Jim Fetzer - Lucas Gage on Aaron Bushnell, the Active-duty US Airman Who Burned Himself Alive Aired: 2024-02-28 Duration: 09:36 === Man on Fire Protest (02:22) === [00:00:01] Good morning everyone. [00:00:02] In this video I want to address what happened in front of the Israeli Embassy in Washington D.C. [00:00:08] because I really didn't pay attention to it the other day. [00:00:12] Many people were sending me pictures of a person who lit himself on fire and I couldn't identify the uniform so I didn't know if it was actually someone from the U.S. [00:00:20] military doing it or some person who just put on hunting gear and just protested what was going on in Gaza. [00:00:27] I didn't know. [00:00:29] So, I kind of brushed it aside, to be honest with you. [00:00:32] And frankly, I've been so busy with other things, I didn't give the attention that this deserved. [00:00:39] But this morning, and I mean early morning because I was up doing stuff, my friend Maram called me all the way from Moscow. [00:00:45] He said, Lucas, did you watch the video? [00:00:48] I said, actually no, I didn't watch the video. [00:00:49] I have all these people sending me a picture of this man who lit himself on fire. [00:00:54] Is this legit? [00:00:56] Is this actually someone who's a guest? [00:00:57] This person was in the U.S. [00:00:59] Air Force. [00:01:01] Wow, he really, okay. [00:01:02] She said, watch the video. [00:01:03] In fact, she goes, watch the video while you're on the phone with me. [00:01:06] I said, all right, I'll watch the video. [00:01:08] And I did. [00:01:10] Three minutes long or so, and I pressed play, and I sat there and watched it while she listened. [00:01:16] And basically, this man says, what I'm about to do is an extreme form of protest. [00:01:23] Now, we've seen this before when it comes to monks in the East who light themselves on fire to protest war. [00:01:30] In those regions. [00:01:32] And so this American airman decides to do the same thing. [00:01:35] He says, I'm going to engage in an extreme form of protest. [00:01:41] And what's about to happen to me, he says, is nothing compared to what's happening to those people in Gaza. [00:01:48] And this is what our leaders have made normal. [00:01:51] And by leaders he means traitors and scum, because that's what these people are. [00:01:56] And so he puts the camera down, as you all saw, and he lights himself on fire after dousing himself with gasoline. [00:02:04] And the people who saw that in person didn't know what to do. [00:02:07] One guy pulled out his gun, another person said, get the fire extinguisher to put him out. === Israel's Mocking Response (06:58) === [00:02:12] But the most shocking part is that while he was on fire, you would think he would just run around screaming, No. [00:02:21] He maintained the message. [00:02:23] Free Palestine! [00:02:24] Free Palestine while he's on fire! [00:02:25] Free Palestine! [00:02:27] Free Palestine! [00:02:28] And then eventually he couldn't do it anymore and he collapsed. [00:02:35] Very clear why he did it. [00:02:39] But the reaction to this is almost as shocking as what happened to him. [00:02:48] As expected, and to no surprise to me, Jewish supremacists and Zionists mocked him. [00:02:59] Saying, oh, all the Hamas supporters should try this out. [00:03:07] Others saying, well, he's a Hamas supporter, mass rape supporter, so on and so forth. [00:03:13] One person, Laura Loomer, fuck him! [00:03:17] He's mentally ill. [00:03:18] Fuck him! [00:03:23] Fuck him, huh? [00:03:26] He didn't do that for Hamas! [00:03:30] And they all know he didn't do it for Hamas. [00:03:35] That man took his life to send a message to the world. [00:03:40] On behalf of the men, women, and children who are being mass murdered by the Israeli offensive force! [00:03:48] Because Israel is not defending itself! [00:03:51] Israel's been on the offense for 75 years! [00:03:58] And he doesn't want our tax dollars going to this offensive that kills tens of thousands of men, women, and children! [00:04:08] Ladies and gentlemen, let me remind you That the death toll of children alone is over 13,000! [00:04:17] That's equivalent to 4 9-11s! [00:04:20] Of children! [00:04:23] Paid by your tax dollars! [00:04:26] That's why this man did it! [00:04:28] And combined, the death toll is 30,000 plus! [00:04:31] Which is equivalent to 10 9-11s! [00:04:34] That's why this man did it! [00:04:35] He did it for the people of Gaza, not Hamas! [00:04:41] He didn't do it for the people who flew over the wall! [00:04:44] He did it for the people who are being crushed under the rubble! [00:04:53] That's why he did it! [00:04:56] And these American Jewish Zionists and traitors are mad because he didn't die for Israel! [00:05:06] If Aaron Bushnell lit himself on fire and said, FREE THE HOSTAGES! [00:05:11] FREE THE HOSTAGES! [00:05:12] FREE THE HOSTAGES! [00:05:14] They would build a shrine to him in the middle of Tel Aviv. [00:05:19] Hollywood already would be working on a script for a new movie to honor him. [00:05:25] But because he died for the people of Gaza, they hate him for it. [00:05:33] Because we Americans, we're supposed to die for Israel, no other country. [00:05:40] So they have to mock him, just like they mock dead children. [00:05:43] There's a Telegram channel with over 126,000 Israelis and Jewish supremacists that mock dead people all day. [00:05:52] Babies even! [00:05:53] I saw one that said when a little girl was dead, one less settler, one less terrorist. [00:05:59] And that's what they're doing with him. [00:06:02] Why is our greatest ally mocking this person, right? [00:06:04] Our greatest ally, Israel! [00:06:08] What do we even get supporting Israel? [00:06:09] Can you name one thing that we as Americans get for supporting Israel? [00:06:17] Nothing. [00:06:17] Just empty platitudes. [00:06:23] He died to send a message to the world that what's happening in Gaza This is unacceptable! [00:06:30] It is a genocide! [00:06:33] And all these American Jewish Zionists and Zionists around the world are mad for taking his life for those people. [00:06:46] That's why they're mad. [00:06:50] And they mock him like every other victim that the Israelis have murdered. [00:06:57] In that genocide that's going on, sponsored by our tax dollars, promoted by our leaders, all of whom are traitors! [00:07:12] Ladies and gentlemen, every day, 22 veterans take their lives. [00:07:20] I don't know if Aaron intended to kill himself or not, perhaps he just wanted to get severely burned and survive. [00:07:26] I don't know, but he's dead now. [00:07:28] He died to send a message to the world. [00:07:32] And we're not going to let him die in vain, ladies and gentlemen. [00:07:38] We are not going to let him die in vain. [00:07:42] You know, ever since October 7th, a lot of people have been taking their masks off. [00:07:54] A lot of people saying crazy shit. [00:07:57] Even Kid Rock the other day. [00:08:00] What he said on Joe Rogan was absolutely insane. [00:08:07] So it's not the Aaron Bustles of the world who are crazy. [00:08:11] It's the Laura Loomers, the Kid Rocks, the Ben Shapiros. [00:08:14] Everyone who supports Israel! [00:08:17] And what they're doing in Gaza! [00:08:19] They're the lunatics! [00:08:20] They're the ones who are insane! [00:08:22] They're the ones who are traitors! [00:08:26] Because America gains nothing supporting Israel. [00:08:28] We lose everything! [00:08:30] Not only do we lose our troops, we lose respect, and we lose our resources! [00:08:43] And that's what Aaron took his life to remind you of. [00:08:49] That our unbreakable bond with Israel should be broken! === Gave Life for Good (00:43) === [00:08:56] For not just the sake of the people in Palestine, but also for Americans! [00:09:02] And I agree with him. [00:09:03] And it's sad to see that he took his life. [00:09:09] But he's no coward, or traitor, or terrorist supporter. [00:09:13] No! [00:09:17] He's none of those things. [00:09:20] He's a hero. [00:09:23] For standing up For the innocent people in Gaza. [00:09:31] He gave his life for the greater good, for a higher cause.