Iran Election Questions: Noam Chomsky's Speculation

Here are two short clips I edited and transcribed of Noam Chomsky answering questions about the Iranian elections.
Iranian People Speak:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/06/14/AR20090614017...
Noam Chomsky's hour interview on WorldStreams Radio on June 17, 2009:
http://worldstreams.org/past62.html
Text of flyer I handed out at Riverside Church on Friday June 12th:
http://representativepress.blogspot.com/2009/06/more-info.html
http://www.juancole.com/2009/06/stealing-iranian-election.html
http://brechtforum.org/events/crisis-hope-theirs-and-ours
http://tinyurl.com/IranElectionSpeculation

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[inflivia]

@emetds We are all supposed to be career critics of power structures, and the most relevant targets are institutions in your own country. That is your job too.

I've seen Chomsky be quite critical of the Iranian regime; a consistent false accusation that is made against him is that he supports other states - this accusation does not stand up to proper examination.

[Zackerybob]

@emetds

....and you are so blindly patriotic that you support the largest terrorist state in the world and don't even realize it...

[justj99XX]

@Zackerybob i agree with you that it has terrorist interest, i hope your not overrating the US

[bewaver]

@gosfand2000 He is a cheat, like all politicians, a bit like Bush. On the other hand, he has culture, he speaks well and makes a lot of sense, unlike Bush. You can disagree with him or find his geopolitical situation dangerous, but that's something else. The guy is likable. I do believe the US are (have been for Iran) a greater danger for him than he actually is for the US.

[HousekaterClaudio]

@evangelistaparati

Except of spreading Shit, can you deliver any credible facts for your "Statements"???

You don't even understand what Chomsky stands for. Your government is ruining your country (and many others), taking your civils rights (by many executive orders, the Patriot Act, etc.) and making all the US stood for to shit ! Look at Wisconsin or other places, or at Monsanto and the FDA, the list goes on and on!

Wake up!

[surlagachette2]

@oihhow The majority sadly does not seem capable to understand such an analysis

[oihhow]

Chomsky does a rational analysis of the situation and pretty much concludes it was most likely rigged, and when I look down at the comments, people for whatever reason don't seem to have really heard what he said.

[ExquisiteDoom]

@interestingperson121 Your comment made me piss my pants, you owe me a new pair of undies.

[SeeProfileForDetails]

I'd prefer it if there was no free market and I was given a vehicle to drive by my government with a government label on it. Chomsky is my hero, hope he dies soon.

[gosfand2000]

ahamdinejad is a big idiot everyone in iran agree on he cheated in election and leader of iran helped him to be president again now what the fuck are u trying to tell with this video ???u r an idiot too like ahmadinejad fuck u both

[gosfand2000]

@TheLegitHeel what a dirty lier u r...fuck u ma...n how u say that??r u an iranian? im an iranian and i say fuck u lier

[antekification]

GO IRAN DOWN WITH THE US AND NAZIONIST AGGRESSION!