NATO was constructed on the – with the reason, whether one believes it or not, that it was going to defend Western Europe from Russian assault.
NOAM CHOMSKYNATO was constructed on the – with the reason, whether one believes it or not, that it was going to defend Western Europe from Russian assault.
NOAM CHOMSKYThe Oslo Accords in 1993 determined that the Gaza Strip and the West Bank are a single territorial entity which cannot be divided.
NOAM CHOMSKYWhen you look at a corporation, just like when you look at a slave owner, you want to distinguish between the institution and the individual.
NOAM CHOMSKYIt’s dangerous when people are willing to give up their privacy.
NOAM CHOMSKYAll over the place, from the popular culture to the propaganda system, there is constant pressure to make people feel that they are helpless, that the only role they can have is to ratify decisions and to consume.
NOAM CHOMSKYIn the case of the environment, there’s no one to bail it out.
NOAM CHOMSKYI would appear on Fox News more easily than I would NPR.
NOAM CHOMSKYThe Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor led to many very good things.
NOAM CHOMSKYThere are very few people who are going to look into the mirror and say, ‘That person I see is a savage monster;’ instead, they make up some construction that justifies what they do.
NOAM CHOMSKYThe European Central Bank has only the first. It has no commitment to keep employment up.
NOAM CHOMSKYTwo days after the Boston marathon bombings, there was a drone strike in Yemen attacking a peaceful village, which killed a target who could very easily have been apprehended. But, of course, it is just easier to terrorise people.
NOAM CHOMSKYGovernments don’t control people like they used to.
NOAM CHOMSKYOne of the best predictors of policy around is Thomas Ferguson’s investment theory of politics, as he calls it – very outstanding political economist – which essentially.
NOAM CHOMSKYNo matter what engineering field you’re in, you learn the same basic science and mathematics. And then maybe you learn a little bit about how to apply it.
NOAM CHOMSKYBy and large, I am opposed to those policies. As is most of the population.
NOAM CHOMSKYIf you follow the trail, it led to kicking Europeans out of Asia – that saved tens of millions of lives in India alone.
NOAM CHOMSKY