COMMENT FROM DC VISITOR:
D.C. was clear and secure. There have been some Nationwide Guard troops strolling round, however most of them had been simply youngsters playing around and taking footage in entrance of monuments like the remainder of the vacationers.
The town was skewed closely to the left. I noticed just a few anti-Israel and anti-Trump protestors who appeared slightly unhinged. The folks I spoke with mentioned the town was in absolute chaos through the George Floyd/BLM protests and that the Nationwide Guard and ICE raids had been nothing compared.
I additionally went to the Spy Museum, which was loads of enjoyable. They’d a wall honoring Ukraine with an image of Putin within the crosshairs of a gun scope. The Chilly Struggle was the top of US espionage in current historical past, and Russia and the USSR had been used interchangeably. I skipped the 9/11 corridor as a result of it was a large lie–we all know what occurred. The museum additionally claimed that solely rogue spies within the US used torture mechanisms in fashionable days. There was one sentence on MKUltra and no point out of Undertaking Monarch or any of the psychological warfare ways.
I believe they need to ship troops to the opposite large cities the place crime has been allowed to run rampant in recent times. It felt secure to stroll round at evening, which is greater than I might say about Philly or NYC. I’m positive the criminals cleared out as a result of legislation and order had been really required and visual. Violent crime shouldn’t be downplayed. It’s preventable, and it might be good if America turned a high-trust society the place we don’t concern different civilians on the streets. The troops and NG weren’t bothering anybody, however their presence alone in all probability commanded some fundamental civility.
