Chomsky: Obama on Gaza is similar to Bush-3/3

Noam Chomsky: Obama's Stance on Gaza Crisis "Approximately the Bush Position"

In a visit to the State Department Thursday, President Obama made his first substantive comments on the Middle East conflict since Israel’s attack on Gaza. Obama first mentioned his commitment to Israel’s security, without affirming his commitment to Palestinian security. He condemned Palestinian rocket attacks on southern Israeli towns, but didn’t criticize the US-backed Israeli bombings of densely populated Gaza. But in a departure from the Bush administration, Obama acknowledged Palestinian suffering and said Gaza’s borders should be opened to aid. We speak with MIT professor, Noam Chomsky. [includes rush transcript]

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[callieland]

where is the outrage from my american countrymen? the same people who would have been rightfully ripping bush for sanctioning israeli genocide are now strangely silent because we are not to criticize the messiah. well i have news for everyone. obama's chief of staff and right hand man is the king zionist who holds an israeli passport, is an israeli citizen, served in israel's army and is the son of an israeli terrorist. these are indisputable facts.

[OnenessNow]

Our Beloved Noam, our thoughts and prayers surround you with Love. The Spirit of Carol will always be remembered in our Hearts. America shines in the light of her contributions in education. God Bless!

[boazmoss]

Because,neither rational arguments,nor, non rational, arguments, are ,nothing more, than,blah blah blah...

[QUINTUSMAXIMUS]

It's very, very, very hard in the US for an African American to criticize parts of the African community. There are three groups of American Jews. People are often afraid to criticize people from their own community. It was easier in some ways in the 1920s to criticize Zionism when there was a vibrant Jewish Left. The Jewish Left is coming back in the US, but it's weak in Israel and almost non-existent. Israel has gone too far to the right.

[petersz98]

How can you hate yourself! Nothing infuriates Zionists than Jews who are anti-Zionist because then they cannot use the argument that they are anti-semitic. Being Jewish and anti-Zionist is like being German and anti-Nazi, it is a good thing.

[Dalambam]

Why do all the fanatical defenders of Israeli policies always have to repeat the same cheap slanders ad noseam ("self hating jew" blah blah blah) instead of answering by rational arguments. Pathetic.

[ADRAINSON]

oppression against ANY human being. Isn't this what Yaweh promotes? I'm an African-American--a descendant of people whose trauma has been just a harsh if not more so than that of the Jewish people, but does that make me an Uncle Tom self hating nigger if I think that some of the problems my people experience in U.S. are perpetuated if not created by our own doing. All of you applauded Bill Cosby for what he said about black folks but why can't an intellectual fact toting Jew disagree with Isarel

[ADRAINSON]

name one thing that he referred to in his description that is not fact. ok let's put aside for a second our dissenting beliefs about Noam's perception of the facts (& countless others for that matter who have observed & concluded the same thing including Pres. Jimmy Carter) and just please tell me ONE thing that he mentioned that was false. Why should Jewish, African, Arab or any of these other small sub-classifications of HUMANS supercede one's God given obligation to condemn injustice &

[afsheenbenab33]

He is not anti-jew. He is anti-zionist. Some of you don't know the difference. It's the OCCUPATION STUPID!!!!

[dinomite161]

I'm not a racist. I'm just saying that Noam is a self-hating Jew...he always has been and always will be. That's why he's anti-Israel and anti-American. The funny thing is that for all his rants about the evils of capitalism, the schmuck still receives his fat paychecks in our capitalist society and he enjoys a nice upper class life style here. He's a self hating Jew AND a filthy hypocrite.

[pi05pm3]

You are a racist, poor bastard

[dinomite161]

He's a self hating Jew..poor bastard