A young air force soldier burned himself alive in front of the Israeli embassy in D.C. today, shouting that he would not be complicit in genocide.
This is a first for the United States.
This was not a new recruit.
He had been in the service for three years.
I want you to stop, and think about the weight of this moment.
When the very forces trained to protect you cannot bear the weight of the genocide being delivered at the hands of such a nation.
When the noble goal of protecting those you love is irreparably corrupted by the special interests that wield a sword called defense, and bombs called peace.
Look to this moment, citizens of the U.S., because it is an important moment. It is the moment a war touches your soil. It is the moment your own cannot bear the load. And it is your sons and daughters that must wake every day still to wear a uniform that has betrayed you, and betrayed them.
Think carefully about the cost of war. About the true cost. The cost for the souls that must endure the endless campaigns of slaughter in the name of greed, corruption, and blackmail.
Stop for a moment, and think.
Question the chains that bind you to this lifestyle. And the worth of a government that allows it, and encourages such things with duplicity, ignorance, and callousness.
My thoughts are with the young soldier who has died here. Who laid down his sword, and protested with the last thing he had to give. His life. May the fire he lit upon his own flesh in the hopes of sending a message to a world burn in the hearts of many, and may he find peace in the bravery and selflessness it took to do the unthinkable to protest the unconscionable.
It is time to deal with the warmongers.
-E
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