AMY GOODMAN: And the argument that they will just descend into civil war and that the sectarian violence will increase, and the U.S. went in and now has a responsibility not the leave a mess?
NOAM CHOMSKY: Yeah, I mean, the Germans could have given the same argument in occupied Europe, the Russians in the satellites, the Japanese in Asia, and so on. Yeah, they could have all given the same argument: well, we went in, and now we have a responsibility to ensure that terrible things dont happen, and so on. And the argument had some validity. So, when the Germans were driven out of France, lets say, there were thousands, maybe tens of thousands of people killed byâ"as collaborators, and in Asia, even more so. But is that an argument for them? No. Its none of their business.
We dont know what will happen, and its not our decision to make. Its the decision of the victims to make, not our decision. Occupying armies have no right to make the decision. We could have an academic seminar about it, in which we could discuss the likely consequences. But the point is its not for us to say. Well, until that enters into the discussion, and the critical issues of the war, like what right do we have to invade in the first place, enter into the discussion, the media and the journalism and so on are simply part of the government propaganda system, as I say, like a high school newspaper or like Pravda during the Afghanistan war.
-Noam Chomsky interviw with Democracy Now!
http://www.democracynow.org/2006/4/3/noam_chomsky_on_iraq_troop_withdrawal
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I get all my power from wind, as do most of my friends.
It might turn out that creatures of a certain color lasted longer than others did, which could in turn assist our survival.
They prefer the term Pangaean-Americans, thank you very much.
Once I ate 5 pennies, and shit a nickel.
What self respecting scientist wouldn't go and examine the evidence?
I initially read that as "What self-replicating scientist...". After that, the jokes really write themselves...Can you get me a license to kill? Sure. Fire arms of bare hands? Which one does piano wire fall under?
AMY GOODMAN: And the argument that they will just descend into civil war and that the sectarian violence will increase, and the U.S. went in and now has a responsibility not the leave a mess? NOAM CHOMSKY: Yeah, I mean, the Germans could have given the same argument in occupied Europe, the Russians in the satellites, the Japanese in Asia, and so on. Yeah, they could have all given the same argument: well, we went in, and now we have a responsibility to ensure that terrible things dont happen, and so on. And the argument had some validity. So, when the Germans were driven out of France, lets say, there were thousands, maybe tens of thousands of people killed byâ"as collaborators, and in Asia, even more so. But is that an argument for them? No. Its none of their business. We dont know what will happen, and its not our decision to make. Its the decision of the victims to make, not our decision. Occupying armies have no right to make the decision. We could have an academic seminar about it, in which we could discuss the likely consequences. But the point is its not for us to say. Well, until that enters into the discussion, and the critical issues of the war, like what right do we have to invade in the first place, enter into the discussion, the media and the journalism and so on are simply part of the government propaganda system, as I say, like a high school newspaper or like Pravda during the Afghanistan war. -Noam Chomsky interviw with Democracy Now! http://www.democracynow.org/2006/4/3/noam_chomsky_on_iraq_troop_withdrawal
I wish they'd just eliminate humanity and get it over with already. It's the waiting I can't stand.
I knew you were going to say that.