Posted on 11/11/2001 4:56:37 PM PST by sarcasm
The bombing of Afghanistan is a greater crime than the September 11 US terror attacks, noted American social critic and philosopher Noam Chomsky told an Indian audience.
Chomsky, who participated in a seminar on "September 11 and its aftermath: Where is the world heading?" in the southern state of Madras, said the western approach to the Afghan conflict was both "shortsighted" and "catastrophic."
"The United States is an indicted terrorist state," Chomsky told a large audience at Madras city's Music Hall.
Chomsky said the US had committed several acts of aggression against other nations and frequently violated all canons of international law. He said it had no moral right to be a critic of terrorism having committed the same crimes.
"The US had trained groups of terrorists to overthrow governments found to be inconvenient to its interests and replace them with its own lackeys," said Chomsky.
He added that the US did not bother to get the sanction of the UN Security Council for its war on Afghanistan.
He also said that globalisation "as passionately promoted" by the western world and "some institutions" only led to a further divide between the haves and have-nots.
The American social critic added that "the US hegemony" had increased with the collapse of the Soviet Union and a unipolar world.
Chomsky is one of America's most prominent political dissidents. A professor of linguistics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, he has written 30 books dissecting such issues as US interventionism in the developing world and the political economy of human rights.
No argument here. Although I think the description more fitting would be .. propagandized (as opposed to "stupid")..
BTW, internet provided college curriculae should offer some alternatives to campus living; educating people without breaking the bank. A formidible potential competitor to the current academic monopolies, IMO
Cushy? the guy works 8 hour days when on vacation!
State sponsored Treason is what it is, 8 hours, 6 hours, 12 hours, however many. A purely disgraceful person!
The same way being a poster on FR makes you an "expert" at determining who is an expert. But its an interesting concept you bring up -- if only politicos and military men are to comment on political and military issues, then why have elections, or free expression?
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