lol its edited at the end, he says "no one would ever say US foreign policy is guided by intelligence" and Chomsky was about to say something but is cut off lol
@enbdavies if "global peace" is defined by American strategic dominance, then they clearly present a threat to that... it's all about how the words are used and defined
We are now seeing the limits of US power ... China is a MAJOR player now and we have fought too damn many wars which deplete us of HUMONGOUS amounts of money and we are forced to borrow money from China. How many bombing missions and wars can we stand in both blood and money...war on who? N. Korea and Iran as well as Iraq, Afghanistan and Pakistan? Now really this is suicide.
just a quarter of the way through but I LOVE listening to this man. He is part of a waning intellectual aristocracy who talks truth not just pablum to power and I LOVE it. After my guru Prof. Zinn's demise there are few new understandgings of US history and power that are willing to look at the utilization of American power out of a clear lens debunking much of American exceptionalism. Nation states do not do things to spread goodness and light to advance their own national interests!
I think its a little late to talk about thoses things ; the next part of the story is gonna be China/US relationship. Imo the ''unipolar'' world is gone.
@alitza8844 This is something of a shift in subject, but I advice you to read Charles Sanders Peirce carefully. Or rather, it is the subject of the very root of the problem.
This man is simply irreplaceable. His knowledge and detailed memory far surpass any supercomputer designed to date. First we lost Howard Zinn; and when that dreadful day comes when Noam passes, I just don't know who is going to step-up and at least try to fill in their shoes.
Same boss as the old boss was revealed completely by US nuking of civilian populations in Hiroshima and Nagasaki (though I would point out Tokyo firebombings which were much earlier). Then came Korea and later the Tonkin Incident and much of the world kept going to their US cinemas, dancing to their US jazz, sending their kids to the US for indoctrination, and so on. The world has made Yank emperor, but only in recent decades it's been suggested it might have little to do with love.
The reality generally unmentioned by Chomsky is US imperialism was shrugged off by much of the world for so long. The world is full of US collaborators, without which the US would be nothing. Chomsky points his finger at Roosevelt, but the reality for most of the 20th century has been US foreign policy being guided by persons who were not even born in the modern continental USA, and going so far as not only to hide their agendas but even their own ethnic origins, Brzezinski a rare exception.
@mercuryrazvedka Chomsky sticks to the facts, so do I BTW. So THAT is why he doesn't spout the ignorance called "9/11 truth." look over my videos, I show that those who push their "inside job" theory don't have a clue about the basics. See the video "Facts "9/11 Skeptics" don't want you to see: REAL 911 Truth" which shows that it was NOT a CD.
@representativepress Thank you, Representative Press. You are doing a terrific job. Besides, a skeptic is one who seeks knowledge by suspending judgement.
@mercuryrazvedka Don't you worry about Chomsky and his character. He is a person like everyone else. It is your choice whether you agree with him or not. He fights for his beliefs and ideas, you fight for yours. You are not helping your cause by bashing him.
I don't understand how the US could ever attack Iran. It's simply not possible. Yes, the American people are unaware of what's going on in much the world so they are easily misled, but the government could not justify another war.
@azaadi8 I would like to believe you, but Iraq didn't happen over night. It involved years of planning and political pressure by the war party. The same is happening with Iran.
@DeraJa My point is we are at a different point in time now. The US is stuck in two wars. These two wars were easy to start because they were new and constructed well (through propaganda), but the situation is very different now. Attacking Iran will destroy the US. The rest of the world is not asleep; they will not support the US in the same as they have with these two current wars.
it's amazing that Chomsky's opinions are never sought on US News channels. I guess he isn't towing their Company line on what the news means. He may be the most dangerous man in the world. Because if he keeps speaking truth to the public, it may just blow their minds.
@SSHHMEEE he should not. He is an interviewer. You must have seen too many of other kinds of entertainment commentaries and you are using them to say how Paul Jay should act. I for one, am happy to see him act in this manner. It's news after all, not entertainment.
if you pay atention to the interview he made profound criticism of the us government, just because someone doesn't belive 9/11 was inside job doesn't make it a "hapless joke"
Noam Chomsky need one of them voice boxxes. You know, those robots have them and few people who smoked have em and people have em who want em. But Chomsky need one. He needs voice boxx in his throats so he can be heard. He deserve to be heard. Chomsky box for voice. I don't know if Chomasky want one but he need one so someone should get him one so Chomsky (the man who deserve to be heard) can be heard. Chomsky uses heavy oxygen while in the process of speaking. He speak clear but just not loud o
Noam Chomsky need one of them voice boxxes. You know, those robots have them and few people who smoked have em and people have em who want em. But Chomsky need one. He needs voice boxx in his throats so he can be heard. He deserve to be heard. Chomsky box for voice. I don't know if Chomasky want one but he need one so someone should get him one so Chomsky (the man who deserve to be heard) can be heard. Chomsky uses heavy oxygen while in the process of speaking. He speak clear but just not exact
Prof Chomsky is hitting it on the nail: The USA is no longer as powerful as after WWII.They can flex their muscles as musch as they want, but their teeth are no longer as sharp as after WWII! USA's world politics, with all the damage they did to the world, are showing the signs of the beginning of their own end.
Good bye US of A! Your time is over!
You've had your chance. You blew it! People of the world don't listen to you! Time for some equity for the people of the world! USA, get lost!
rosevelt waited until the last second, selling weapons and supplyenjoying major surpluses while europe (the major industrial competitors) was being demolished
What US is practicing around the world is called imperialism. Iran is one of the very few countries in the world that pursues its own independent policies and fends off foreign attempts to gain influence; hense the demonization of Iran.
@DerafsheKavian This is not that simple. The US media demonizes Iran for it's perceived insolence towards the US, but Iran also engages in quite a bit of human rights violations, suppresses democracy, etc. You shouldn't ignore that. Everyone who wants Iran to get nukes, raise you hand.
@random63x if everyone has nukes, nobody attacks anyone. It's called mutually assured destruction and it's worked pretty well for the last 60 odd years. I'd have no problem with Iran getting nukes as long whilst the Israelis refuse to give theirs up. You really cant blame the Iranians for acquiring these weapons so long as an aggressive, militaristic state like Israel has them.
@ivangrozny27 I don't blame them at all. But I still don't want them to have nukes. For the record, I'd prefer that the US stop funding Israel and pressure them to give up their nukes as well.
@random63x Iran-demonization is far too well organized to be dubbed as spontaneous response to what some Iranian may or may not have said. US media openly operates as a tool to condition and steer the US public.
Iran is not perfect. But I hope you are not suggesting the steady US military build up in the last 30 years in the region is for improving human rights situation in Iran.
@DerafsheKavian My response to any media conspiracy theory is "where's the proof?". US media takes advantage of the non-western values of Iran's public head, President A., and Iran's human rights abuses, to sell news papers and ads. The aligning of powerful interests with media is usually a result of power structures, not of direct control. This is an important concept, since it implies that the solution is in educating the public, not in chasing a phantom media dictator.
@DerafsheKavian Not to mention the fact that in 1953 the CIA and MI5 overthrew the democratically elected government and restored the Shah (king) who received US support until 1979.
@random63x I suspect many Arabs and Iranians want Iran to be nuclear armed for deterrant purposes. The reasoning is that 1) an Iranian nuclear weapon would nullify 200 Israeli nukes and 2) USA is less likely to invade a nuclear armed country. Remember in the last 10 years USA has invaded countries on either side of Iran (namely Afghanistan and Iraq) and is seriously considering invading Iran.
I do not think Iran - or anyone else - should be nuclear armed.
@stoprainingonme This is an interesting point, thank you. I would add that I hope people in the Middle East understand that nukes will not deter an American invasion - it will encourage one. Luckily, no one in America believes that we are at all likely to invade no matter what Iran does...no one here wants a ground war in Iran. Post-Iraq-America is different than post-911-America.
Why is it okay for Israel to have nuclear weapons, but it isn't okay for Iran to possibly be developing them. Why don't we prove we're consistent and make Israel get rid of its nuclear weapons. I mean, we give Israel $3 billion a year. We wouldn't even have to use force; we could just say "dismantle your nukes or you won't be getting any more money." So why don't we do this?
@QuatFax Good question, but perhaps you've heard of "American Exceptionalism"? You know, that's where rules apply to everyone else except America, well, it's the same thing with Israel now. It's a double standard. Either everyone gets nukes or no one gets nukes. That's the only FAIR rule.
@duezeri1968 Fuck your academic fairness. A safer world for humanity is one with less nukes. Everyone gets nukes is PURE insanity. No nukes is the goal, and the road to that is less nukes. This is a species wide issue, not the survival of a cultural group or nation state issue.
The idea that ideal capitalism is "laissez-faire" is nonsense. Laissez-faire is a myth. All the major capitalist economies are based on protection, subsidiation, and imperialism. Government is to capitalism what oxygen is to fire.
well that guy seems to forget that iran president openly advocated for the destruction of israel and all non muslim infidels around the globe, i call that a threat...
@Mendelevium146 You are forgetting that the U.S have implaced warships on the gulf (which is neighbouring Iran ) and that Israel has over 300 warheads and the U.S over thousands. You are also forgetting that the U.S have their military forces in both Afghanistan and Iraq which are close to Iran. You are also forgetting that the U.S has hundreds of bases all around the middle east and Eurasia. So who provokes who? I think it is pretty simple who is the villain in this situation. :)
@TheIslamicWarrior I agree that it is wrong for the US to have bases everywhere and to be invading other countries. The problem is, even if you remove the US from the equation, you'd still have an undemocratic, oppressive Iran happy to fund terrorists who like to kill civilians in foreign countries.
@Mendelevium146 I'm pretty sure that has already been debunked as a translational error and he actually said that Zionism should be wiped off the map which seems like a pretty legitimate sentiment to me. He may stir the pot by posturing, but from what I have read he does it to cater to his domestic political base.
@Mendelevium146 Does that advocate acts of war? Our constitution doesn't say so. Iran hasn't attacked us, we don't attack people who don't attack us, that's the way our constitution was written. And no matter how passive you might think sanctions are, they are an act of war.
@Mendelevium146 haha, yeah, I get you. I definitely don't think Iran is a "good guy". I just don't feel our policy post ww2 of attacking the badguy is working. We led by example for so long, I think it's time we did that again. Two people attacking each other with bad policies don't make a right. Right?
trying to dominate the world with an ailing and dying economy, while at the same time printing money that gradually becomes more worthless. These neocons as Chomsky has noted and their imperialistic mindsets have destroyed this country.
@greatbroad Ya, that article is silly. Or at least the US's reaction to it. "A move to show China's military growth... to deter us from relations with Taiwan". First off, I think it was a coincidence as China said. We're floating around so close to them, and we're surprised when we see their subs? Plus, you really think they'd damage their trade balance over Taiwan? If anything, I think we're gonna see us attack them, if not on a understanding, then on a lie possibly. Gulf of Tonkin?
@sparshparimoo It's likely he already has and see no value in it. Much like the majority in the field of economics globally. Both in coservative and progressive circles.
@GnomesAmok Why are you people so angry? What, the progressive boom-bust economics not working out so well for you?? The Central Bank spending too much of your money to rescue pals on Wall St?
I should know better than to waste my breath on youtube, especially with people rabid with blind anger. My "suggestion" to you, as was with Chomsky, would be to read the other "crap" as well. Perhaps it will resolve some of your anger issues.
@sparshparimoo That is not something you can extract from the words that I have wrote. Your biases are obscuring your reading glasses. But I suppose you are a tea party person and thus the lunacy is par for the course.
@darthrevan6 You suggesting i get into an economic debate with you on this forum? You want me to elucidate the differences between Hayek and Keynes, when all i suggested was that maybe Chomsky would benefit with that reading?
Another instant classic by TheRealNews network! Although Chomsky gives some reasons at times to question is perspective, generally speaking it is on target and well conceived. Thanks!
Obama is an abandonment of working class at home and escalation of war abroad...he is 100% corporate controlled.. read the book.Death of the Liberal Class..by Chris Hedges...
Because Chomsky generally writes mostly about foreign policy? He has also not released a book about the moon. Does that mean he wants us to think it doesn't exist? (No)
Chomsky never fails to make mortals like me feel like an idiot ! Great stuff. Why is his perspective so clear ? Why does he have such salient info at his fingertips ? Unique it seems to me.
Thanks for this great interview, dear Noam and Paul. These days a lot of most honorable public voices pass away, so did Chalmers Johnson, we learned today by Amy Goodman. Rare are those we can learn from and who lived and these days live their values, universally applicable, like you do!! Greetings to Cambridge and MIT. Used to live close by and visited! Lisa
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He is a traitor and I can’t believe I ever trusted him. He is a disgusting person who lies and uses his influence to hurt Palestinians and sow divisions among activists, because he is a closet Zionist. This is obvious if you read his work closely. I hope people in the movement turn their backs on him. We don’t need people like him influencing us or telling us that “Palestinians should just give up and be realistic because of international concensus”
@agitcam I think this question was mostly meant to be rhetorical, but in a practical sense, it seems to me the actual threat from Iran is their desire, as alluded to by Prof. Chomsky, to be "influential" in the region as the United States spreads their own influence. Perhaps not just influence in the sense of participating but even striking a defensive posture as they seemingly get painted into a corner while America holds the paint brush.
@USBankruptcy The USA had no competition and a huge industrial base after WW2. That is why the 50s is perceived as such a great time in US history. So I disagree with your post.
lol its edited at the end, he says "no one would ever say US foreign policy is guided by intelligence" and Chomsky was about to say something but is cut off lol
JagjeetMann 1 day ago
4:50 6:47
Beadbud5000 1 week ago
So what is the Iran threat to global peace?
enbdavies 1 year ago
@enbdavies if "global peace" is defined by American strategic dominance, then they clearly present a threat to that... it's all about how the words are used and defined
Craigipedia 7 months ago
really good.
DickOPlenty 1 year ago
the revolution is not far off.
gearofduty2012 1 year ago
We are now seeing the limits of US power ... China is a MAJOR player now and we have fought too damn many wars which deplete us of HUMONGOUS amounts of money and we are forced to borrow money from China. How many bombing missions and wars can we stand in both blood and money...war on who? N. Korea and Iran as well as Iraq, Afghanistan and Pakistan? Now really this is suicide.
natalierosen 1 year ago
just a quarter of the way through but I LOVE listening to this man. He is part of a waning intellectual aristocracy who talks truth not just pablum to power and I LOVE it. After my guru Prof. Zinn's demise there are few new understandgings of US history and power that are willing to look at the utilization of American power out of a clear lens debunking much of American exceptionalism. Nation states do not do things to spread goodness and light to advance their own national interests!
natalierosen 1 year ago
I think its a little late to talk about thoses things ; the next part of the story is gonna be China/US relationship. Imo the ''unipolar'' world is gone.
unab84 1 year ago
@alitza8844 This is something of a shift in subject, but I advice you to read Charles Sanders Peirce carefully. Or rather, it is the subject of the very root of the problem.
RSFO 1 year ago
its fascinating to think that if the government didnt invest in computers we probably wouldnt have them today
marpoq 1 year ago
I want to understand what he's saying, but his voice is hard to recognize...
yusukeshinyama 1 year ago
my brain gets wrinkles when i listen to chomsky ;-)
hadji8583 1 year ago
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Islamic Repubic of Mullahs is a cancer that has to be removed by force.
Chomsky needs to move to a nursing home, he talks nonsense!
johnwaynetheduke 1 year ago
@johnwaynetheduke
Look who's talking. A lay person V Chomsky. The intelligence gap is like the difference in height between a horse (you) and mount Everest (Chomsky).
gunnerfan87 1 year ago
@johnwaynetheduke chomsky is a genius, and you are a degenerate spouting propaganda you were spoon-fed by the MSM
marpoq 1 year ago
@marpoq And you are an idiot who voted for Obama! Now, go fv@k yourself!
johnwaynetheduke 1 year ago
AWAY WITH THE USA!!!
GalacticVacuum 1 year ago
This man is simply irreplaceable. His knowledge and detailed memory far surpass any supercomputer designed to date. First we lost Howard Zinn; and when that dreadful day comes when Noam passes, I just don't know who is going to step-up and at least try to fill in their shoes.
gunnerfan87 1 year ago
It's easier to listen with headphones.
Olphus 1 year ago
Same boss as the old boss was revealed completely by US nuking of civilian populations in Hiroshima and Nagasaki (though I would point out Tokyo firebombings which were much earlier). Then came Korea and later the Tonkin Incident and much of the world kept going to their US cinemas, dancing to their US jazz, sending their kids to the US for indoctrination, and so on. The world has made Yank emperor, but only in recent decades it's been suggested it might have little to do with love.
seseljsrs 1 year ago
@seseljsrs Good argument. Valid points.
DerafsheKavian 1 year ago
The reality generally unmentioned by Chomsky is US imperialism was shrugged off by much of the world for so long. The world is full of US collaborators, without which the US would be nothing. Chomsky points his finger at Roosevelt, but the reality for most of the 20th century has been US foreign policy being guided by persons who were not even born in the modern continental USA, and going so far as not only to hide their agendas but even their own ethnic origins, Brzezinski a rare exception.
seseljsrs 1 year ago
Noam Chomsky is on target, as usual.
For people who want to know about "9/11" - feel free to check out my profile.
PersianPaladin 1 year ago
TRNN, it's hard to hear Noam. His voice got deeper since his illness. Please put subtitles if possible, at least for parts that are hard to hear.
crnogoracz 1 year ago 5
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Chomsky is a girls blouse when it comes to 9/11 truth.
Even Geraldo has come around on the false flag attack on NY.
Noam is a sell out or too scared to tackle the establishment.
What a bum of a 'academic'.
This goes out to YOU Noam you CRUMB!!!
mercuryrazvedka 1 year ago
@mercuryrazvedka Chomsky sticks to the facts, so do I BTW. So THAT is why he doesn't spout the ignorance called "9/11 truth." look over my videos, I show that those who push their "inside job" theory don't have a clue about the basics. See the video "Facts "9/11 Skeptics" don't want you to see: REAL 911 Truth" which shows that it was NOT a CD.
representativepress 1 year ago
@representativepress Thank you, Representative Press. You are doing a terrific job. Besides, a skeptic is one who seeks knowledge by suspending judgement.
RSFO 1 year ago
@mercuryrazvedka Wow! Geraldo believes in the 9/11 conspiracy theory, it must be true /sacasm
Tapecutter59 1 year ago
@mercuryrazvedka Don't you worry about Chomsky and his character. He is a person like everyone else. It is your choice whether you agree with him or not. He fights for his beliefs and ideas, you fight for yours. You are not helping your cause by bashing him.
crnogoracz 1 year ago 2
@mercuryrazvedka Why would 9/11 as an inside job be so important? Were 9/11 an inside job, then it would've been a diversion of US crimes.
RSFO 1 year ago
I don't understand how the US could ever attack Iran. It's simply not possible. Yes, the American people are unaware of what's going on in much the world so they are easily misled, but the government could not justify another war.
azaadi8 1 year ago
@azaadi8 I would like to believe you, but Iraq didn't happen over night. It involved years of planning and political pressure by the war party. The same is happening with Iran.
DeraJa 1 year ago
@DeraJa My point is we are at a different point in time now. The US is stuck in two wars. These two wars were easy to start because they were new and constructed well (through propaganda), but the situation is very different now. Attacking Iran will destroy the US. The rest of the world is not asleep; they will not support the US in the same as they have with these two current wars.
azaadi8 1 year ago
@azaadi8 I think you are right, but that doesn't rule out "surgical" air strikes.
DeraJa 1 year ago
@DeraJa
There's no such thing as "surgical" air strikes; it's just a propaganda term. Just like there's no "surgical" genocide.
gunnerfan87 1 year ago
@gunnerfan87 I agree. That is why I put it in quotes.
DeraJa 1 year ago
@azaadi8 You're late to the party. I'm sure you've heard about the "economic sanctions", that's a modern blockade.
pathocrat 1 year ago
it's amazing that Chomsky's opinions are never sought on US News channels. I guess he isn't towing their Company line on what the news means. He may be the most dangerous man in the world. Because if he keeps speaking truth to the public, it may just blow their minds.
thefastshuffle 1 year ago 2
paul jay never shows any emotion.
SSHHMEEE 1 year ago
@SSHHMEEE he should not. He is an interviewer. You must have seen too many of other kinds of entertainment commentaries and you are using them to say how Paul Jay should act. I for one, am happy to see him act in this manner. It's news after all, not entertainment.
Elin48 1 year ago
@SSHHMEEE Sure he does. That's the expression a person has when wielding a two tonne lightning hammer of truth!
boneyd 1 year ago
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Noam is a hapless joke and sell out on the issue of 9/11 truth.
Does not want to upset the establishment!
mercuryrazvedka 1 year ago
@mercuryrazvedka
seriously stop being an infantile
if you pay atention to the interview he made profound criticism of the us government, just because someone doesn't belive 9/11 was inside job doesn't make it a "hapless joke"
StraussBR 1 year ago
lol I can bearely hear Noam's voice
PersonalJesus348 1 year ago
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truth is he's a boring cunt. buy a bike and fuck off around the world.
hopaloop 1 year ago
hahahaha well done Paul Jay, you are the first person I have seen that got Chomsky close to a chuckle. Nice interview.
JaCorBoar 1 year ago
I'm sorry bout two times posting per post. Sorry bout that. I made mistake. Accept apologies for me and on behalf of me. I'm relieved for apology.
burnindownthehouse 1 year ago
Noam Chomsky need one of them voice boxxes. You know, those robots have them and few people who smoked have em and people have em who want em. But Chomsky need one. He needs voice boxx in his throats so he can be heard. He deserve to be heard. Chomsky box for voice. I don't know if Chomasky want one but he need one so someone should get him one so Chomsky (the man who deserve to be heard) can be heard. Chomsky uses heavy oxygen while in the process of speaking. He speak clear but just not loud o
burnindownthehouse 1 year ago
Noam Chomsky need one of them voice boxxes. You know, those robots have them and few people who smoked have em and people have em who want em. But Chomsky need one. He needs voice boxx in his throats so he can be heard. He deserve to be heard. Chomsky box for voice. I don't know if Chomasky want one but he need one so someone should get him one so Chomsky (the man who deserve to be heard) can be heard. Chomsky uses heavy oxygen while in the process of speaking. He speak clear but just not exact
burnindownthehouse 1 year ago
great insights, as always.
davef89 1 year ago
Prof Chomsky is hitting it on the nail: The USA is no longer as powerful as after WWII.They can flex their muscles as musch as they want, but their teeth are no longer as sharp as after WWII! USA's world politics, with all the damage they did to the world, are showing the signs of the beginning of their own end.
Good bye US of A! Your time is over!
You've had your chance. You blew it! People of the world don't listen to you! Time for some equity for the people of the world! USA, get lost!
MoLahBel 1 year ago
@MoLahBel
YEAH
i mean, the part about the ww2 was spot on
rosevelt waited until the last second, selling weapons and supplyenjoying major surpluses while europe (the major industrial competitors) was being demolished
StraussBR 1 year ago
What US is practicing around the world is called imperialism. Iran is one of the very few countries in the world that pursues its own independent policies and fends off foreign attempts to gain influence; hense the demonization of Iran.
DerafsheKavian 1 year ago
@DerafsheKavian This is not that simple. The US media demonizes Iran for it's perceived insolence towards the US, but Iran also engages in quite a bit of human rights violations, suppresses democracy, etc. You shouldn't ignore that. Everyone who wants Iran to get nukes, raise you hand.
random63x 1 year ago
@random63x if everyone has nukes, nobody attacks anyone. It's called mutually assured destruction and it's worked pretty well for the last 60 odd years. I'd have no problem with Iran getting nukes as long whilst the Israelis refuse to give theirs up. You really cant blame the Iranians for acquiring these weapons so long as an aggressive, militaristic state like Israel has them.
ivangrozny27 1 year ago 2
@ivangrozny27 I don't blame them at all. But I still don't want them to have nukes. For the record, I'd prefer that the US stop funding Israel and pressure them to give up their nukes as well.
random63x 8 months ago
@random63x Iran-demonization is far too well organized to be dubbed as spontaneous response to what some Iranian may or may not have said. US media openly operates as a tool to condition and steer the US public.
Iran is not perfect. But I hope you are not suggesting the steady US military build up in the last 30 years in the region is for improving human rights situation in Iran.
DerafsheKavian 1 year ago 9
@DerafsheKavian
exactly
as much problems as iranian democracy has it is the only country in the region that is not ruled by a "King"
StraussBR 1 year ago
@DerafsheKavian My response to any media conspiracy theory is "where's the proof?". US media takes advantage of the non-western values of Iran's public head, President A., and Iran's human rights abuses, to sell news papers and ads. The aligning of powerful interests with media is usually a result of power structures, not of direct control. This is an important concept, since it implies that the solution is in educating the public, not in chasing a phantom media dictator.
random63x 8 months ago
@DerafsheKavian Not to mention the fact that in 1953 the CIA and MI5 overthrew the democratically elected government and restored the Shah (king) who received US support until 1979.
autoarbitaster 1 week ago
@random63x I suspect many Arabs and Iranians want Iran to be nuclear armed for deterrant purposes. The reasoning is that 1) an Iranian nuclear weapon would nullify 200 Israeli nukes and 2) USA is less likely to invade a nuclear armed country. Remember in the last 10 years USA has invaded countries on either side of Iran (namely Afghanistan and Iraq) and is seriously considering invading Iran.
I do not think Iran - or anyone else - should be nuclear armed.
stoprainingonme 10 months ago
@stoprainingonme This is an interesting point, thank you. I would add that I hope people in the Middle East understand that nukes will not deter an American invasion - it will encourage one. Luckily, no one in America believes that we are at all likely to invade no matter what Iran does...no one here wants a ground war in Iran. Post-Iraq-America is different than post-911-America.
random63x 8 months ago
Chomsky can sum up the whole of the 20th century like talking about a walk in the park with his dog. So casual and with total ease.
freeadplanet 1 year ago 2
Why is it okay for Israel to have nuclear weapons, but it isn't okay for Iran to possibly be developing them. Why don't we prove we're consistent and make Israel get rid of its nuclear weapons. I mean, we give Israel $3 billion a year. We wouldn't even have to use force; we could just say "dismantle your nukes or you won't be getting any more money." So why don't we do this?
QuatFax 1 year ago
@QuatFax How about the US getting rid of its own?
NicosNicosNicosNicos 1 year ago
@NicosNicosNicosNicos Also an excellent idea. Just don't tell Glenn Beck; "real" Americans find such ideas too radical.
QuatFax 1 year ago
@QuatFax Good question, but perhaps you've heard of "American Exceptionalism"? You know, that's where rules apply to everyone else except America, well, it's the same thing with Israel now. It's a double standard. Either everyone gets nukes or no one gets nukes. That's the only FAIR rule.
duezeri1968 1 year ago
@duezeri1968 It's the same old "manifest destiny" nonsense they fed us in the 1800s. It has to be stopped.
QuatFax 1 year ago
@duezeri1968 Fuck your academic fairness. A safer world for humanity is one with less nukes. Everyone gets nukes is PURE insanity. No nukes is the goal, and the road to that is less nukes. This is a species wide issue, not the survival of a cultural group or nation state issue.
NAes12 1 year ago
@NAes12 No shit. I was hoping the absurdity of "everyone get nukes" would be obvious. Of course no nukes is the goal. Cut back on the caffeine.
duezeri1968 1 year ago
We need an honest new economy. We need something based on direct democracy. I advocate anarcho-communism or some other form of libertarian socialism.
QuatFax 1 year ago
The idea that ideal capitalism is "laissez-faire" is nonsense. Laissez-faire is a myth. All the major capitalist economies are based on protection, subsidiation, and imperialism. Government is to capitalism what oxygen is to fire.
QuatFax 1 year ago 2
nice one....
Looks like the u.s. government can't survive without war.
underyourskindvd 1 year ago
Foreign Policy is where Noam shines. Noam's our microscope into the geopolitics of our time.
sonnybrown 1 year ago 3
looks like the neocons wont give up...
Xenthoid 1 year ago
well that guy seems to forget that iran president openly advocated for the destruction of israel and all non muslim infidels around the globe, i call that a threat...
Mendelevium146 1 year ago
@Mendelevium146 You are forgetting that the U.S have implaced warships on the gulf (which is neighbouring Iran ) and that Israel has over 300 warheads and the U.S over thousands. You are also forgetting that the U.S have their military forces in both Afghanistan and Iraq which are close to Iran. You are also forgetting that the U.S has hundreds of bases all around the middle east and Eurasia. So who provokes who? I think it is pretty simple who is the villain in this situation. :)
TheIslamicWarrior 1 year ago
@TheIslamicWarrior I agree that it is wrong for the US to have bases everywhere and to be invading other countries. The problem is, even if you remove the US from the equation, you'd still have an undemocratic, oppressive Iran happy to fund terrorists who like to kill civilians in foreign countries.
random63x 1 year ago
@Mendelevium146 I'm pretty sure that has already been debunked as a translational error and he actually said that Zionism should be wiped off the map which seems like a pretty legitimate sentiment to me. He may stir the pot by posturing, but from what I have read he does it to cater to his domestic political base.
NAes12 1 year ago
@NAes12 he said it many times lol
Mendelevium146 1 year ago
@Mendelevium146 that's made up horseshit
MindControl7000 1 year ago
@Mendelevium146 Does that advocate acts of war? Our constitution doesn't say so. Iran hasn't attacked us, we don't attack people who don't attack us, that's the way our constitution was written. And no matter how passive you might think sanctions are, they are an act of war.
sonnybrown 1 year ago
@sonnybrown ew...guys come on, I feel like I'm in 'Russia Today' comment section arguing with RT drones..
I`m not saying US is the good guy, just saying Iran isn't the good guy either
Mendelevium146 1 year ago
@Mendelevium146 haha, yeah, I get you. I definitely don't think Iran is a "good guy". I just don't feel our policy post ww2 of attacking the badguy is working. We led by example for so long, I think it's time we did that again. Two people attacking each other with bad policies don't make a right. Right?
sonnybrown 1 year ago
trying to dominate the world with an ailing and dying economy, while at the same time printing money that gradually becomes more worthless. These neocons as Chomsky has noted and their imperialistic mindsets have destroyed this country.
viletree 1 year ago 2
Want to know about China & U.S. relations?
Google: "The uninvited guest; Chinese sub pops up in middle of U.S. Navy exercise, leaving military chiefs red-faced" by Matthew Hickley (11/10/2010)
greatbroad 1 year ago
@greatbroad Ya, that article is silly. Or at least the US's reaction to it. "A move to show China's military growth... to deter us from relations with Taiwan". First off, I think it was a coincidence as China said. We're floating around so close to them, and we're surprised when we see their subs? Plus, you really think they'd damage their trade balance over Taiwan? If anything, I think we're gonna see us attack them, if not on a understanding, then on a lie possibly. Gulf of Tonkin?
sonnybrown 1 year ago
@sonnybrown *misunderstanding, then on a lie possibly.
sonnybrown 1 year ago
While i like his analysis on foreign policy, i think Chomsky could do well to read up on some Austrian economics.
sparshparimoo 1 year ago
@sparshparimoo
perhaps that and drop his zionist supremacist crap
Cefuroxx 1 year ago
@sparshparimoo It's likely he already has and see no value in it. Much like the majority in the field of economics globally. Both in coservative and progressive circles.
NAes12 1 year ago
@NAes12 All that tells me is that u havent read Mises or Rothbard either. Classical economics has nothing to do with 'circles'.
sparshparimoo 1 year ago
@sparshparimoo
"Classical" economics? Why dont you try some progressive economics, you know, PRESENT-DAY economics. Are you out of your fucking mind?
GnomesAmok 1 year ago
@GnomesAmok Why are you people so angry? What, the progressive boom-bust economics not working out so well for you?? The Central Bank spending too much of your money to rescue pals on Wall St?
I should know better than to waste my breath on youtube, especially with people rabid with blind anger. My "suggestion" to you, as was with Chomsky, would be to read the other "crap" as well. Perhaps it will resolve some of your anger issues.
sparshparimoo 1 year ago
@sparshparimoo
Why dont we revert back to classical laws, too, huh? Classical everything! It can be like the good ol' Dark Ages all over again!
GnomesAmok 1 year ago
@sparshparimoo That is not something you can extract from the words that I have wrote. Your biases are obscuring your reading glasses. But I suppose you are a tea party person and thus the lunacy is par for the course.
NAes12 1 year ago
@sparshparimoo
You think he didnt read that crap? He knows all about it and you can easily find his rebuttals of it on youtube.
darthrevan6 1 year ago
@darthrevan6 Oh, really? Well thats disappointing. His 'stimulus' talk makes him look extremely stupid. Kinda sad.
sparshparimoo 1 year ago
@sparshparimoo
How so? Just saying things without anything to back it up doesnt make you look very smart either.
darthrevan6 1 year ago
@darthrevan6 You suggesting i get into an economic debate with you on this forum? You want me to elucidate the differences between Hayek and Keynes, when all i suggested was that maybe Chomsky would benefit with that reading?
Yeah...no thanks.
sparshparimoo 1 year ago
Mr.Chomsky is one of few people who tell the truth ,I have big respect for him .
Ethiopiabuzz 1 year ago 2
Another instant classic by TheRealNews network! Although Chomsky gives some reasons at times to question is perspective, generally speaking it is on target and well conceived. Thanks!
Eraser7622 1 year ago
Obama is an abandonment of working class at home and escalation of war abroad...he is 100% corporate controlled.. read the book.Death of the Liberal Class..by Chris Hedges...
BohemianNationalist 1 year ago 2
The US wants to have comlplete control of energy supply subsequently having control of essentially chinese growth.
3108711289 1 year ago 2
Excellent Interview!
Manolo1013 1 year ago 2
Obama looks like a young Nelson Mandela but the similarities stop there
mike6459 1 year ago
@jacofan
"why is that? Hummm[sic]"
Because Chomsky generally writes mostly about foreign policy? He has also not released a book about the moon. Does that mean he wants us to think it doesn't exist? (No)
frymastermeat 1 year ago
Chomsky never fails to make mortals like me feel like an idiot ! Great stuff. Why is his perspective so clear ? Why does he have such salient info at his fingertips ? Unique it seems to me.
flimflamman 1 year ago
@flimflamman
"Why is his perspective so clear ? "
because he knows a lot about the importance of words/language and communication, the key to bring the pieces back together
aerobique 1 year ago 4
@aerobique You must be a linguist. Linguistics really opens your mind.
azaadi8 1 year ago
N. Chomsky more public work please on the contemporary issues, we need you!
nwofunclub 1 year ago
please change the title of the video to something else :)
xaotiko 1 year ago
@xaotiko Sort of generic isn't it? Chomsky on U.S. Global Policy Episode 99819 :)
DerEchteSenf 1 year ago
@DerEchteSenf .. well seems like they just changed the title to Chomsky on US global policy.. I was seeing something else ...
xaotiko 1 year ago
Good one Jay.
950horsepower 1 year ago
Thanks for this great interview, dear Noam and Paul. These days a lot of most honorable public voices pass away, so did Chalmers Johnson, we learned today by Amy Goodman. Rare are those we can learn from and who lived and these days live their values, universally applicable, like you do!! Greetings to Cambridge and MIT. Used to live close by and visited! Lisa
Sundrumify 1 year ago
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He is a traitor and I can’t believe I ever trusted him. He is a disgusting person who lies and uses his influence to hurt Palestinians and sow divisions among activists, because he is a closet Zionist. This is obvious if you read his work closely. I hope people in the movement turn their backs on him. We don’t need people like him influencing us or telling us that “Palestinians should just give up and be realistic because of international concensus”
J Glatzer on N Chomsky
Cefuroxx 1 year ago
@Cefuroxx Are you sure about this quote??
davd1986 1 year ago
@davd1986
100%
joseph glatzer bravely tells the truth
Cefuroxx 1 year ago
@Cefuroxx
Can you leave your anti-Semitic conspiracies in your head please?
frymastermeat 1 year ago
what anti semitic conspiracy? LOL
Cefuroxx 1 year ago
What is the Iranian threat?
agitcam 1 year ago
@agitcam I think this question was mostly meant to be rhetorical, but in a practical sense, it seems to me the actual threat from Iran is their desire, as alluded to by Prof. Chomsky, to be "influential" in the region as the United States spreads their own influence. Perhaps not just influence in the sense of participating but even striking a defensive posture as they seemingly get painted into a corner while America holds the paint brush.
duezeri1968 1 year ago
We recovered from the great depression, in spite of WW II not because of it.
USBankruptcy 1 year ago
@USBankruptcy
Huge government war spending actually resurrected economy and became vital part of it to this day. Thus, I dont agree with you.
MarkoKraguljac 1 year ago
@USBankruptcy The USA had no competition and a huge industrial base after WW2. That is why the 50s is perceived as such a great time in US history. So I disagree with your post.
herpiethelovebug 1 year ago
food for thought
nomarac2 1 year ago