Columbia University students plan anti-Veterans Day protest to honor 'martyrs' of US 'war machine'

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Columbia University students plan anti-Veterans Day protest to honor 'martyrs' of US 'war machine'
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— which organizers want to “reclaim” from the “Israel-US wr machine” in the name of Palestinians killed in Gaza.

“The American war machine should not be honored for the horrors unleashed on others,” the flyer added. “Instead, we will celebrate Martyrs Day in honor of those martyred by the Israel-US war machine. A day to honor the patriotism, love of country, and sacrifice of those martyrs.”Campus veterans outraged by the plans are planning a celebration of veterans at the same time to counter the antagonists.

“That post really shook the hornet’s nest,” said Sam Nahin, a 31-year-old Air Force veteran and Columbia graduate student who completed his undergraduate at the school in the spring. Christie eventually dropped out of school altogether, and after vanishing in September was found dead apparently by his own hand in an upstate park days later.

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