Noam Chomsky and Jeremy Paxman's interview in full Part 1

[jaffarm]

looking back now after the libya crisis has been solved, i really can't imagine how wrong he was. Civil war? nope, two separate states? nope, fully united, no constructive western military intervention? .....lets say libya wouldn't be were it is now without NATO.

[ludvan67]

@jaffarm I would not say that any of the so called "Arab Spring" uprisings have been solved. Just one phase has been reached, namely getting rid of certain dictators. Living in this region as i do. If anyone thinks that the countries involved will develop into so called western democracies; they are wrong. The Prof does tend go over the top sometimes, but he has his agenda, and is more times correct than he is wrong. War is looming in this region, believe me.

[jaffarm]

@ludvan67 scary shit. Which country did you say? also remember that western democracy arose after 2 consecutive world wide wars. May be we need to get it out of our system as they did xD haha,....

[ludvan67]

@jaffarm I did not say any country, but the one is Iran & its A-Bomb. Israel has been threatening for some time to do something about it. It needs the OK from the US. Obama is not popular he needs a victory, just as Thatcher was not popular, but the Falklands came along she took the gamble ((she had nothing to lose except the lives of working class people) & won. This is election year in the US & the likelihood is The US will strike with Israel against Iran's nuclear installations. WAR!

[armidas200]

@jaffarm the Libya crisis is solved?!really?!so things are peachy now in Libya?!Just because nothing is reported,does not mean there are not any news.

[SolarJakee]

@jaffarm 'Libya crisis has been solved'. How did you come to this analysis? Thousands of civilians have been killed as a result of NATO bombing campaigns. Since the NTC came into power, hundreds of Gaddafi supporters have been executed, hundreds of blacks have been murdered, with tens of thousands being driven from their homes, and Sharia law is soon to be implemented. The killings have not stopped. And you say 'the crisis has been solved'? PLEASE do a bit of research!

[SolarJakee]

@jaffarm You're clearly concerned with the best interests of the Libyan people and I would have been saying much the same thing as you - namely, that 'it's better now than it was with Gaddafi' - unless I'd been directed to the facts documented by human rights organisations and some journalists that point in the opposite direction.

[shwwnn]

Paxman asks "what should We do" MANY times so Chomsky had to answer him MANY times that "WE" had been exploiting and robbing the the people of their resources through dictators we support, and THAT's what they're protesting! So "WE" should do nothing.

I don't know if Paxman is deaf, stupid, or pretending to be deaf in hopes that his audience would also become deaf to Chomsky upon influence.

U can say he's playing devil's advocate, but he's doing it in a very annoyingly stupid way.

[MsIthinkthereforeIam]

@shwwnn totally agree with you.

[robzrob]

Paxman's supposed to be a political journalist - Christ, he's ignorant.

[gunner23]

@robzrob both of them are ignorant and stupid and totally unable to analyse the Arab world. We've seen the rise of Islamism in the past week not democracy. If you think Gaddafi etc were horrible dictators, you havent seen anything yet.

[robzrob]

@gunner23 Chomsky's a pretty good analyst of what the US and others are doing in the Arab world. Anyway, whatever the Arabs do, it's none of our business and it would be best if we let people, whoever they are, work out their own ways of dealing with things.

[gunner23]

@robzrob I agree he's a good critic of the US but doesnt mean he understands the Arab world and Islam. This past weeks turn towards sharia in tunisia and libya confirms his shockingly naive view on the middle east; that they all want democracy lol. They want Islam back. The failure of moderate leaders like Mubarak only substantiates thier madness that Islam is now the only political option. I agree its none of our business but it will be if these sharia states start to fund terror, like Iran.

[robzrob]

@gunner23 I think that if the US (or the West/whatever, you know what I mean) got out of their affairs, then the US would no longer be seen as the great enemy, so the Islamists' support would fade away.

[gunner23]

@robzrob Blowback? When Muslims attacked American merchant ships in 1785, there were no US military bases in the M.east . In 1795 when Algerian Muslims kidnapped Americans and enslaved them, still, there were no US military bases in the Middle East. When Jefferson and Adam enquired about the unprovoked attacks, Tripolis ambassodor to London, Abdrahman, replied:

"It was written in their Koran, that all nations which had not acknowledged the Prophet were sinners,..

[gunner23]

,,whom it was the right and duty of the faithful to plunder and enslave; and that every mussulman who was slain in this warfare was sure ...to go to paradise"

Still, no military bases or interventionism present in the middle east. However the Quran was present, and it hasnt changed since and it would benefit these liberals to read it and found out what it actually says.

[robzrob]

@gunner23 Hmm, I don't know. I think the sea was probably lawless for everybody then, it certainly was for the English! It's different now, Arabs have TVs, mob phones, web, they can see what the west is like - & a lot of them want it. I went to S Arabia once: the ordinary people, especially the younger ones, are all for the American way (ie the bits about freedom to do what you like as long as it interferes with no-one else, but NOT the bits about invading other countries and bombing them).

[bovinicide]

When was this interview ludvan67?

[noodlezombie]

Chomsky is an idiot. He often has the inkling of a point, somewhere deep down underneath all of his gibberish he frequently makes worthwhile observations. But everything, and I mean EVERYTHING, he has ever said or written passes through some sort of Chomsky filter where it becomes a commentary or attack on the supposed evil of the west. Look, the US and other western countries have done lots of bad shit, I get it. But the idea that we're some sort of evil imperialist Neue Reich is beyond stupid.

[ludvan67]

@noodlezombie It is you who are a stupid idiot. It also appears from your profile that you are a Christian, and an American. Need one say more.

[noodlezombie]

@ludvan67

I'm an atheist who actually bothers to read, and while I'm American I'm not exactly a big fan of what we've been up to in recent years.

Care to have another go? Or are you going to continue to pigeonhole, stereotype, and make sweeping generalizations and assumptions without any actual evidence or facts? You're just as bad as a neocon, you only hear and see what you want to, whatever will reinforce your particular biased view of the world and you caricature anyone who disagrees.

[ludvan67]

@noodlezombie I said it "appears". I gathered so from the criticism of the film on your profile. OK I'm wrong, and so are you about Noam Chomsky. He is right in every word he says. I don't caricature those that disagree, I do my best to destroy them. My view of the world is not biased. it's MY view, just as you are an atheist is YOU"RE opinion on the existence of a God & Religion. We are all biased, and hypocrites in one way or another, as you are about the Prof'.

[ludvan67]

@noodlezombie The USA is worse than the Third Reich. It was run by a bunch of evil insane lunatics, and clowns. The USA's crimes against humanity are/were perpetrated by sane intellectually clever (in some cases) people.That's why Chomsky is correct when he says (If it's in this interview I have quite few of his) "All American Presidents should be hanged as war criminals". The US is in terminal decline. Soon it will be in its death throws. I only hope I live long enough to see its final demise.

[noodlezombie]

@ludvan67

You're a very sad, stupid individual, you know that?

[kegarnay]

@ludvan67

Chomsky didn't say that all american presidents should be hanged as war criminals, he said every american president WOULD be hanged as war criminals IF they were judged by the Nuremberg principles. An interesting point considering Jimmy Carter is on that list.

[shnoepie1]

@ludvan67 all countries are criminal, states have always been oppressive and criminal. The US stands out today simply because it is the greatest, most poweful nation on the planet (and the greatest the world has ever seen). But seriously, can you imagine if arabs ruled the world? Do you think the world would be better off? Or if the Chinese ruled the world?

[ludvan67]

@shnoepie1 The British Empire was the largest the world had ever seen. The Romans ruled the then known world for a very long time. So being the "The greatest the world has ever seen" looking how they are to day means nothing. As for your comments on Arabs, and the Chinese they are racist, and the debt we owe to both the Arabs and the Chinese in terms of human development is far greater than the USA's contribution to human kind.

[maxime32]

@noodlezombie

On the contrary, his discourse is quite calm and rational and he is capable of relativising atrocities and evil, unlike his opponents who have claimed every tinpot dictator that the West wants to attack is just like Hitler.

[ludvan67]

Please don't use foul or abusive language, I will remove any such comments, and block the user

[codownni]

@ludvan67

Quite typical behaviour of left-wing fascist.

[theultimateshoe]

@ludvan67 Why do Youtubers have these longwinded extreme argguements where they call people idiots, the least you can say about Noam Chomsky is he is a fairly insightful political commentator who sometimes is of the mark but is nontheless very bright and equaly it's probably true that neither of you are stupid.



[ludvan67]

@theultimateshoe Chomsky is NEVER off the mark. And I'll refrain from calling you any thing other than incorrect. To answer your question. It's fun to call someone you don't know stupid, daft, an idiot, because they can't knock your block off for saying so, that could happen if you said it to them in person. YouTube The cowards debating forum.

[theultimateshoe]

@ludvan67 The extreme nature of your rhetoric precludes it fom being a debate at all though and Chomsky often admits he has been 'off the mark' particularly with regards to Israel/Palestine

[ludvan67]

@theultimateshoe I've never heard him say so. I don't debate, I argue. Leave debating for the "Nice" bourgeois classes.

[theultimateshoe]

@ludvan67 oh dear me:/

[krme1974]

2 people thought noam chomsky is a russian supermodel...



[ludvan67]

@1sabineMai Comments removed because Farrakhan is a racist, and antisemitic. User also blocked 

[Photonface]

After reading a lot of the comments, I am getting more convinced of the fact that the west is doomed. None of you have read 1984. Noam "West is Bad. Orientilists brilliant!" Chomsky.

Hegelian Dialectics everywhere.

[ludvan67]

@Photonface We are ALL domed.

[ludvan67]

Respond to this video...Sorry I only except comments in comprehensible English.Comment removed.



[darkillity]

Al-Jazeera is one of the best news agencies in the world? The world's "most renowned" intellectual never ceases to strike me.

[ludvan67]

@darkillity Strike you does he? Kinky naughty Chomsky. Noam you have hidden depths I did not know.

[templars83]

@darkillity What is it with truth that so many of you have an issue. You think what you hear on CNN and Fox are actually qualified as real news services? Think again - or better yet - begin to think somewhat at all.

[darkillity]

@templars83 Now did I say that? Plain and simple, no.

But I will nonetheless make my point clear; commercial state media is more or less the same in strategically and ideologically prevalent regions in the world; Al-Jazeera, Russia Today, the IBA, among others are almost just as propagandistic and thought controlling as CNN, Fox, and MSNBC are.

I live in the Middle East, and you have no idea how Al-Jazeera promotes Islamism and religious extremism.

[laudrup90]

@darkillity .the english channel is quite different from the arabic version.

[laudrup90]

@darkillity .the english version is quite good,biased but still a lot beter than any mainstream us new network and at times th bbc.Still its obv flawed.

[churchjamespeter]

academic- chomsky

paxman- student

[cwaddle]

HE's a talking book!!

[ludvan67]

@diogeneslaertius666 I can assure you I am not as you put "trying to get your goat" that is not my nature.. I don't agree with your assessment of Professor Chomsky. As for religion (I like Chomsky am Jewish) I regard it as evil. Don't bother to reply to me, I shall not respond.

[diogeneslaertius666]

it is my distinct honor and pleasure to be, on occasion and quite often in general, nearly unintelligible to my inferiors.

[diogeneslaertius666]

the record shows: i took the blows, and did it My Way

[diogeneslaertius666]

delicious milk toast slurry for the toothless intellectuals

but beware you ghostly apes: a toothless mouth no longer has the right to every truth.

[ludvan67]

@diogeneslaertius666 Looked at your profile.Al-Quaida, Christianity, and you talk/write in a most incoherent way. Boy talk about being mixed. Makes me all the more grateful that we have Chomsky, he is so easy to understand.

[diogeneslaertius666]

@ludvan67 the myopia of perspective folks:

the arrogance to assert that where one sees nothing, there is indeed, nothing.

As a former student of Chomsky and someone who is today, vastly his superior in terms of geopolitical analysis, i say to you in all honesty my fellow human being: your talents are being squandered on a false idol.

as for defending Christianity and religion, do you even understand my logistical reasons?

for it is PURE LOGISTICS - we have a common enemy.

[diogeneslaertius666]

@ludvan67 i am a quantum dualist

i spent two decades or more making a heartfelt autodidactic study of world religions from the ancient mysteries and occult to reading the bible in greek.

you can mock my words and my person, but there is reason in my statements that is of value to you (though you see it not)

[diogeneslaertius666]

@ludvan67 i looked at your profile and it seems you have much greater capabilities than you are presently admitting to.

I can only hope that one day you will break free from your chains and i shall glance over one day to see your sword flashing beside mine on the front lines of this battle for the future of our species sir.

for make no mistake, those are the odds and this is war, though it be information/cultural war, it has all the characteristics of internecine struggle.

[stoprainingonme]

At 12:10 the question shouldn't be 'Why is he worse?' it should be 'how could he possibly be worse?'

[z0mgrugbyreturns]

Lol the Paxman haters don't realise this is as friendly as you'll see him. And he's a legend in slaying political scum.

Paxman obviously had respect for Chomsky, or was wary of his knowledge

[ludvan67]

@z0mgrugbyreturns No it was just respect.You can tell that by the way he asked the question about Chomsky's age.

[adcashmo]

@ludvan67 I agree Paxman had respect. And I think that saying he was wary suggests that Paxman's aim is simply to catch people out. I think that in this case Paxman actually agreed with Chomsky. Fair play to Paxman though because his questions teased out the details behind Chomsky's claims.

[haz464]

@z0mgrugbyreturns agreed, paxman is a known fan of the left

[ludvan67]

@KeebRocks I suppose what he means is having an article published in the Guardian winch is read by educated people of a leftish bent, and has a low readership, as apposed to The Sun read by idiots, and sells in millions. Regarding his books, well if they are good they sell. Would you prefer he wrote a bad book. I'm perplexed by what you mean by mainstream. We live in a world of mass communications, even obscure publications, are now open to the world via this median the internet.

[ludvan67]

@KeebRocks It is quite obvious you don't like Chomsky. So why not come straight out and say so. He is not fallible, just a bloke like we are all, just he happens to have a better brain, and in my opinion see the world as it is not as others would want us to see it, but like us all is prone to make mistakes, if what you are going on about in your opinion he is saying something that is false. as for the non-English. I don't like clever dicks. Call a spade a spade. No I don't want a translation.

[ludvan67]

@ludvan67 Should read he IS Fallible.

[KeebRocks]

@ludvan67 Please don't misunderstand me :( I really like Chomsky and I'm re reading Perilous Power since it's such an awesome book! I'm merely pontificating as in the past few years I'm seeing more of him IN the "mainstream"! Which is good! (btw I think YT thought I was spamming since I was trying to post my PART TWO so soon after my PART ONE.That's why I tried three times to post my PART TWO, but I guess it ended up being labelled spam!) Friends? =)

[ludvan67]

Respond to this video...Also I see 3 of your comments have been labeled as spam.

[18bites]

@KeebRocks If you watched the documentary with the same title, he talks about how he's regularly invited by the mainstream media when he goes outside the US since he's mainly a critic of US policies. Here in the US, he's not a presence in mainstream news media and not even on PBS or NPR which are equivalent to your BBC while they last. Basically, anyone with an articulate voice that cuts through the BS is just unseen here, trotted out once in a blue moon to be interrupted for 5 minutes.

[bumbaaba]

That's because he's interviewing "arguably the most important intellectual alive" (New York Times). He usually interviews politicians with an agenda who are trying to peddle some policy or another based on varying degrees of propaganda. It's a little easier to find the cracks in the arguments of most politicians. Whether you like Chomski's politics or not, his logic is pretty much water tight and he backs up what he says with an almost encyclopaedic knowledge of the historical context.

[ludvan67]

@salim201 I have removed your gibberish as I only except coments in normal language.

[salim201]

@ludvan67 except or accept? no problem with grammar or spelling then, just as long you receive posts from people with umbrella's up their posteriors

[salim201]

@ludvan67 good upload though

[kittycaMAL]

Paxman isn't even 10% as harsh as he NORMALLY is with others. His tempered interview with Chomsky was surprising if you're used to Paxman's style of interviewing.

[ludvan67]

@kittycaMAL At last someone who has something positive to say regarding Paxman. I think he was very respectful especially at the end when he asked Chomsky his age, and why he has not mellowed.

[wazzally]

Paxman shouldn't be playing devils advocate with Chomsky but asking the questions that will best reveal Chomsky's views on current issues. He should also probe for substantiation. I don't need Paxman to play devil's advocate and I am not convinced that he is capable of it anyway.

[ludvan67]

@wazzally You know what write to Paxman if you are so sure you know better than him.

[fathermckenzie1]

the "every post-war american president would have been hanged" is one of his most memorable quotes... it was in the "Manufacturing Consent" documentary.

[ludvan67]

@fathermckenzie1 I post you a poem by Hillier Belok that compliments Chomsky's quote.

Here richly, with ridiculous display,

The Politician's corpse was laid away.

While all of his acquaintance sneered and slanged

I wept: for I had longed to see him hanged.

ludvan67 1 second ago

[tempxhull]

yeah Paxman might sound condescending etc. but even though it mightnot fully fit with a genius like Chomsky (even though it's a great interview) Paxman has used his more tough interview technique to bring so many lying/unfair/idiotic politicians etc

,down to their knees on news night

[ludvan67]

@tempxhull At last someone who does not attack Paxman for doing his job, and doing it well!

[michaeltoomey1]

I wonder what Prof. Chomsky has to say now about Western intervention, especially when we're staring down the barrel of a genocide...

[ludvan67]

@michaeltoomey1 Who's genocide?

[michaeltoomey1]

@ludvan67 The Libyan protestors are going to be butchered as soon as Gadafy hits Benghazi, reports on the ground expect it to be a bloodbath on the scale of the Rwandan Genocide...

[ludvan67]

@michaeltoomey1 Well I hope that does not happen, but western intervention will only cause more blood shed. I live in this region, and I know the hatred the people in the Muslim world have towards the Christians, only us Jews do they hate more. I'm sorry for the Libyan protesters even though they hate my guts, but if you play with fire you should expect to get burned.

[michaeltoomey1]

@ludvan67 "if you play with fire you should expect to get burned". That's unacceptable in my view. The West, and the international community as a whole, should not stand by while another genocide takes place in front of our very eyes. One of the reasons why we are castigated is because we stood by and let the Bosnian Muslims face the wrath of Milosevic and his goons on their own...we shouldn't (but probably will) stand by and let that happen again...

[ludvan67]

@michaeltoomey1 I think a Middle East war would be far worse. What happened in Bosnia was Europe. This is the Middle East Arab world, how ever you want to describe it. As i said you don't live in this region. Look at Egypt they got rid of Mubarak, now the Muslim's are turning on the Christians. You never know the anti-Gadafi's might win.

[ludvan67]

@michaeltoomey1 My last few words on your post. I wish the world had shown so much concern when the Germans were murdering the Six Million Jews, as it is showing for the protesters in Libya, but then those Jews did not have any OIL.

[michaeltoomey1]

@ludvan67 Not excusing the lack of international involvement when it was clear the Holocaust was occurring, but at that stage genocide was a "crime without a name". I see this being more a case of the international community finally learning from their mistakes, rather than trying to seize oil

[ludvan67]

@michaeltoomey1 I found your post. I see you are replying to one of mine from TWO weeks ago. Well you have had my reply. Now I understand your reference to the Holocaust. So disregard my comment on that subject.

[bmgdude2007]

Of course Paxman would be hostile towards a brilliant mind, his pay check is what makes his tone the way it is, when dealing with a corporate media outlet, he's trying to make Chomsky look like a villian for saying the things he is. But I have a lot of respect for this man, for sitting and staying so calm with such twit. His questions are biased, and his tone is honestly offensive to my, and Noam's intelligence. Its time someone takes over the media and leave them speechless.

[ludvan67]

@bmgdude2007 I see from your profile you're in the US. It's interesting to know that Paxman's fame or is it infamy has traveled across the pond. Or maybe you're an expat like me.

A lot of people criticize aggressive interviewers like Paxman, but surely you, and others must realize that, that is the whole point of the interview. It's like criticizing a man in a slaughter house for doing his job, because without him we would have no meat to eat. Prof' Chomsky can take care of himself. I love him

[BeholdZeus]

@ludvan67 Good interviewing has nothing to do with aggression: it has everything to do with asking the right questions.

[ludvan67]

@BeholdZeus In all the BBC interviews I've uploaded That I'm sure you have seen in Ireland (this is a my new channel, my last one was taken down by Youtube. I explain why on this channel) the interviewer is always attacked, no matter who he/she is. These people are not fools they have an education that most people can only dream of. I've come to the conclusion that because the interviewer does not ask the question the people like they attack them. I'm not defending Paxman,

[ludvan67]

Respond to this video...and I love & respect Chomsky, but a little objectiveness would be in order. Last year I uploaded the Hardtalk with Kenneth O'Keefe of Israeli attack on Turkish ship trying to run the Gaza blockade. The interviewer a lady was called all manner of foul names. Why because she took the opposing view. The fools who attacked her did not realize that these were not her opinions, nor was she defending the Israelis. She had to play devils advocate. That's her job!

[BeholdZeus]

@ludvan67 Moreover, Paxman's major problem is his sheer naivete in this interview. He barks questions, asks about the West's "obligations" - whatever they are, and wherever they are derived from - and then has the temerity to sneer and laugh when Chomsky downplays Obama's presidential record. The man is a dimwit. If you need evidence of this, listen to him talk about the evidence Colin Powell produced at the UN before the Iraq invasion - he called it "quite convincing". Oh lord!

[CarajilloDulce]

@bmgdude2007 This interview isn't about Paxman, it's about Chomsky. Paxman just plays the part that would be taken by those that do oppose Chomsky's views and therefore give him the perfect opportunity to address such criticisms. Paxman is actually famous for this in the UK; a subtlety some American commentators here have obviously missed out on. Personally I have enormous respect for Noam Chomsky as an intellectual and an educator.

[1michelemichele1]

First, the Holocaust didn't start until 1941 or 42, so the Allies were already at war. Second, Hitler invaded foreign territory, Qaddafi hasn't (well. he has, but not lately -- apparently all was forgiven). This is a lousy forum for discussions, so I can only say that the situations are different.

It comes down to this: intervention would cause more harm than good -- a lot more (IE! Iraq, Somalia). I used to feel the same way you did about R2P, but I learned a few harsh realities since.

[MichaelStepkoff]

A boring thinker. Read him once, you've read him all.

Thinks that guys with imagination have a moral flaw.

[ludvan67]

@MichaelStepkoff Because the people who run our world don't change his views on it basically remain the same. It is not Chomsky who lacks imagination, he has loads of it. It is through is imagination that he sees where the politicians go wrong and keep making the same mistakes time, and time again. You probably won't agree, but who are you compared to Noam Chomsky.

[ashconnor]

@ludvan67 I believe it as at 12:25

[ludvan67]

@ashconnor Do A Google on "Anatol Levin On Pakistan" you'll find a link it's the second or third from the top. The URL is too long to post. You could have done it yourself, but never mind.

[ashconnor]

What article does Chomsky cite when talking about Pakistan?

[ludvan67]

@ashconnor Don't know give me the time number, and I'll try and find out.

[justicelevi]

....mubarak. Now you Al BAradi coming in. Previous head of teh Int Atomic agency and a member of the international crises group (chaird by George soros) . Aybedi Zgbrinski network of foundations that change regimes as they want them to be changed. Look, if you go in with tanks for regime change it doesnt go down well with the people. If you harness geniune anger of people onto the streets to make the change it looks as thought theydid you can get your man into the position you wanted.clever.

[justicelevi]

Egyption revolution, what revolution ? you can only judge a revolution by who's running the country at the end of it.currenlty the henchman (the army) Tanwari (25 yrs as defence minister) & lifelong friend of Mubarak, & Suliman the new deputy president - he previously ran Egyption intelligence - together they enforced the will of Mubarak with unbelievable levels of violence and intimidation on the people of Egypt & did the torture for the US 'rendition'.the only person has gone is the frontman

[johnnyfast]

Jeremy - shut your mouth and listen to what you're being told. You'd actually learn something valuable.

[asad1871]

@IRightYouWrong did you also listen to the lessons of history & the examples given to the history of regime support. open your eyes will ya. the biggest dictatorship is the west..

[holdaway1357]

Brilliant!This man should be in charge of the United Nations,then perhaps the world would stop and look at what we are doing to each other.When are we going to cop on?

[edmasters]

@IRightYouWrong you don't know what you're talking about. The US gave the Indonesians the weapons to carry out the genocide in East Timor - "we" did help, just not in the way we should have done.

[edmasters]

@IRightYouWrong you don't know what you're talking about...

[myleftFIST]

@IRightYouWrong you haven't addressed any of my points, except the Libyan lack of support for western intervention, which you are 100% wrong about. The rebels have specifically rejected western proposals for intervention because they know the western powers have the blood of millions of Arabs on their hands and only want Libya's oil. Even Ras Lanuf rebels that have called for a no-fly zone specifically rejected western intervention.

[lalithadithyayt]

He mentioned about some article on Pakistan, can anyone please post links

[roymondous]

Paxman has some good interviews but this is embarrassing for him... Chomsky is reasonable and calm throughout and Paxman's attempts to get something juicy out of him is horribly inappropriate. The talk on Libya must be taken in context there, Paxman was asking if the West should intervene - remember that the West in this case mostly means the US army which has committed more atrocities and supported brutal dictators for decades... the West, as he says, is hated for good reasons there...

[thedoja]

@IRightYouWrong The Libyan people want our help, but they have been rather EXPLICIT about not wanting American military intervention.

[Tribbleize]

The condescending, patronizing tone of this Paxman jerk is making me squirm.

[edmasters]

@Tribbleize completely agree he's an unpleasant BBC propaganda pusher that's for sure. The slightly incredulous tone in his voice when Chomsky points out Western crimes or that Obama's worse than Bush. Paxman knows this stuff but his job is to defend the fake image of the West as a model of liberal democracy.

Scumbag journalists, eh??

[JusticeNature]

@Tribbleize i dont think he is. its his job to play devils advocate....i know he sounds condescening but i believe he is not being so .

[CarajilloDulce]

@Tribbleize Paxman traditionally takes a distinctly opposing position when interviewing people as it gives the interviewee a chance to respond to those allegations made against them in the outside world. I doubt very much that Paxman in contra Noam Chomsky in general. Paxman is well known for forcing politicians to answer difficult questions rather than allowing them to side step. Noam Chomsky has a fine intellect & I would not be in favour of some idiot just running their mouth off against him.

[ravishingravi]

@Tribbleize He is an interviewer. He has to play devil's advocate at times.

[wearealltubes]

@Tribbleize You call him condescending & patronizing, but that doesn't really mean he actually is. Paxman is one of the UK's best ever interviewer / reporters and his signature tone of voice (used very lightly in this vid) is crafted to make powerful people, who are used to being in control, feel uncomfortable and to get behind their easy, stock answers.

It makes everyone squirm, that why it works.

[catalinaguerrero]

@Tribbleize yeah but chomsky is smart enough to ignore this and do what he does best, that is getting is message across

[kegarnay]

@Tribbleize I can see what you mean but Paxman is a top notch political interviewer. Watch his interview with Michael Howard from the early nineties.

[lazoization]

@IRightYouWrong and about Kosovo..many people have to die yet.u dont know the history of the balkans,u got no right to make judgement about that.usa should mind their own buisness.9 kids killed by nato in afganistan last week.FEED AFRICA

[lazoization]

@IRightYouWrong turkey is sistemtaicly killing the Kurds for years now.what r u waiting for?

[CarajilloDulce]

@IRightYouWrong Of course he's still a liberal. Being a liberal does not mean taking sides and interfering militarily in every conflict in every country. Chomsky has consistently taken the stance that the West should not fund, back, instal, or encourage dictators and despots around the world. That's the way to deal with the issue rather than merely piling in militarily when they start slaughtering their own people.

[futurahi]

He means our action and intentions at the political and Military level for INTERVENING, are dishonest and not for the reasons you associated with your own morale standards. – Hes a an example of the wests position... he said the western never really supported the uprising until the realized they couldn't support the dictators anymore.

•If you watch all the 'Official OBAMA' TV press on the issue, he never says anything until the very last minute.

[ludvan67]

Respond to this video..As i said before the Arab nations remember the colonial days, and the way the US & the UK have stolen their oil, and the US's constant support for where I live Israel. The UN, NATO, EU will Hum & Ha about doing something, drag it out until there will be an outcome. Only if Libya's oil will be endanger, or the oil price will rise too high will there be an intervention. Lets leave it. Peace. 

[n0adri]

@ludvan67 Agreed. The Libyans themselves as well as the Arab league have stated that they don't want foreign intervention.

[ludvan67]

@IRightYouWrong I'm a Jew my self, & lost family in WW2, but this is a different situation. Gadaffi ia not trying to dominate the world, spread some sort of racism. To have a "No Fly Zone" you have to eliminate G to A defenses, engage Libya's air force it will not quietly stay on the ground. Air men on both sides will die. You don't live in this area I do. If the hated US & UK were to engage the Libyan armed forces in any way it might set other Arab countries against the "invaders".

[Badassbab]

@ludvan67

Nato will have no problem taking out Libya's air defence. This is not a problem.

[lesbiansforpresident]

@IRightYouWrong

because that's what the world needs. more US-backed regime change. hell, it worked in afghanistan... oh wait.

[ludvan67]

@IRightYouWrong More people die of hunger on any given day these days, than die in wars. This the world quietly ignores except for the occasional TV report. I don't think your Nazi Germany example is relevant. Both the US & UK are too stretched these days. Also you are asking the sons, fathers of people who have nothing to do with Libya to lay done their lives. No the Libyans must sort this out for themselves. As I said it's all about oil. If not one could ask for interference in Zimbabwe.

[myleftFIST]

@IRightYouWrong Chomsky is not a liberal and does not call himself one.

For what "other conflicts" has Chomsky called for western military intervention?

There is no evidence the Libyan population wants US or European military intervention. Quite the opposite. Brazil and Turkey are working on an alternative and results cannot be immediate, but you may have noticed that western military attacks in the Arab and Muslim parts of the world are consistently imperialist humanitarian nightmares.

[ludvan67]

@IRightYouWrong I think he is refering in his thinking to the Iraq debacle. When the US & UK went in without a UN resolution, and look what happened there. Also the Libyans have long memories from colonial days. This a civil war, and yes people are dying, but one has to let the head rule the heart, and history teaches us in civil wars it's best for outsiders to remain just that outsiders. There is also the danger if the west intervenes, the Russians will come to Gadaffi's aid it's all about OIL!

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@punxsutawneybarney

Whoever voted this as spam is an idiot. Disagreement does not justify censorship.

[wsuslack]

I think Chomsky is starting to understand.

[AndrewMann552]

Paxman's tone just personifies Western idiocy. "But why?!"

[323157]

@AndrewMann552

Paxman plays devils advocate more than people realise.

[wozzek22]

Thank you man for such a fast upload. Great catch.

[atrainhxdotcom]

Thank you for sharing this.

Paxman and Chomsky...love it!