Noam Chomsky's Critique of U.S. response in the Middle East

[raybia]

http://www.zmag.org/content/showarticle.cfm?SectionID=107&ItemID=10663

 

[Gamma Ray]

Why is it necessary to create a new thread for every article or story relating to the war?

 

[raybia]

Why is it necessary to create a new thread for every article or story relating to the war?

With all due respect, as long as I am not reprimanded by a mod then I will create threads that I feel are appropriate and that I feel compelled to.

Thank you

 

[Carter]

We should just have an official "War thread"

 

[raybia]

We should just have an official "War thread"

Good idea. You should start it up.

 

[Darthphere]

 

[TheSumOfGod]

I've always wondered: What happens when Lord Blackbolt sneezes?

 

[Darthphere]

I've always wondered: What happens when Lord Blackbolt sneezes?

He doesnt.

 

[TheSumOfGod]

He doesnt.

One of his many powers, I see. Just as Doctor Doom never needs to take a s**t in a hurry. Interesting.

 

[Darthphere]

One of his many powers, I see. Just as Doctor Doom never needs to take a s**t in a hurry. Interesting.

He meditates everyday to keep him from making any unexpected noises, which includes the odd grunt or mumble while sleeping.

 

[Mr Sparkle]

"In May 2006, Israeli Prime Minister Olmert announced his plan to formalize Sharon's West Bank expansion programs, which were announced along with the "Gaza disengagement." Olmert chose the term "convergence" ("hitkansut") as a euphemism for annexation of valuable land and resources (including water) of the West Bank, programs designed to break the continually shrinking Palestinian areas into separated cantons, virtually isolated from one another and from whatever corner of Jerusalem will be left to Palestinians, all imprisoned as Israel takes over the Jordan valley and controls air space and any external access. In a stunning public relations triumph, Olmert won praise for his courage in "withdrawing" from the West Bank as he put the finishing touches on the project of destroying any hope for recognition of Palestinian national rights. We were enjoined to lament the "anguish" of the residents of scattered settlements that would be abandoned as they "converge" into the territories illegally annexed behind the cruel and illegal "Separation Wall." All of this proceeds, as usual, with a kindly nod from Washington, which is expected to fork up the billions of dollars needed to carry out the plans, though there are occasional admonitions that the destruction of Palestine should not be "unilateral": It would be preferable for President Mahmoud Abbas to sign a surrender declaration, in which case everything would be just fine.



The people of Gaza and the West Bank are supposed to observe all of this submissively, rotting in their virtual prisons. Otherwise they are sadistic terrorists.



The latest phase began on June 24, when the Israeli army kidnapped two civilians, a doctor and his brother, from their home in Gaza. They were "detained" according to brief notes in the British press. The U.S. media mostly preferred silence.4 They will presumably join the 9,000 other Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails, 1,000 reportedly in prison without charges, hence kidnapped -- as were many of the rest, in that they were sentenced by Israeli courts, which are a disgrace, harshly condemned by legal commentators in Israel. Among them are hundreds of women and children, their numbers and fate of little interest. Also of little interest are Israel's secret prisons. The Israeli press reported that these have been "the entry gate to Israel for Lebanese, especially those who were suspected of membership in Hezbollah, who were transferred to the southern side of the border," some captured in battle in Lebanon, others "abducted at Israel's initiative" and sometimes held as hostages, with torture under interrogation. The secret Camp 1391, possibly one of several, was discovered accidentally in 2003, since forgotten."

 

[Erundur]

Chomsky makes a lot of valid points.

"These actions, and the Western response, illustrate all too clearly the amalgam of savage cruelty, self-righteousness, and injured innocence that is so deeply rooted in the imperial mentality as to be beyond awareness. One can easily understand why Gandhi, when asked what he thought of Western civilization, is alleged to have said that he thought it might be a good idea."

 

[Fred_Fury]

who cares, what power does chomsky have? oh thats right none. shut up you commie college professor.

 

[Superman4ever]

Chomsky makes a lot of valid points.

"These actions, and the Western response, illustrate all too clearly the amalgam of savage cruelty, self-righteousness, and injured innocence that is so deeply rooted in the imperial mentality as to be beyond awareness. One can easily understand why Gandhi, when asked what he thought of Western civilization, is alleged to have said that he thought it might be a good idea."

That Gandhi quote is hilarious.

http://thinkexist.com/quotation/what_do_i_think_of_western_civilisation-i_think/216814.html

 

[Mr Sparkle]

LOL, you don't understand it do you Fred?
like a chimp trying to work a laptop.

 

[raybia]

who cares, what power does chomsky have? oh thats right none. shut up you commie college professor.

He has the power that you don't: Respect from intellegent minded people.

 

[Fred_Fury]

I understand it more than you. Do you think your opinion really matters on the war?

 

[raybia]

Chomsky - "The U.S. response reveals, once again, that the United States supports democracy if and only if it conforms to U.S. strategic and economic objectives."

 

[Fred_Fury]

He has the power that you don't: Respect from intellegent minded people.

no he only has respect from lefty liberals. thats it. incase you didnt know, most people have never even heard of him. he was semi-well known during vietnam and he's been pretty much ignored ever since.

 

[raybia]

I understand it more than you. Do you think your opinion really matters on the war?

It matters in this order:










Chomsky




























































raybia





ant





single-celled organisms

Fred Fury
Cass

 

[JLBats]

I understand it more than you. Do you think your opinion really matters on the war?

By the people, for the people, huh?

 

[Mr Sparkle]

I understand it more than you. Do you think your opinion really matters on the war?

does my post in anyway promise to end the war?
what does this question even mean?
I guess I can't make fun of all those "Goku Vs. Ronal Reagan" idiots because "it's not like my opinion would change the outcome of the fight"

nice reach Fred.

 

[raybia]

who cares, what power does chomsky have? oh thats right none. shut up you commie college professor.

He also has something else you don't have.


According to the Arts and Humanities Citation Index, between 1980 and 1992 Chomsky was cited as a source more often than any other living scholar, and the eighth most cited source overall.

In the spring of 1969 he delivered the John Locke Lectures at Oxford University; in January 1970 he delivered the Bertrand Russell Memorial Lecture at Cambridge University; in 1972, the Nehru Memorial Lecture in New Delhi, in 1977, the Huizinga Lecture in Leiden, in 1997, The Davie Memorial Lecture on Academic Freedom in Cape Town, among many others.

Noam Chomsky has received many honorary degrees from the most prestigious universities around the world, including the following: University of London, University of Chicago, Loyola University of Chicago, Swarthmore College, Delhi University, Bard College, University of Massachusetts, University of Pennsylvania, Georgetown University, Amherst College, Cambridge University, University of Buenos Aires, McGill University, Universitat Rovira I Virgili, Tarragona, Columbia University, University of Connecticut, Scuola Normale Superiore, Pisa, University of Western Ontario, University of Toronto, Harvard University, University of Calcutta, Universidad Nacional De Colombia, and Vrije Universiteit Brussel. He is a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the National Academy of Science. In addition, he is a member of other professional and learned societies in the United States and abroad, and is a recipient of the Distinguished Scientific Contribution Award of the American Psychological Association, the Kyoto Prize in Basic Sciences, the Helmholtz Medal, the Dorothy Eldridge Peacemaker Award, the Ben Franklin Medal in Computer and Cognitive Science, and others. He is twice winner of The Orwell Award, granted by The National Council of Teachers of English for "Distinguished Contributions to Honesty and Clarity in Public Language" [10].

Chomsky was voted the leading living public intellectual in The 2005 Global Intellectuals Poll conducted by the British magazine Prospect. He reacted coolly, saying "I don't pay a lot of attention to polls" [11]. In a list compiled by the magazine New Statesman in 2006, he was voted seventh in the list of "Heroes of our time"[6].

Chomsky received his Ph.D. in linguistics from the University of Pennsylvania in 1955. He conducted much of his doctoral research during four years at Harvard University as a Harvard Junior Fellow. In his doctoral thesis, he began to develop some of his linguistic ideas, elaborating on them in his 1957 book Syntactic Structures, perhaps his best-known work in linguistics.

Chomsky > you

P.S.

He's Jewish you anti-semitic. What a minute. Mr. Gibson...is that you?

 

[Mr Sparkle]

no he only has respect from lefty liberals. thats it. incase you didnt know, most people have never even heard of him. he was semi-well known during vietnam and he's been pretty much ignored ever since.

only by you Freddy, only by you.

LOL "lefty liberals"

 

[cass]

It matters in this order:










Chomsky




























































raybia





ant





single-celled organisms

you

Wow, did "G-d" tell you to say that?