Nato leaders’ isolation has rarely been greater
May 20, 2012 9:22 pm No Comments
Chicago is one of the most vibrant and engaging cities in America but the Nato summit with its rings of watertight security, its phalanxes of cops, roadblocks and bulldozer barricades – presumably all of it designed to keep that fierce some regiment of demonstrators at arm’s length – has rendered the windy city an urban graveyard.
I have seen this happen before in Istanbul or Munich. The irony is that just as the world’s embattled leaders stand increasingly accused of being out of touch they closet themselves away more and more. On Saturday huddled in Camp David. Some of their entourage were even forced to share cabins as if they were on a proper camping trip. That bit I like.
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