There isn’t single person living in and around Chicago that isn’t happy that the NATO Weekend is over.
So what causes all that fear that everyone was feeling. You might be surprised by this but it’s the internet and You Tube. Vids actually posted by the protesters themselves, some of which are more graphic than is what shown by any of the media. We seen all the broken windows, the fires, the absolute chaos with conflicts with the police. Not to forget the tear gas.
A lot including me, gives high praise to the Chicago Police for keeping the violence in check. I know some have accused the Police of being heavy handed, besides the arrests there were only a few windows broken and no fires, let alone no cars turned over and set on fire like what happened in Seattle recently during a protest. Sadly a police officer was stabbed in the leg, by a protester which was totally uncalled for.
To whether NATO is a good thing or not, is best left for history to decide. But one good thing did happen at the meeting they decided to do a clean pull out out of Afghanistan by 2014. But also monitor the situation there so that the terrorists don’t take over the country again. Which as history tells us started this mess there in the first place. Now isn’t that a good thing?!
But even the Protesters have to be happy, due to the police keeping the anarchists under control. Because they actually got there messages out. So did the nurses, who pushed for the Robin Hood Tax on financial transactions.
But in the end there is not a single person in Chicago that isn’t glad NATO Weekend is over, there is a lot of us including me…who wish they don’t come back.
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