Noam Chomsky: The US is the world’s leading terrorist state

[ArsalanKhan21]

Every powerful country abuses their power to crush or bully weaker countries. US, Russia, China and India are now bullying their neighbors and other countries around the world.

 

[Homo Sapiens]

I don't think Noam Chomsky could have made this claim while sitting in USA, if United States were the leading terrorist state.

 

[T-Rex]

I don't think Noam Chomsky could have made this claim while sitting in USA, if United States were the leading terrorist state.

Do you think uncle sam is as stupid as you are? Besides, the US may be a terrorist state but there are many good people in the US as well and they are a factor too. Even in Nazi Germany not all Germans were evil, so get out of that idiotic notion of yours.

 

[Twitchingbouse]

No I am just telling what the fck they did with red Americans and their colonies in Africa and Asia also their black slaves and now their poor Afro american people and it is much hilarious these racist white British talk about human rights!!!

There is room to improve, but the race situation is improving.

As for the Indians, We don't whitewash that, the US has commited atrocities in the past, but it was a different world. The US played a major role in changing the world from that point.

Americans are emigrant British to America.

yea 250 years ago, tell the the rest of the people who immigrated here that they are british.

 

[gambit]

I don't think Noam Chomsky could have made this claim while sitting in USA, if United States were the leading terrorist state.

Most -- including those who sucks up to Chomsky -- do not know that Chomsky is a millionaire. There is an admittedly apocryphal story of how once when Chomsky's car broke down, he abandoned it on the roadside, hitched a ride to the nearest car dealership, which happened to be a Cadillac seller, and bought himself a new luxury ride.

Most also do not know that the Pentagon, through MIT, employed him in many of its defense projects, specializing in computer science and networking theory, which contributed to the current technological lead the US military enjoys today. Chomsky sees nothing wrong with the contradiction of what he does and what he spews about the US. Taking the absurd extremes of what he says, it is kinda like a Jew who actively assists in the design and construction of the ovens, then makes millions from criticizing the Nazi government. Why do you think the Pentagon generals and admirals do not take his rantings seriously ?

 

[Sky lord]

If the US was really a terrorist state Naom Chomsky would long ago been "disappeared" by the state.

Instead, he works at an illustrious uni, he freely writes, organizes, travels, meets anyone he wants to ..if those are the hallmarks of a terrorist state then it can't be all bad to be a terrorist state.

 

[opruh]

It's true, US is the worst country in the world.

 

[gambit]

Usually, you go after the message, not the messenger. But in Chomsky's case, his contradictions are so egregious that he is an exception to the rule.

 

[dlclong]

yes,everyOne know this

 

[T-Rex]

If the US was really a terrorist state Naom Chomsky would long ago been "disappeared" by the state.

Like india makes the Kashmiris disappear, right? The US government commits terrorism in the international arena. You can try talking about the necessity of having a representative government in SA and see how fast your as$ ends up in the Guantanamo Bay Prison.

, he works at an illustrious uni, he freely writes, organizes, travels, meets anyone he wants to ..if those are the hallmarks of a terrorist state then it can't be all bad to be a terrorist state.

The US government lets him speak for he has people like Carter behind him. Besides, just by allowing a few to speak the US government tries to debunk the notion that it is repressive.

 

[gambit]

The US government lets him speak for he has people like Carter behind him. Besides, just by allowing a few to speak the US government tries to debunk the notion that it is repressive.

Works. Considering how many people want to come here.

 

[Sky lord]

Like india makes the Kashmiris disappear, right? The US government commits terrorism in the international arena. You can try talking about the necessity of having a representative government in SA and see how fast your as$ ends up in the Guantanamo Bay Prison.



The US government lets him speak for he has people like Carter behind him. Besides, just by allowing a few to speak the US government tries to debunk the notion that it is repressive.

OK Mr. Motor mouth, why don't you try and go against public opinion in Bangladesh and let's see where you end up then do this big talk.

Oh wait What happened to a novelist with a lot of political backing, now being forced to live outside the country.? Or Asif bhai - is he enjoying his time in prison? Or those poor secular bloggers ?

By and large America does at least try to provide rights and freedom to Americans, they are not imprisoned for having a point of view against the majority of the public. Mocked by the mainstream maybe but not imprisoned or killed. US is not responsible for the rights and freedom of non Americans living in their own countries, those are to be protected by their own governments. The Pakistani government should be protecting Pakistanis in NWFP and the Iraq govt should have protected their own citizens. Where govts are weak, corrupt, stupid or non functioning their citizens suffer in more ways than one.

 

[BHAN85]

Chomsky is the world most overrated intellectual.

His field is linguistics, not politics. Why he doesnt speak about his field and stop of make statements about a field that he doesnt know a thing?

 

[T-Rex]

OK Mr. Motor mouth, why don't you try and go against public opinion in Bangladesh and let's see where you end up then do this big talk.

Freedom of speech does not say that one cannot go against public opinion, a repressive government says that one cannot go against 'public opinion' and of course it is that kind of repressive regime and its minions that define what that public opinion is.

By and large America does at least try to provide rights and freedom to Americans, they are not imprisoned for having a point of view against the majority of the public.

The US government always claims that it is a champion of freedom of speech. Freedom of speech is a basic human right, those who say it is only for the zionazis and their allies are no champions of freedom of speech, they are hypocrites.

 

[Sky lord]

Freedom of speech does not say that one cannot go against public opinion, a repressive government says that one cannot go against 'public opinion' and of course it is that kind of repressive regime and its minions that define what that public opinion is.





The US government always claims that it is a champion of freedom of speech. Freedom of speech is a basic human right, those who say it is only for the zionazis and their allies are no champions of freedom of speech, they are hypocrites.

So by your own argument the Bangladesh government is repressive and the US government is not. In that case what are you arguing about?

Chomsky seems perfectly free to say anything he wants. His liberty, livelihood or happiness is not being curtailed in any way. Meanwhile, in Bangladesh, novelists escape into exile, bloggers are hacked to pieces, champions of freedom of speech rot in prison.

So tell me who is repressive? You or them?

Again, it is not the responsibility of the US Government to protect the freedom of Bangladeshis or Pakistanis or anyone else living in their own country. Your own government needs to do that. If your national government is too venal, incompetent or stupid to do so, you have only yourself to blame not a country 10000 miles away.