re: Active Duty USAF Airman Self Immolates outside Israeli Embassy in Protest

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Update:

He passed away.

Laugh about it all you want to, get it out of your system, but this airman’s death underlies the rampant problem of veteran suicide everyone continues to pretend isn’t happening. No man in his right mind would do something like this unless they had nothing to live for. If you have seen the actual video of this incident, he just stands there while the flames engulf him and then just drops after his skin has turned black.

This is going to be written off by most conservatives as a political stunt that went awry, but don’t be fooled. This guy had severe mental issues that his chain of command either failed to notice or (more likely) failed to address.

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