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Chomsky: Iraq and Vietnam
Blog Post, June, 10 2004
Noam Chomsky
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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, ...
Chomsky: Saudi Puppet
Blog Post, June, 10 2004
Noam Chomsky
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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 meanin...
Chomsky: The Reagan Phenomena
Blog Post, June, 10 2004
Noam Chomsky
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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, perha...
Chomsky: Defeating Nazi...
Blog Post, June, 10 2004
Noam Chomsky
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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 ...
Chomsky: Oil Prices
Blog Post, June, 10 2004
Noam Chomsky
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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 w...
Chomsky: Trade?
Blog Post, June, 10 2004
Noam Chomsky
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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 I...
Chomsky: Rising Boats?
Blog Post, June, 10 2004
Noam Chomsky
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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. Wh...
Chomsky: Bush Lying?
Blog Post, June, 10 2004
Noam Chomsky
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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...
Jamail: Pollution Chokes the Tigris
Znet Article, June, 08 2004
Dahr Jamail
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full version with photos Baghdad , Jun 6 - With reconstruction of a highly inadequate water treatment and distribution system at a near standstill throughout much of Central Iraq, some residents of Baghdad are left with little choice but to drink...
Chomsky: Doctrines And Visions: Who Is To Run The World, And How?
Znet Article, June, 07 2004
Noam Chomsky
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We have just passed the first anniversary of the President's declaration of victory in Iraq. I won't speak about what is happening on the ground. There is more than enough information about that, and we can draw our own conclusions. I will just me...
Jamail: Iraq's New President
Znet Article, June, 02 2004
Dahr Jamail
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Baghdad , Jun 1 - After a brief, frenetic political battle between the Iraqi Governing Council and the US-run Coalition Provisional Authority, both parties today named Sheikh Ghazi Al-Yawer president of Iraq's newly formed interim government. Ye...
Jamail: Mehdi Army Grows
Znet Article, May, 26 2004
Dahr Jamail
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Baghdad, May 25 -- While US troops continue to damage mosque...
Jamail: The More Things Change
Znet Article, May, 24 2004
Dahr Jamail
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The More Things Change.. Abu Ghraib, May 23 -- With the recent court-martial trial of one of the soldiers complicit in the widespread torturing of Iraqis in Abu Ghraib prison having come and gone, Iraqis see the newest promise made by the U.S. --...
Jamail: The US Obstructed Medical Care in Fallujah
Znet Article, May, 23 2004
Dahr Jamail
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Doctors from the General Hospital of Fallujah, as well as others involved with clinics throughout the city, are reporting that US Marines obstructed their services during the fighting that engulfed this city in April. They also said US snipers int...
Jamail: Ramadi - A Delicate Lid
Znet Article, May, 18 2004
Dahr Jamail
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May 17, 2004; Ramadi, Iraq - The city of Ramadi, about 120km west of Baghdad, appears to be much more stable than nearby Falluja, where the U.S. military currently won’t enter the city after the failed siege of April. Here U.S. military...
Jamail: Fallujah Rebels Celebrate 'Victory'
Znet Article, May, 12 2004
Dahr Jamail
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Fallujah, Iraq, May 10 - The US 1st Marine Division sent a small convoy into Fallujah today in order to meet with the mayor and show cooperation with the Iraqi Police (IP) and Iraqi Civil Defense Corps (ICDC). But the supposed show of force was a ...
Schwartz: WHY THE ABU GHRAIB TORTURE SHOULD BE NO SURPRISE
Znet Article, May, 11 2004
Michael Schwartz
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The fundamental verity of the Abu Ghraib scandal is this: occupying powers fighting an insurgency that has the tacit or active support of the local population will inevitably resort to torture. ...
Chomsky: Humanitarian Interventions?
Blog Post, May, 10 2004
Noam Chomsky
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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 drib...
Chomsky: South Africa Style Sanctions Against Israel?
Blog Post, May, 10 2004
Noam Chomsky
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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 educati...
