Chomsky on Asian Affairs

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tahir
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Chomsky on Asian Affairs

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Unread post by tahir » Mon Apr 10, 2006 4:13 pm

U.S. concerns certainly include markets and raw materials, but state interests go well beyond. The U.S. could gain access to Iranian energy resources and markets if it chose, but it is more important to punish Iran for defying Washington in 1979 by overthrowing the tyrant that the U.S. and U.K. had installed when they destroyed Iran's parliamentary system. Such "successful defiance", as it is described in the internal record, cannot be tolerated, just as it cannot be tolerated by the Mafia, to which international affairs bears an uncomfortable resemblance.

On hegemony and disarmament

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Re: Chomsky on Asian Affairs

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Unread post by anajmi » Thu Apr 13, 2006 1:25 am

tahir,

I just think that the American leadership is full of dumb morons who don't have a clue as to what is right and what is wrong.

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Re: Chomsky on Asian Affairs

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Unread post by anajmi » Thu Apr 13, 2006 1:26 am

If they had been smart, they wouldn't have been caught in every lie that they have spoken in the last 5 years.

Average Bohra
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Re: Chomsky on Asian Affairs

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Unread post by Average Bohra » Thu Apr 13, 2006 1:39 am

American leadership is full of dumb morons who don't have a clue as to what is right and what is wrong.

As the lone Super Power imagine what the world will be like if these morons get their act together. :D

tahir
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Re: Chomsky on Asian Affairs

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Unread post by tahir » Thu Apr 13, 2006 12:47 pm

Arrogance of a civilisation reaches its peak just before the beginning of its demise.

Vinash Kale Vipreet Buddhi