'NATO war machine responsible for global violence'

[The Northerner]

Day one of the NATO summit in Chicago has been marked by mass demonstrations that resulted in fierce clashes with police. A dozen people were reportedly injured and around 60 arrested after officers started using batons to disperse thousands-strong crowds. RT's Anastasia Churkina was in the middle of what became the biggest rally in a week of anti-war protests. And co-director of the anti-war International Action Center Sara Flounders is also in Chicago, and says the action taken against the demonstrators shows NATO feels threatened by their cause.

[99th_Monkey]

1. When Empire-USA & their troops & police do mayhem & murder

it's never "violent", it's only when people try to stand up and
call it for what it is, then THAT very peaceful act is then somehow
construed as being "violent".

Simply astonishing.. and more than a little frightening

[Jack Rabbit]

2. Whether or not demonstrators are violent is a red herring

Twenty years after the end of the Cold War, NATO's raison d'etre, NATO still exists as a military alliance. Why? The United States is having a financial crisis, so why are we continuing to spend enormous sums of money maintaining a military alliance to defend against attacks and provocations from the Soviet Union?

Of course, I think I know the answer, I just want to hear someone official say it.