is entering right now! Free Palestine, free all of us!

[@brentwood1334]

Syria,yemen, Sudan people suffered the same way, in Sudan they are ignored mostly by the press

[@Badgerbeard]

Thank you for expressing my thoughts far better than I could have done.

[@successsystem2468]

But these j cannot be human.

Effectivement je n'ai jamais entendu parler de cette femme en décembre. Les médias n'ont pas fait leur travail d'information.

[@OMARKHAN970]

Rip Aaron we won't forget you ❤

[@khadija-qq7we]

Thank you so much for sharing that testimony.

[@danzel1157]

You have made so much understandable. Thank you. Free Palestine.

[@CircaBEFORE]

It’s a sacrifice, he gave his life to hold a mirror to the world. Aaron did not die in vain.

[@successsystem2468]

💯

Exactement. Le peuple américain prend conscience de tout le mal fait par Tsahal et refuse désormais la complicité de son pays avec ce génocide.

[@rtyrsson]

Yes, he did. He dishonored himself and the uniform.

[@CircaBEFORE]

@@rtyrsson the United States Govt dishonors the military by being imperialists and complicit in Genocide of Palestinians

[@mksiddiki]

Very articulate and honest.

[@MojaKuhinjaMyKitchen]

🙌 👏

[@maithanhnguyen1428]

❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@jeremycarnes1656]

Aaron sends his warmest regards

[@amg4616]

Aaron Bushnell…what a guy 👍👍💪💪💪💪💪

[@TobaMansury-nh3gu]

💯💯💯 this young lady summed it up exactly as it is.

[@tahirraza671]

Thank you for standing

[@thomasmiller5587]

I hate to say this but as a veteran this airman used the fact that he is a current serving military member as a way to get his personal feelings across a media that allows anyone to do so

[@danishhussain2741]

Allen would have gone to haven without any hurdle. He gave his life for humanity. I salute to brave Allen Bushmal. May God bless him always. He would always be remembered where there is humanity. Dont say him dead, he is alive he is alivr in our hearts.

[@brainyclassmates4372]

😭😭😭😭😭

[@lailaalyasin9333]

God rest his soul in heaven...brave man

[@fairnesspaul2594]

I just CAN’T believe my ears what she just said, she is soooooo correct! My lord please forgive Aaron, he was overtaken by pains by seeing his brothers and sisters in humanity suffer, it was too much for real human beings to take🤲❤️🤲 🙏🙏🙏😭🤲🤲🤲🙏🙏🙏😭

[@selmaabderrezzak649]

Aaron Bushnell. We will not let his selfless act that was driven by the purest form of love. Love of humanity. He will not be forgotten.