 | Lieutenant-Colonel Anthony Aguilar, in early August, blew the whistle on how US-supplied food was used to lure starving Palestinians to be murdered by Israeli snipers and tank gunners. At a Senate hearing on Wednesday 3 September, he and former Army intelligence officer Josephine Guilbeau, dressed in their full military uniforms, protested at a US Senate hearing against the United States' support for the genocide in Gaza. Anthony Aguilar said loudly "The United States government is complicit in genocide. You have an obligation to the Constitution of the United States." He and Josephine Guilbeau were immediately seized by security guards and dragged out of the room and down the hallway. |
I saw physical courage in the wars I covered. But I rarely saw moral courage, the courage of individuals to defy the machine, especially the military machine, to stand up for what is just and right, to defend the vulnerable and the weak, to name and condemn the crimes committed in their name, exhibited here by Lieutenant Colonel Anthony Aguilar and former Army intelligence officer Josephine Guilbeau. This is what moral courage looks like. -Chris Hedges (@ChrisLynnHedges) September 4, 2025
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Army Veterans Disrupt Senate Hearing to Accuse Members of Complicity in Gaza Genocide (4/9/2025) | Democracy Now
“Designed as Death Traps”: Fmr. Green Beret Who Worked at Gaza Food Sites Reveals Rampant War Crimes (29/7/2025) | Democracy Now
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