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By Noam Chomsky at Jun 10, 2004
Personally, I don't see much useful analogy between Iraq and Vietnam. Vietnam was in a remote corner of the world that no one cared about very much, so the US could pound away at it, devastating four countries, with little international protest, and that... (More) Comments (2)
By Noam Chomsky at Jun 10, 2004
It's often pointed out in the international relations literature that the notion "puppet" is not a simple one. Puppets can often influence the dominant power significantly. The Soviet satellites were certainly "puppets," if the term has any meaning. But u... (More) Comments (2)
By Noam Chomsky at Jun 10, 2004
I believe this is the first such extravaganza in the US. ... There was something similar after the JFK assassination, but of course the assassination of a living president is quite different. I don't recall anything else remotely similar, perhaps since... (More) Comments (2)
By Noam Chomsky at Jun 10, 2004
Questioner: The U.S. opposed and defeated the Nazis and the Communists. Doesn't this evidence U.S. humanitarianism for the rest of the world? The "history" assumed in this argument is so radically and uncontroversially false that it is hard even to comme... (More) Comments (2)
By Noam Chomsky at Jun 10, 2004
Regarding the rising price of oil, the first point to remember is that the price of oil is not high by historical standards. I haven't seen an exact calculation, but I wouldn't be surprised if the real price per barrel is maybe half of what it was durin... (More) Comments (2)
By Noam Chomsky at Jun 10, 2004
Questioner: In a debate I had with a capitalist once, he asserted that most US investment occurs in European and developed Asian countries, saying that that means that free trade is beneficial. Your reaction? He's right that most Foreign Direct Investmen... (More) Comments (0)
By Noam Chomsky at Jun 10, 2004
Questioner: Frequently, when conservatives respond to allegations of inequality in capitalism, they say that "The boats are all rising, who cares if the tide carries some higher?" That is, if growth is occurring at some rate, capitalism's good. What is yo... (More) Comments (0)
By Noam Chomsky at Jun 10, 2004
Did Bush lie on the reasons for 9-11 ("they hate our freedoms," etc.)? I think one has to be a bit cautious. Lying requires a certain competence: at least, it requires an understanding of the difference between truth and falsehood. When a 3-year old tel... (More) Comments (5)
By Michael Albert at May 11, 2004
Doesn't sufficient evidence of deceit and destruction now exist for everyone to see it? Can the average American – much less the average citizen of England given their far better media -- be unaware of the vile nature of our government's pursuits, other t... (More) Comments (0)
New pages comparing Capitalism and Parecon
By Michael Albert at May 10, 2004
I am busy creating a "site" within ZNet and the Parecon site that is about comparing capitalism and participatory economics. It means to be succinct, aesthetically appealing, and provocative to further investigation. I could use help. As a work ... (More) Comments (0)
By Michael Albert at May 10, 2004
I recently put a Q/A on the site and in the mail about the Parecon paperback edition, the recent mailings re parecon, etc. I thought I would answer the same questions here, a bit less formally -- a bit more personally -- in accord with blog expectations. ... (More) Comments (0)
By Noam Chomsky at May 10, 2004
I won't run through the details regarding Somalia since you can find a lot in print, right at the time and later. Steve Shalom had a fine article about it at the time in Z; I wrote about it right away in Z too. More later, after other facts dribbled out... (More) Comments (3)
South Africa Style Sanctions Against Israel?
By Noam Chomsky at May 10, 2004
I think there are many reasons why the South African analogy does not apply to this case. One, commonly overlooked, is that sanctions against South Africa did not become a really significant issue with a major impact until after years of education and o... (More) Comments (2)
By Noam Chomsky at May 10, 2004
Occupying armies have responsibilities, not rights. Their primary responsibility is to withdraw as quickly and expeditiously as possible, in a manner determined by the occupied population. It follows that the orders issued by Proconsul Bremer are illegit... (More) Comments (0)
By Noam Chomsky at May 10, 2004
The past month was the 10th anniversary of the massacres in Rwanda, and there was much soul-searching about our failure to do anything about them. So headlines read "To Say `Never Again' and Mean it; the 1994 Rwandan genocide should have taught us about t... (More) Comments (0)


