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| Belgium: Protesters rally against NATO’s ‘militarism’ as summit continues |
| 2018-07-12 |
| [PRESSTV] Protesters erupted into the streets of Brussels on Wednesday as the NATO ...the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. A cautionary tale of cost-benefit analysis.... summit continued in the Belgian capital. Demonstrators can be seen chanting slogans and holding banners. One of the them, Joselyne de Markten, explained her reasons for being at the rally. "We are protesting the growing militarism of the EU and the NATO member states' role in fueling conflict and oppression against the world, around the world," she said. Chaired by NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, the NATO summit is set to discuss the most urgent issues for its members concerning international security and military affairs. Transatlantic trade agreements as well as the US withdrawal from both the global climate pact and Iran nuclear deal are on the summit’s agenda, as are defense spending contributions. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #7 How many of them are funded by Russia and how many are just idiots lead by the funded ones? |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2018-07-12 14:58 |
| #6 возможно, им понравится говорить по-русски (Maybe they will enjoy speaking Russian) |
| Posted by: Rambler in Virginia 2018-07-12 14:38 |
| #5 Were there more reporters than demonstrators? Or did the All-Europe Rail Passes let them assemble a "authentic spontaneous[sic] crowd" properly? |
| Posted by: magpie 2018-07-12 12:48 |
| #4 Lets get out and bring back every gram of steel we have put over there. We can use it to build new ships for the navy while passing on buying imported steel. The shipping back of all the materiel can be jobs for Americans. |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2018-07-12 10:04 |
| #3 We are from the EU and we are only here to help. Said the man in the patent leather boots and the pink uniform with the gold epaulettes. And this was echoed by the Belgium lady in the leotard and the pink knitted cap/. |
| Posted by: Beldar Glomomble9352 2018-07-12 05:56 |
| #2 All several dozen of them. Via Drudge: Anti-Trump Protest at NATO Draws Only a Couple Dozen |
| Posted by: Whans Angaviling9293 2018-07-12 05:43 |
| #1 "We are protesting the growing militarism of the EU and the NATO member states' role in fueling conflict and oppression against the world, around the world," she said. Kinda missing the entire point about NATO, cookie? |
| Posted by: Raj 2018-07-12 00:09 |