Chomsky: Hamas Policies Are More Conducive to a Peaceful Settlement than Those of the U.S. or Israel

MEMRI ^ | May 23, 2006 | Noam Chomsky

[Alouette]

Evil has a name: it is Noam Chomsky

[Alouette]

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[Anti-Bubba182]

I wish he would take a swan dive into a giant wood chipper.

[samadams2000]

Confused liberal syndrom.

[TheWasteLand]

I get dumber everytime I read something by Chumpsky, hear anyone talk about him, or see a book in the store by Chimpsky. The man is an intellectual crook and a fraud.

[Straight Vermonter]

There is a long-standing international consensus that goes back over thirty years that there should be a two-state political settlement on the international border, the pre-June 1967 border, with minor and mutual modifications. That's the official phrase. Hamas is willing to accept that as a long-term truce.

Um...no. They refuse to even acknowledge the existence of Israel.

[SIDENET]

Chomsky is a large bag of excrement.

[in hoc signo vinces]

BWHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHA...this guy is pure comedy. He's gone way past the point of relevance, past absurdity, straight to comedy.

[Pox]

Chomsky is a retard, plain and simple.

[Jessica24]

You know how little kids sometimes yell out awful things just to get attention? Yeah, that's Chomsky. He doesn't really support Hamas. He just wants an extra cookie.

[tet68]

What a two faced smarmy little piece of fecal matter he is.

[Pedrobud]

No, he is said to be a very smart person. And I am the Queen of England !! I sure never called that idiot smart. Hamas is an organization of Peace. (sarc)

[Brett66]

He's unable to even define terrorism properly, but I bet he approves of the methods terorists use. He's a perverse and twisted person who's mind has rotted out long ago.

[Candor7]

Will someone put Chomsky on the west bank, and give him a rifle? He would make a very inviting target.

Such an ivory tower fool, he couldnt lace his shoes if they were tied together!

[Paleo Conservative]

Nim Chimpsky

[MOTR Newbie]

In a sense, he might be right, depending on when you measure the level of peace. Maybe he figures that, if Hamas were properly assisted in the carrying out of its policies (i.e., killing every last jew in Israel), then peace could ensue after no jews were left.

Of course, what he fails to realize is that, even in that scenario, the Palis would probably start arguing about who was the most heroic and had slaughtered the most jews, in which case they'd likely start killing each other to resolve the debate.

[MichiganConservative]

Chomsky has been desperately trying to stay relevant for decades. It hasn't worked.

[elfman2]

"Hamas has called for a long-term indefinite truce on the international border. There is a long-standing international consensus that goes back over thirty years that there should be a two-state political settlement on the international border, the pre-June 1967 border, with minor and mutual modifications. "

Doesn’t that mean a complete withdrawal from all but Israel proper, losing half of Jerusalem? And even that is just a “long term” truce, not peace. Hamas's policy is either that or terrorism, and Chompski thinks that’s preferable to US policy?

[Dinsdale]

He's unable to even define terrorism properly

It is a tricky definition. Lots of people on FR simply treat it as the same as 'enemy' which gives ammo to the likes of Chomsky.

To be clear. If they attack military targets they are NOT terrorists unless they use a civilians as part of their weapon. (e.g. attacking the pentigon is not a terrorist act, using a civilian jet full of people to attack the pentigon is.) IEDs used on military convoys are not terrorist actions.

[elfman2]

"Well, Israel and the U.S. certainly don't recognize the right of Palestine to exist"

Of course we do. We funded their state until they elected Hamas? WTF is he thinking?