US solder self-immolation in protest of Americas genocide in Gaza

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Hawkeye10

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RIP Aaron

In Washington, a US soldier set himself on fire in front of the Israeli Embassy, chanting "Free Palestine".

‘“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. This is what our ruling class has decided will be normal.”

He was hospitalized after saying that self-immolation was a terrible thing but not as terrible as what is happening in Gaza.

(Latest report says, Aaron Bushnell, 25, has passed away)

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Almost completely hidden from Americans by Regime Media says Judge Nap
 
Hawkeye10 said:
https://twitter.com/x/status/1762196403969728851
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I read the source Blumenthal used.

https://theintercept.com/2024/01/11/israel-air-force-targeting-intelligence/

It's pure speculation on the part of the article's authors couched in wording to make it appear what they are writing is actually fact when it isn't. They back up their speculation using a modal fallacy. That is, what is historically true in the past is being used to affirm what is happening now even though there is no direct evidence to support that.

That is:

In the past the US has put forces in the Middle East that have targeted terrorists and others for military strikes. Therefore because the US has put forces in Israel, they are being used to target terrorists and others for military strikes.

That's the claim the article makes. They have no evidence to support that, and even quote some US military officials saying that isn't happening. But their take on all of that is essentially a conspiracy theory that all of the contrary evidence is a lie and the reality--unsupported-- is the US is helping Israel target stuff in Gaza.

Given that The Intercept is a known, radical Leftist publication, with questionable use of facts, and that the radical Left in general is opposed to Israel and the war in Gaza, it kind of goes that the authors of this article would spin it to make the US military out to be helping Israel and make demands they stop and leave.

So, a very junior Air Force enlisted decides on the basis of such, let's call it propaganda, that he doesn't want to deploy to Israel and immolates himself, is just someone being an idiot.
 
Hawkeye10 said:
https://twitter.com/x/status/1762006722624032823

RIP Aaron

In Washington, a US soldier set himself on fire in front of the Israeli Embassy, chanting "Free Palestine".

‘“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. This is what our ruling class has decided will be normal.”

He was hospitalized after saying that self-immolation was a terrible thing but not as terrible as what is happening in Gaza.

(Latest report says, Aaron Bushnell, 25, has passed away)

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Almost completely hidden from Americans by Regime Media says Judge Nap
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Definite Darwin Award contender.

I wish I had some marshmallows...
 
T. A. Gardner said:
I read the source Blumenthal used.

https://theintercept.com/2024/01/11/israel-air-force-targeting-intelligence/

It's pure speculation on the part of the article's authors couched in wording to make it appear what they are writing is actually fact when it isn't. They back up their speculation using a modal fallacy. That is, what is historically true in the past is being used to affirm what is happening now even though there is no direct evidence to support that.

That is:

In the past the US has put forces in the Middle East that have targeted terrorists and others for military strikes. Therefore because the US has put forces in Israel, they are being used to target terrorists and others for military strikes.

That's the claim the article makes. They have no evidence to support that, and even quote some US military officials saying that isn't happening. But their take on all of that is essentially a conspiracy theory that all of the contrary evidence is a lie and the reality--unsupported-- is the US is helping Israel target stuff in Gaza.

Given that The Intercept is a known, radical Leftist publication, with questionable use of facts, and that the radical Left in general is opposed to Israel and the war in Gaza, it kind of goes that the authors of this article would spin it to make the US military out to be helping Israel and make demands they stop and leave.

So, a very junior Air Force enlisted decides on the basis of such, let's call it propaganda, that he doesn't want to deploy to Israel and immolates himself, is just someone being an idiot.
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The Intercept used to be a rather radical leftist publication, now it is Regime Media....which is why Greenwald left his own creation.

My Resignation From The Intercept
The same trends of repression, censorship and ideological homogeneity plaguing the national press generally have engulfed the media outlet I co-founded, culminating in censorship of my own articles.
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https://greenwald.substack.com/p/my-resignation-from-the-intercept
 
Hawkeye10 said:
The Intercept used to be a rather radical leftist publication, now it is Regime Media....which is why Greenwald left his own creation.
https://greenwald.substack.com/p/my-resignation-from-the-intercept
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Actually, that confirms what I stated. It is a radical leftist publication. Greenwald left as he obliquely states, because he wasn't onboard with their radical Leftist agenda.

The final, precipitating cause is that The Intercept’s editors, in violation of my contractual right of editorial freedom, censored an article I wrote this week, refusing to publish it unless I remove all sections critical of Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden, the candidate vehemently supported by all New-York-based Intercept editors involved in this effort at suppression.

The editors of The Intercept censored him because he was critical of someone on the Left. That is unacceptable to the Left 100% of the time, unless that person has become an apostate.
 
T. A. Gardner said:
Actually, that confirms what I stated. It is a radical leftist publication. Greenwald left as he obliquely states, because he wasn't onboard with their radical Leftist agenda.

The final, precipitating cause is that The Intercept’s editors, in violation of my contractual right of editorial freedom, censored an article I wrote this week, refusing to publish it unless I remove all sections critical of Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden, the candidate vehemently supported by all New-York-based Intercept editors involved in this effort at suppression.

The editors of The Intercept censored him because he was critical of someone on the Left. That is unacceptable to the Left 100% of the time, unless that person has become an apostate.
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As U call WOKE liberals when they are clearly illiberal...the opposite. I am an old school Progressive...under my definitions the Intercept is no longer left, it has betrayed all of the values they once claimed to hold...it is Regime Media.
 
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