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Veterans For Peace was founded in 1985 by 10 U.S. veterans in response to the global nuclear arms race and U.S. military interventions in Central America. The organization rapidly grew to more than 8,000 members in the buildup to the U.S. invasion of Iraq in 2003.

Aaron Bushnell just couldn’t take any more. He couldn’t bear to see any more people eviscerated and incinerated by American bombs dropped by Israelis on innocent Palestinians.So, in his Air Force uniform, he walked determinedly to the Israeli embassy in Washington, D.C. and set himself on fire.What can we say about a young man who would do that to protest his government’s acts of cruelty and genocide?It is important we say nothing before quoting his own calmly spoken, final words to the world.

All of us agonize over our government’s aiding and abetting the slaughter of innocents. We prod ourselves, “what is the most, the very best thing, I can do?” That question moves some to learn the history of Palestine that they’ve too long ignored; some to contact elected officials; some to join a public protest; some to go on fasts; some to block roads or congressional offices and go to jail. But it never feels like enough.

 

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