Noam Chomsky on DN about 9/11, the Economic Crisis and Palestinian Statehood

Noam Chomsky on the 9/11 Decade and the Assassination of Osama bin Laden: Was There an Alternative?
Ten years ago, at a time when lawmakers from both sides of the aisle joined together to authorize endless war, Noam Chomsky's was the leading voice to call for the United States to rethink its actions in the Middle East and across the globe. His 2001 book, simply titled "9-11," became a surprise bestseller. The book collected a series of interviews Chomsky had given on the roots of the 9/11 attacks and his prescription for a just response. A decade later, Chomsky has just released an updated version titled "9-11: Was There an Alternative?" which refers to the U.S. assassination of Osama bin Laden and the continuity Chomsky sees between the Bush administration's foreign policy and President Obama's. "Right at this moment, Obama has succeeded in descending even below George W. Bush in approval in the Arab world," says Noam Chomsky. "The policies change, but they're hostile. We should understand where atrocities come from. They don't come from nowhere. And if we're serious, we should try to do something about what is the basis for them."

Noam Chomsky on the U.S. Economic Crisis: Joblessness, Excessive Military Spending and Healthcare
President Obama sent his new jobs proposal to Congress on Monday with a plan to pay for the $447 billion package by raising taxes on the wealthy. Noam Chomsky says, "The healthcare system...the huge military spending, the very low taxes for the rich [and corporations]...those are fundamental problems that have to be dealt with if there's going to be anything like successful economic and social development in the United States." As Republican presidential candidate, Texas Gov. Rick Perry, calls Social Security a "Ponzi scheme," and Democrats buy into the narrative that the program is in crisis, Chomsky notes that "to worry about a possible problem 30 years from now, which can incidentally be fixed with a little bit of tampering here and there, as was done in 1983, to worry about that just makes absolutely no sense, unless you're trying to destroy the program."

Noam Chomsky: U.S. to Veto Palestinian Statehood Bid Despite "Overwhelming International Consensus"
President Obama publicly confirmed Monday that the United States will oppose any attempt by the Palestinians to achieve statehood at the United Nations, but Palestinians leaders are still vowing to move ahead with their bid for statehood this week. What will the ramifications of a U.S. veto be? For more, we speak with Massachusetts Institute of Technology Professor Emeritus Noam Chomsky. "If the Palestinians do bring the issue to the Security Council and the U.S. vetoes it, it will be just another indication of the real unwillingness to permit a settlement of this issue, in terms of what has been for a long time an overwhelming international consensus," Chomsky says.

date: 13th September 2011

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[Hornet0biker]

@copym3 What?

[debtbully3]

Bankers+prison=Justice!

Building 7 Hello!!!

[copym3]

@hawks137 I dont blame! Now here you said that you care about other topics i am glad to say that many things around 911 look very strange to me! I think maybe they let it happen or something like this! I dont understand anything about building so i dont like all this facts about build fall speed etc cause i cant judge it myself! But that the pentagon isnt really defended look strange to me! When you consider what 911 means for the people of the world in iraq or afghanistan it does matter to me !

[copym3]

@hawks137 who cares about an interview? for me other things are more important!

[copym3]

@hawks137 sorry but thats just bullshit! i will not even try to answer this crap! let me just say that chomsky was and is a outstanding fighter for human rights! And he probatly is irritated by the massive attacks from people like you, at least i would be! Just get it we have a different view ! AND GET OVER IT !!!! my god! I am also feed up with this discussion! 911 is also about the us agression that caused it and the us agression that came from it, start talking about that! dont spam my vids!

[laurasIs2c]

@hawks137 Those words may have struck you as a personal attack and you have that choice to make...but certainly Noam has spoken out on the overbearing horrors of various governments and leaders giving orders that served their personal benefits at the expense of the "others", he speaks to encourage a dialogue for everyone to consider new choices that don't have to trash anyone or their civil rights.

[copym3]

@hawks137 i agree! but i want to stress that the killing of ~3000 people at 911 is in a other dimension than the killing of ~6.000.000 jew by the germans in WW2 (i am german). Morally they are both the same and wrong and should be prosecuted but there is stilla difference in scale what is not tally unimportant! So over 1.500.000 dead zivilians in irak is a important fact what doesnt get the attention the dead on 911 got and get! Thats my point! Scale matters! Although i condem them all!

[copym3]

@hawks137 when i think about the millions of people the usa killed around the world before and after 911 and where nobody said anythink i also cant care very much about 911! Dont get me wrong its always bad when inocent people die but if million die and hole countrys and cultues got destroyed its just soo much worse !

[humper9]

a wealth of wisdom...none of which can/will be applied in this country in it's present state...

[armanipure1]

Dont wanna sound negative but we humans are never gonna stop killing eachother till we wipe eachother out .