Saturday, June 14, 2008

Noam Chomsky: Bush is a catastrophe and gambler

Source Noam Chomsky believes that everything the Bush administration has done has turned into a catastrophe, calling war on Iran a wild gamble.

When interviewed by Press TV about the possibility of a US-led attack Iran the world renowned US foreign policy analyst said, “It is conceivable that they would be willing to enter a wild gamble and to see what happens. Remember that everything Bush administration has done almost without an exception has turned into a catastrophe for the interests they represent.” “US intelligence seems to oppose it. The US military opposes it. The Americans and surely the whole world oppose it,” he said while acknowledging his own doubts if the Bush administration would be swayed by those pressures. “People like Dick Cheney are unpredictable,” he said in the live Friday interview. About Iran's nuclear talks with the IAEA, he said, “The right solution to this problem is to declare a nuclear weapons' free zone in the entire region which would include Iran, Israel, American forces deployed there and so on. About three quarters of Americans favor it and I think that's the right idea.” About the controversial US long-term security treaty with Iraq which stipulates American investors are to be given concessions denied others to Iraq's resources, he said, “That's brazen imperialism, saying we invaded you so that we could control your country, and so that our corporations can have privileged access to your resources.”

// posted by Alice @ Saturday, June 14, 2008
Comments:
"Declare a nuclear weapons' free zone in the entire region which would include Iran, Israel, American forces deployed there and so on. About three quarters of Americans favor it and I think that's the right idea.”

Yeah. My sense is that Chomsky's right when he says about three quarters of us in the US would favor getting the incredibly frightening prospect of H-bombs out of a region of chronic murderous warfare. I'm not sure where Chomsky gets his figures; mine are DEPENDABLE: friends, college colleagues and students, and people I meet arbitrarily, waiting in lines or making store transactions

Thanks for the Chomsky, Alice - good find!

Happily, I'm on painkillers for a pinched nerve, so I may eventually get some sleep tonight despite this vision.
# posted by Blogger ellwort : 5:44 PM PDT
 
Chomsky, Shmomsky....

;)

Our friend is here visiting for his 60 something b-day...He brought me a 'vaporizer'...we are currently vaping...

-A.
# posted by Blogger Alice : 8:26 PM PDT
 
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