Once the Berlin Wall fell and the Soviet Union was beginning to collapse, that reason was gone. So, first question: why does NATO exist?
NOAM CHOMSKYThe probability of apocalypse soon cannot be realistically estimated, but it is surely too high for any sane person to contemplate with equanimity.
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States are not moral agents, people are, and can impose moral standards on powerful institutions.
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It is also a course of action that strikes a blow against the regime of international order, but which offers the weak at least some protection from predatory states.
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While the richest and most powerful among us are the ones who are trying to drive the society to destruction.
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The intellectual tradition is one of servility to power, and if I didn’t betray it I’d be ashamed of myself.
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Civil disobedience is – it’s no fun.
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I like the cold weather. It means you get work done.
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Sometimes I lose my temper.
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There 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.
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I didn’t pay my taxes for years.
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They come from acceptance of American values, not a rejection of them, and recognition that they’re rejected by the U.S. government and by U.S. elites, which does lead to hatred and anger.
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Governments don’t control people like they used to.
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Rational discussion is useful only when there is a significant base of shared assumptions.
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A war with Pakistan would be an utter disaster.
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The drones are a terrorist weapon; they not only kill targets but also terrorise other people.
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The Oslo Accords in 1993 determined that the Gaza Strip and the West Bank are a single territorial entity which cannot be divided.
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