Tuesday 22 September 2009

NoaM ChOmsKy


Being totally disillusioned with politicians and politics in general I have been reading alot of stuff by Noam Chomsky. I highly recommend it. I have just finished reading 'What We Say Goes' and 'Hegemony or Survival'. One f the most interesting concepts is that the United States is a leading outlaw state, totally unconstrained by international law, and it openly says so. What we say goes. The United States invaded Iraq, even though that was a radical violation of the United Nations Charter. That the United States should be an outlaw state that chooses to use violence when it wants to, no matter what happens. 'If we hit the wrong people' we might say, 'Sorry, we hit the wrong people.' But there should be no limits on the right of the United States to use force. The fact that the United States accuses enemies of violating international law and it being a huge outrage but when the United States does something, it's as if it didn't happen....

I love this quote, 'I never was aware of any other question but to question everything' :-D

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