Noam Chomsky on US Expansion of Afghan Occupation, the Uses of NATO, and What Obama Should Do in Israel-Palestine

Democracy Now by Noam Chomsky, Amy Goodman | Apr. 3, 2009 (News Analysis)

(Video) We’re now approaching the twentieth anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, unification of Germany, first steps in the collapse of the Soviet Union. Now, the alleged reason for NATO’s existence was to protect the West against a Russian assault. You can believe what you like about the reason, but that was the reason. By 1989, that reason was gone. So, why is there NATO? Full Story »

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Topics: Afghanistan, NATO, Israel, Palestine, Gaza, Russia, Foreign Policy
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 by Dwight Rousu - Apr. 3, 2009

Chomsky has a nasty habit of bringing up histories of events and policies, which disrupt many mainstream false narratives that pass in mainstream US corporate speak and military speak. This interview is informative and stimulating with breadth and insights.

You must read and understand history to know where we are and where we are going.

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 by James Canning - Apr. 3, 2009

Noam Chomsky says Russia, Iran, China and other countries in the vicinity of Afghanistan want to take the lead in working out a solution to the instability, and they also want US military forces out of Central Asia. Chomsky says the new Israeli government is extrmely hostile to an independent Palestine which is the only solution available to the Israel/Palestine problem. He argues the US and EU should accept Hamas as a fact of life, and so should Israel. He questions the merits of ... More »

The US should get out of Central Asia and let Iran, Russia and other countries in the vicinity of Afghanistan work out a solution to the instability ... More »

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 by Norman Rogers - Apr. 5, 2009

This is boring journalism. Who cares what crazy Noam has to say? This guy talks like he writes. He can't say anything in a straight forward way.

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