Letters From The Wasteland

Letters From The Wasteland

Aaron Bushnell's Noble Sacrifice

If suicide is considered a cry for help, Bushnell's plea to save the Palestinian people is a million cries.

Thad Zajac
Feb 28, 2024
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On Sunday, a 25-year-old USAF engineer named Aaron Bushnell, dressed in his USAF combat fatigues,walked to the front of the Israeli Embassy in Washington, DC. Bushnell proceeded to set up a livestream on the gaming platform Twitch, where he spoke the following words:

I am an active-duty member of the United States Air Force, and I will no longer be compl…

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