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CHICAGO (CBS) Some 150 anti-war and anti-NATO protestors marched to the Prudential Building on Thursday afternoon, unsuccessfully seeking a meeting with a representative of President Barack Obamas re-election campaign headquarters.
WBBM Newsradios John Cody reports the demonstrators arrived with a letter for the president, calling for a swift end to the war in Afghanistan, but were denied admission to the building.
No representative came down to meet them, so they proceeded with their protest against the NATO summit, the war in Afghanistan, and the use of military drones for targeted killings in Afghanistan and Pakistan.
As one protester held up a cardboard drone, a dozen demonstrators laid down on Randolph Street, each wearing the name of a drone strike victim, pretending to be struck by the cardboard drone. Each victim called out the name of a drone strike casualty, then asked for an end to the use of targeted drone attacks.
CHICAGO (CBS) Some 150 anti-war and anti-NATO protestors marched to the Prudential Building on Thursday afternoon, unsuccessfully seeking a meeting with a representative of President Barack Obamas re-election campaign headquarters.
WBBM Newsradios John Cody reports the demonstrators arrived with a letter for the president, calling for a swift end to the war in Afghanistan, but were denied admission to the building.
No representative came down to meet them, so they proceeded with their protest against the NATO summit, the war in Afghanistan, and the use of military drones for targeted killings in Afghanistan and Pakistan.
As one protester held up a cardboard drone, a dozen demonstrators laid down on Randolph Street, each wearing the name of a drone strike victim, pretending to be struck by the cardboard drone. Each victim called out the name of a drone strike casualty, then asked for an end to the use of targeted drone attacks.
Read more: http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2012/05/17/anti-war-protesters-march-to-obama-campaign-hq-european-consulates/
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Anti-War Protesters March to Obama Campaign HQ, European Consulates (Original Post)
The Northerner
May 2012
OP
Since when was opposition to global imperialism and mass murdering equivalent to isolationism?
The Northerner
May 2012
#4
People wanting to end the war in Afghanistan along with the drone strikes are isolationist kooks?
Cali_Democrat
May 2012
#5
They just don't understand that we're murdering people for their own good..
Tierra_y_Libertad
May 2012
#3
xchrom
(108,903 posts)1. Du rec. Nt
TheWraith
(24,331 posts)2. Gosh, somebody managed to find 150 isolationist kooks in a major city.
Alert the media!
The Northerner
(5,040 posts)4. Since when was opposition to global imperialism and mass murdering equivalent to isolationism?
Cali_Democrat
(30,439 posts)5. People wanting to end the war in Afghanistan along with the drone strikes are isolationist kooks?
gratuitous
(82,849 posts)6. You're looking for logic where there is none
See, we're the good guys, so the people getting themselves killed by remote control in Yemen (If they're not terrorists that is, and really, if they're not terrorists, why don't they prove it so they don't get themselves killed so we can shoot our missiles at worthier targets?) should be proud of their part in our global war under God against terrorism.
See how kooky that is?
Comrade Grumpy
(13,184 posts)8. And somebody managed to find an asshole on a discussion board.
Tierra_y_Libertad
(50,414 posts)3. They just don't understand that we're murdering people for their own good..
or good "Tough on Terra" PR.
gratuitous
(82,849 posts)7. We also appear to have some more dicking around to do in Afghanistan
So we won't be leaving anytime soon.