Can you post transcripts for every Chomsky video including this one. He knows so much about foreign affairs and policy that you have to have the transcript to verify it and research further on the individual events/topics/conflicts.
LOL, Ukraine has proven that they can lose to just Wagner. Russia says their goal the the Russian speaking areas and demilitarization through a war of attrition. If it was a full scale war, there Ukraine's NATO style army would be wipe out within days.
"Western apologists like to use the word "whataboutism" to deflect from their hypocrisy over stuff and ting. But to answer your question, what's happening in Ukraine is very bad. People are dying, it's terrible. But whatabout Iraq?" I'm out.
As you over look, that the party that you support has come to be in a coup d'é·tat and the EASTERN PART HAS BEEN IN REVOLT SINCE 2014. Ukraine has been at war in the east since 2014 and instead of their Army, they send 'volunteers' from their west, promising them land in the east. There are no heroes here.
What would the US do if China persuaded Mexico to become a member of a China-Russia-India military organization? It would blow Mexico to dust. But to you only Russia is evil.
Nobody has declared war so technically it's a conflict. The Civil Conflict should have been ended by Russia protecting The East against the West Ukraine aggressors. It would be like England forcing all the Welsh or Irish to speak English, and if they refuse violently invading them.
What an invasion? you are losing. Period. and that losing is the losing of Europe and American. Period. That is just facts. Zelensky is no better than Putin. Otherwise why he's letting so many people die in a war/invasion/whatuLike he is losing? Stop war, every one can stop, but no one wants, why?
People in comments saying Chomsky is some kind of Putin apologist. Did we watch the same video? He explicitly condemns "Putin's war of aggression", says there's no justification for it, and that the US should be helping Ukraine defend itself. He's repeatedly called Putin a brutal dictator.
Him calling it a proxy war by the US is more than enough to designate him a pathetic fraud. What a fucking ridiculous thing to say. Just because the US is involved doesn't automatically make it bad.
The only winners in any war are those who remain alive and in reasonable health at the end. The losers are the thousands or millions whose lives are lost or otherwise destroyed due injury, displacement, destruction of homes, means of earning a living and just the sheer trauma of war and it's effects on people. My parents both went through the second world war. Both were very deaf in old age; my mother perhaps from the bombing of her hometown...my father perhaps from being transported around the world in noisy ships/perhaps sometimes being close to artillery too( he was in Royal Signals, so didn't actually participate in the fighting, but was at times fairly close to front lines.). My father informed me that disease (through living in unsanitary conditions, unfamiliar tropical diseases..much dysentery) killed as many as those lost on the battlefield. This is the human cost of gaining a temporary economic advantage of resources/territory. Meantime, humans are ultimately destrying their own ecological niche and heading for self-extinction.
A lot of countries did not fight the Nazis and then were killed and/or their nations bombed anyway. It would have been better to stand up to Hitler together earlier. Less destruction and loss of life.
This very common statement about "nobody winning a war" is flawed. Most of those who actually fight it are losers in many ways but they are not fighting for themselves they are fighting for the billions of people who come after them in freedom. You are I are the winners of the 2nd World War as we live in a free world where we can post what we wish on TH-cam. The Ukrainian soldier likewise is fighting for the billions of Ukrainians who will come after.
Yep… trying to expand NATO to Georgia and Ukraine, despite the warnings (2008) from France (Sarkozy) and Germany (Merkel) that this was a terrible idea, was a big fat mistake.
You are not the government, and the government is not the country. But you can only have a government for the people if they are perpetually pushed from below
@@javiermiranda5769 Oh yes, of course- It’s not the aggressor’s fault. The Ukrainians should’ve sat back and let Putin’s tanks roll in. Poor ol’ Putin, meant no harm by it. Lets blame ourselves while his thuggish mercenaries and brutal military rampage. How silly of me, how naive of the Ukrainians. Remember that - if your country ever faces a massive invading force bombing its infrastructure and murdering its civilians.
@@jamesgo2014 Doz100 didn't make an argument. He attempted to put words in my mouth. I used the word "aggressor" because that's what I meant. I don't presume every nation state that opposes US hegemony is an enemy. If he does, then that's his problem; but don't try to strawman me.
In fact it would be easy, he left it as an open question: For how long is Europe going to take this? “Western” Europe, at least, I would point out (Eastern and Northern are gone for the moment). He mentioned Germany and Netherlands, I would add Italy, France and perhaps Spain. Without these countries’ cronyism US would be reduced in time to a regional power.
One of the major differences I have with Chomsky is he fundamentally believes people are intelligent, I don't. They traded it all for just a little bit more......
Not at all. He's counting on people to be dumb and believe the disinformation he's helping spread, literally from Imperial Russia disinformation propaganda roadbook, copy-paste. Not one original idea, it's all copy-paste from Dugin&friends.
I strongly oposed the iraqi war. Same thing goes for the russian aggression in Ukraine. Hundreds of thousands russian soldiers on ukranianan soil. That’s escalation for you, mr Choamsky....
The Iraq war is based on Americas fear of a Gold backed Currency and thirst for Oil. The Russo Ukraininan Warbis basicaly the Outcome of Nato Expansion and the USA bankrolling a pro Western Revolt, that lead to the killing of ethnic Russians by Nazis. Its the perfect War for America, the Politicians can funnel Gouverment Money to Privat Corporations and they can weaken Russia.
I agree with you. History is going to judge how NATO responded to this thug, Putin. There are costs and there are priorities, and Ukraine has decided, along with the West, to deny Russia their plunder. I believe the right thing is being done, in fact if NATO wants to join the fight it would be over sooner. Though I also understand that Putin has been sabre-rattling with the nukes (all the more reason for a regime change in Russia, but as an American I should be cautious about presenting the tactic).
It is not the same, no, the Iraq war was totally unprovoked. The Minsk agreements were blatantly violated and Russia reacted doing the unthinkable, whose fault was it?
Americans were not in danger from the Saddam regime, however many Russians WERE in danger from the Kiev regime. Still an illegal war, but it's not the same. And at least this shitty war was not dictated by a small middle eastern apartheid state.
Iraq used to be blood hungry country, involved in many war crimes. Yugoslavia was a country that practiced genocide. Ukraine, at another hand, peaceful, friendly country, did no harm to anyone. How can u put these countries in the same shelf. Are u OK?
Undecent to compare a murderer country like ukronazistan which committed genocide in the donbass to countries like irak or serbia where decent and innocent people were murdered by US agressors.
Ukro friendly country? You mean some friendly ladies from ukr working in some houses in germany...agreed😂 For the rest....genocide on russian speakers in donbass...forced enrollment of hungarian boys in the army. .very friendly indeed.
"Yugoslavia practiced genocide" 🤣 Ukraine passed far right laws in which the traditional minorities are the most persecuted in Europe. I am from Slovenia and we were allowed full freedom of language in Yugoslavia, while in Ukraine the traditional Russian minority can now only study in Russian until the 4th grade. Much easier to have been a minority in Yugoslavia than in 2020s Ukraine, but do not let facts get in your way.
@@KrisVesel so you being able to speak Slovenian somehow cancels and undoes the mass murders in BiH and the ethnic cleansing of Kosovo? really? and please stop spreading Russian lies about Ukraine. unless it's your job to do so.
The question needs to be asked…when is enough enough?How much wealth and power is actually needed.Unfortunately it’s the good little people who always suffer.
Capitalism is the very definition of cancer. Cancer happen when cells keep multiplying in a finite system (your body) and some cells are malformed due to constant growth in their number. Capitalism expects constant growth in a finite system (earth) and is bad for long term sustainability. It doesn't care about sustainability. Result, death.
“The war must continue in order to severely weaken Russia. That remains US policy.” No, the policy is to get Russia out of Ukraine. That is also NATO policy, and it is Ukrainian policy. To frame this as simply a plot to weaken Russia, is to reduce Ukrainian aspirations to zero.
Noam doesn't even consider the fact that Ukrainians themselves don't want Russia's leader to rule them politically. Ukrainians support the war against the invasion, and ask for help from Western countries to fight the invasion to retain the sovereignty of their borders. Ukrainians are brave. I'm not so sure the same is the case for people that push for peace at any cost. The big contradiction of peace at any cost, which Noam seems to advocate, is that making peace at any cost doesn't produce peace at all. It was tried by Chamberlain before WWII, but Germany just kept advancing and taking more. If Russia takes over any other sovereign nation by force the inhabitants won't find peace but oppression. To live under tyranny is not the life I want, and it's not the life Ukrainians want. Patrick Henry: "Give me liberty, or give me death."
@@mrfiestas Texas could take a vote and still not be allowed to join Mexico. No, there is no vote that citizens of a region of Ukraine can take to secede from Ukraine any more than Texas can from the US.
@@mrfiestas "International law does not give the inhabitants of a part of a state the right to secede from that state. The aspect of self-determination which allows for independence of a ‘people’ applies to peoples in colonies and other overseas territories under the occupation of another state. The other aspect of self-determination is ‘internal’ and comprises the right to freely choose political status and pursue economic, social, and cultural development within the state - as the Minsk accords sought to provide for Donetsk and Luhansk."
@@jaredprince4772 Well, Kosovo had no right to secede either. Donetsk and Lugansk are merely fighting to prevent their EXTERMINATION. Not through everyone being killed, but via laws that ban their mother tongue from the 4th grade onwards. And people being allowed to be a part of any country they want is the epitome of democracy. Also, the most evil state in modern history is conducting the most brutal genocide since the Ustashe, and who is getting the support there? The natives or the genocidal maniacal colonists from Eastern Europe?
Including his much beloved analysis of Skinner's "Verbal Behavior", Chomsky sometimes displays biased and superficial reasoning. "Si hay gubierno, soy contra" - si hay establishment, soy contra... This is not to deny that Western powers have also committed horrible atrocities, and that Western powers did also have a role in the development of Putin's paranoia. But reality is more complex than Chomsky`s explanations.
@@ad5792 he never said that russia's economy is a failure.. But it's the size of not much bigger than Mexican economy.. Just do a Google search and see for yourself.. In terns of gdp, both economies are very similar.. That's what he said.. He also mentioned russia being a powerhouse of natural resources.. Which is why the sanctions failed.. Don't just make hasty comments without realizing the whole scenario..
@@mattyboy59 If you go by real purchasing power and don't rely on financial and service sector, then Russia's economy closer to a German one. US and EU are printing paper like there is no tomorrow causing inflation and turning themselves into paper tigers. Currently, Russia alone outproduces US and EU in military equipment
@@ad5792 russia out producing US and EU militarily is something that Scott Ritter and douglas mcgregor colonel would say.. Maybe true to some extent For now as US is not on full war mode.. But USA has over 50 rich and developed/developing countries ready to do its bidding and produce massive amounts of ammo.. USA can easily keep up with an endless supply of military equipment.. Even Economic powerhouses like japan, south Korea and Australia are there too. During ww2, USA had just a few allies.. Now it has around 50 powerful ones who can switch to full war mode.. So there is no scenario where Ru will come out of it with a positive result
How's Noam Chomsky doin? lol Damn man he is looking and speaking rough. I wish we could all get along without war, but for fucks sake we need to beat the bullies before we can have peace my man.
@@archyology Are you kidding me? He looks 5 minutes from death! He makes Joe Biden look like he should be a new mascot for Red Bull. Thomas Sowell is 96 and he looks 20 years younger than Noam!
In German there is the saying "unsere Leichen leben noch" ("our corpses are still alive"). NC is a "living" example for this statement. another intellectual of old days, crawling out of his coffin, to warn about the end to it all.
roughly 80 years ago - just before me coming onto this 'rock' - Russia's then ( - and now again -??? ) 'hero' Joseph S. and his Austrio-'Germanic' friend Adolf H. hatched-up the plan and concluded a treaty to 'remove' their neighbour Poland ... "from the word map" , and if so , why not also it's people - well , those you couldn't use as slaves ... , and if not - why not ?!!? those abject Jewish "Untermenschen" , that both of them - and so many brainwashed others .. hated with all their guts , ,,, get those out of 'Their World' as well , a.s.o. ... Roma , Sinti too , and - well , best anybody that might dis-agree , or just , well , all those 'me no like' ...... Real Pity they did - apparrennttlly - 'like' themselves ,,,, - and way too much !!!
The US attacked everybody. Putin had no choice but to murder all those people because they were American stooges. Every single one of them. Capitalism is bad, but sometimes it is useful to know someone like Jeffrey Epstein because he helps you move money around.
samy I Don't share your opinion. IF Your looking for dictators and terrorists, don't look to Russia or China, you only need to Google, "Countries Invaded by the United States" but it will take some time because the list is really LONG. "Panama Deception" is my favorite.
@@tonybenn1000 But iam looking at them. You see after ww2 we got a world order where the west could develop. Every action that usa did was to remain the leading global power. I dont say everything was good but the intention was to stronger the postion of the west. At the end nearly everybody profits out of it. Good global trade without russia and china couldnt have prosperd that much. When i see how russia performs in urkaine and threat his own soldiers i dont really understand how you can say the bs you do. Do you life in the west? If so get out of there and join china and russia
@@samyman2006 Western civilization was profitable for everyone at some point in history - yes. But nothing stays forever and in its new ultra capitalistic that goes to monopoly form is becoming annoying. When there was no competition USA could open the markets to sell their products freely, but now with Asian development, it even started to dictate European alies not to sell tech there to slow them down. Free market is no more when it comes to profits and global competition.
I mean, we know very well that Mexico would absolute look for a protector, if they were next to an agressor like Russia. Your theory has so many holes, its not even funny.
You are an imperialist, this is so clear. Imperialists never see any point from their adversaries. They are always right and their enemies are always wrong.
I used to without hesitation choose Chomsky in a Chomsky v Zizek forced choice test. Not anymore. Zizek has clearly taken the position of supporting the right of Ukraine to defend itself - and to recruit allies to do so. Chomsky decides that whoever's said the US is on are the bad guys. He needs to retire from public life.
@@totopolo2379 He spoke a partial truth which covers over plenty of truth. I have zero trouble acknowledging that America does plenty of bad shit and is an imperialist power. Bad Chomsky is pretty much blind to the fact that Russia is an imperialist power bent on swallowing up an entire country. By all means Westsplain to Ukraine that they need to capitulate and learn to love being the new region of greater Russia. But don't expect Ukrainians to buy it.
@@angryanglocanadian7581 He didn't offend me, he acted like an old man who no longer has his full powers. He may have offended Ukrainians, who are under existential threat and do not like being Westsplained to by people living very comfortable lives in the West. Telling Ukrainians they must accept being colonized by Russia is something they have every right to feel offended about.
He called Putin stupid for invading Ukraine and cutting gas to Europe, rather that allying himself with Europe to counter US's control of it. Just listen carefully.
You won't. In his worldview, US leaders are all psychopaths and everyone else is either a US puppet or wise and intelligent people standing up to US aggression.
Mr. Chomsky, you are a person who has very deep and wide political knowledge, and conveys it honestly and openly. Unfortunately nowadays there are very few people who like truth and honesty like you.
Allways was a mystery to me why people having sharp science mind can "buy" very simple trick. Like the guys who send nuclear sicrets to Moskow (at the time my relatives where send to Sibirea or worse)
Because maybe people didn’t hear it the first time because it’s hard to find anything that the professor says anywhere because he censored almost everywhere.
@@tozrimondher4250 No, but he is stuck in a time frame (post ww2 era) and are basically not keeping up with the world anymore. Chomsky has been a very important person, and his criticism of the US foreign affairs(during 1960-2000s) is hugely important and well put. BUT what he says on the Ukraine topic is just embarrassing, it's totally out of touch with what actually is happening in Russia in regards to their own population and the war happening in Ukraine.
@@tozrimondher4250 The thing is that not everything happening in the world is about the US. The war in Ukraine is purely about Russian imperialism. In this context, Chomsky's whataboutism comes across as justifying Russian aggression.
@@tozrimondher4250 Well he is 94 years and with clear mind but not very objective, tells a lot about US healthcare and quality of life. In russia people barely make it till 75
Bush became the first U.S. president to visit Iraq. He flew to Baghdad under extraordinary secrecy and security to spend Thanksgiving with U.S. troops and thank them for “defending the American people from danger.” He also met with members of the Coalition Provisional Authority and the Iraqi Governing Council.Dec 27, 2018. I guess he hasn't heard of Googling. Actually every US Pres. has visited Iraq during the conflict, including Trump.
Tony Blair and George Bush totally ruined Iraq. They should be ashamed of what they did there! It will take many years before Iraq gets anywhere near what it was pre Western actions!
The entire interview is one hour. As Noam aged he takes a bit longer to say what he wants to say. Plug in a set of headphones and sit back listening to the entire show as though he is speaking to you personally. Listening to Noam during a lecture is an experience in language and the words we use. My favorite book of Noam's is How the World Works. He is one of the brightest intellectuals of our time. ♥
Well spoken man, naive conclusions. Witness the Cambodian naivete for just one example. Dictators must be contained and it's very difficult for their own population to do so. The US had our close call with dictatorship on Jan 6th.
@@move2003nyit normally is, however this war of aggression is because of Putler. Now that they have seen the US for the past three quarters of a century try to strong arm countries with military capabilities, Russia, China, middle eastern powers see that and pry think why can’t they. After all it’s us poor people who fight them for the powers at be.
No, these were always his marbles: Start with the premise America is wrong, work backwards to prove it. That's basically how the mind of every big name leftist worked prior to Trump.
@@Dennis-nc3vw Yeah, gotta agree with you there. I really don't understand why the guy doesn't just retire. I'm sure he's smart enough to have saved enough money for retirement... oh wait ... maybe not?
I'm sorry, but you're wrong. In Ukraine, the majority of the working class are ready and willing to support and escalate the war. Thousands are volunteering for the military, even poor people are donating money for drones and cars for the army. For many here in Ukraine, it's better to die than to live under Russian rule again, like in the previous centuries of colonial oppression. And, sadly, in Russia, the majority of those who voice their opinion, even among the working class, will literally tell you that Ukraine somehow deserves to be invaded, and that the Special Military Operation by the glorious Russian armed forces somehow makes the world more secure and will lead to reduced suffering.
“The war must continue in order to severely weaken Russia” - key 🔑 “Britain and US were clear that they don’t want any negotiations between Ukraine and Russia” - another key 🔑
In this segment he called it an Act of Aggression, which is basically the most serious crime a nation state can commit, "criminally stupid" from Russia's strategic point of view, talked about how it has killed untold numbers of civilians, and destroyed the Ukrainian economy. What else do you need exactly?
@@SvendBosanvovski LOL... THE INTERVENTION IT'S FULL LEGAL IN A ATLEAST 3 WAYS. 1. THE UKRANIAN NAZIS DECLARES HIMSELF SUCESSORS OF THE 1941 NAZI UKRANIE AND THE OUN CHART AND THE MOSCOW PROTOCOLS ALLOW RUSSIA TO KILL ANY NAZI STATE 2. YANUKOVICH LAST LEGAL AUTHORITY ( WAIT THE NEW UKRANIAN GOVERMENT IT'S ILLEGAL) REQUEST RUSSIAN INTERVENTION 3. RUSSIAN DONBASS ALLIED REPUBLICS WHO ARE LEGALLY INDEPENDENT BY THE 1514 OUN RESOLUTION REQUESTED A RUSSIAN INTERVENTION AGAINST THE UKRANIAN AGRESSION..
I used to have a great deal of respect for Noam Chomsky but during this war he sounds confused, deluded and plain wrong, he is talking himself into intellectual insignificance.
But the US was attacking IRAQ, and is defending UKRAINE, so to compare American leaders going to their capitals is not an equal comparison. It’s incredible that Chomsky has nothing bad to say about Russia, the physical instigator of the violence. He used to be my idol.
With all due respect to Noam Chomsky, Russia invaded Ukraine. In the beginning the West (Germany) debated if they should send 5000 helmets. For Ukraine, it's about survival of the nation and the country.
Everyone needs to listen to Noam and learn, and then learn how to ignore him. I'm Canadian, and like, if the moon was destroyed by an asteroid, somehow the US did it? Like, eff off, man.
I dont disagree but where are the limits to this logic? Wasn't the american war of indepence just a proxy war between UK and france? Should the US colonies have accepted UK imperial rule? Should Europe have accepted the NAZI rule? Whats the limit? When are we "allowed" to defend our idea of living?
As soon as your idea of living is threatened on your own territory. But it never was. When was the last attack on the American people from a foreign army - or power ?
@@henryseidel5469 are you saying Ukraine was threatening Russia and Russia was defending itself? Not according to Chomsky. He says Russia is acting like a bully just like the US would if China militarized in Mexico.
@@iridescentsquids That's right. Yet if Putin had applied the methods from Hiroshima or Vietnam or Iraq or Lybia his mission would already be accomplished. I am saying that there are thirty Nato - armies gathering in front of Russia's doors - led by the US. The Russian occupation army went back home from Europe over thirty years ago, the US is still there. What for ? As I said: The Russians do not like American missiles in the bay of Peterburg the way US did not like a handful of Soviet missiles in Cuba. It was called a 'world crisis' then. Russia is not Chile or Guatemala or Lybia or Grenada. Safety is always a mutual affair. Chomsky knows this.
🚨🔴What he says about Europe is completely false. European countries transferred their industry to China decades ago. It begins in the 90'es. And Europe is on the contrary reindustrialising itself due to the atitude of China in 2016, 18-19, 2020, 21, 22 and 23 where China blok production chains and don't export semi conductors and other essential components necessary for several sensible European industries, such as car and electronic production, planes and military and space and medicin industry, and has also bloked the export of vital ressources such as production of masks and protective hospitals material, so now all those productions are being brought back to European and American soils, and others are transferred to other more trust deserving countries. Several new industries have opened and reopened in Europe in the past 2 years, and yesterday, the french president Emmanuel Macron, has inaugurated a new industrial area in North of France, the biggest production of batteries for electric cars, and their recycling center at the same place, and last year opened several new industrial spots in France, among which the center of creation of hydrogen to airplane industry to replace jets fuel, and a new industrial plant for metal and steel. France also opened a 3 new industrial plants for the production of wind turbines in Bretagne and south of France and in north of France, who will create thousands of jobs. Several other industrial plants have opened in Germany too, and in other east European countries. France is also very actively supporting the development of Moldova. Norway and Danmark have also open new industries last year, and this year marked the opening of a huge factory of wind turbines in Danmark. So no, Europe is not deindustrializing, but on the contrary reindustruilising. On top of that, new décision on the plastic pollution have leaded EU countries to go back to use glass bottles instead of plastic, for water and milk bottles, who are recyclable and do not pollute. Which demand a reindustrialization of the sector in all countries, touching most branches of agro alimentation, as soda will also be in glass bottles. So Europe is reindustrialising massively as a result of the disagreement with China and the armed conflict in Ukraine. ❗Chomsky is propping your heads with propaganda!
Crazy how all the attacks on Chomsky never take into consideration how, even at 93(4) yrs old, this guy could run circles around the ass-hats condemning him. That is beside the fact he has nailed each fact uttered with 100% truth.
The human species has been in the business of killing each other since the beginning of time. We, in recent times, are always, it seems, in precarious times with the threat of nuclear annihilation hanging over us. The Cuban missile crises brought it home to my generation and on it goes, repeating the same threats, the same gamesmanship, the same paranoia. It only takes one incident/person to realize the end of the human experiment. The odds are not in our favor.
yeah i disagree with 80% of what he said here, especially about Europe. As a European my self i can say we are not doing bad at all, in fact pretty good given the circumstances.
@@MissMan666 I agree that Europe is is good shape, except for the UK given their idiotic Brexit move. Furthermore, no major European state faces the fascist-dictatorship threat that the US desperately needs to avert in next year's elections.
It’s almost as if Chomsky doesn’t think hypocrisy is everywhere. Countries who may profit from joining in will. What country is not positioning for its future , often at the expense of others? This is not a meaningful revelation.
A person is not an interviewer if he doesn’t challenge some assertions like the ones Norm makes, and instead lets him drone on and on, and continue making so many erroneous assertion. He could’ve just mailed him an invitation on a card and not been present for the interview…
@@MidnightExpressMC Bro at this day an age interviewers talk more than the guests and I am personally sick of that. Though I don't always agree with what they say I find it so repulsive to disturb thier train of thought and turning the interview into a debate . IMHO Deeper layers of meaning comes more from a consistent and continuous train of thought.
@@W.Khairi I agree with the annoying phenomenon where the interviewer talks more than the subject. In fact, I just saw another one of those yesterday where Russell Brand interviewed someone. But that really has nothing to do with challenging assertions that are provably false and outrageous, where overwhelming facts do not support the opinion.
There are countries that chose to vilify NATO as the aggressor and a tool of American hegemony. This view is in total disregard for the many years that Russia has threatened Eastern Europe. Russia spreads terrorism to other parts of the world through a private army that sells its services to despotic regimes. World leaders that sympathize with Russia tend to share the fascist vision of Russia. I don't like American hegemony, but I take the view that it exists out of fear. The existence of an aggressive fascist oligarchy like Russia no doubt encourages nation states to very conscious of their national security, and in many cases, pushes them into the orbit of the United States. If a world leader was truly concerned about American hegemony, they would welcome the collapse of the Russian state. Without Russia, American hegemony will gradually come apart, and I would suspect that smaller fascist states might find it in their interest to behave themselves as well.
Watching African coups succeed because they feel safe as allies of Russia shows you where this will all lead. In Niger, the military didn't want Western reforms because they were making millions from people smuggling and getting people into Europe. Europe tried to help Niger develop so that their people had reasons to stay but the military did not agree with the French 'no government backed people smuggling' policy. Russia stepped in with Wagner troops and offered to support the military dictatorship. Mr Chomsky is willfully ignorant.
No, in the Iraq War (2003-2011), Iraq had not invaded anyone. The war was unprovoked, i.e. the US did not state a reason for the war except unsubstantiated claims that Iraq had weapons of mass destruction, which were never ever found. The war was undeclared, as with the invasion of Ukraine. It was not strictly speaking a war, maybe it was a US/UK joint military exercise. It was that war Noam Chomsky is referring to when USA attacked without a UN mandate and asked for everyone to leave Baghdad.
It has always confused me why some people have made Noam Chomsky such a political "god". When I was a philosophy student at Stanford during the 60's his "Aspects of the Theory of Syntax" and 'Language and Mind" were revolutionary, awesome, mind-blowing, like a new Bible. . . Like Wittgenstein wrote, "Ontology recapitulates philology." . . . Then he became an anti-Vietnam war activist (as did I at time) but he never seems to have gotten over it. . . He seems to think that everything the USA does is evil but gives a complete pass to Russian and Chinese imperialism, murder and lies. Very sad old man. At this point he should just shut up and go quietly into the night. He has given us much but has nothing else to offer. . . Death to Russian imperialism! Slava Ukraini.
How is him pointing out that Russian aggression is highly illegal and what initiated this conflict equal to him giving "a complete free pass to Russia"? Literally WHAT are you even talking about?
Who is going to help Ukraine, this war torn impoverished nation now on brink of losing a war. Are you going to rebuild it? How long before Ukraine can rebuild it self from poverty of war, back to poverty that it was under before. They lost 10 million people just to emigration. Ukraine will be recovering 50 years from this war. Putin already won the war, and achieved decisive victory. Winning this war is meaningless. Its a lost cause.
I wonder what exactly Chomsky would do about the Russo-Ukrainian War if he were president. Just leave it to the Russians and then self-flagellate in public while enveloped in the American flag?
@@keithparker1346USA (and Russia) both signed treaties promising to defend Ukraine from attack, in exchange for Ukraine giving up their nuclear weapons, which they did. What Russia has done is put another nuclear nail in the coffin of humanity, no country will ever give up nuclear arms again by choice, knowing how Ukraine was betrayed by both allies and enemies.
Before I watch my prediction: Noam Chomsky takes realist ideals and talking points from the 1955 to 1980 and blames NATO expansion and claims that is their sphere of influence.
@@haider9874 He mentioned China and the US more than Ukraine and Russia and blamed NATO for expanding influence into the Indian ocean. Yes, I was definitely wrong, I couldn't possibly imagine his optics would move into the Indian Ocean and blaming the US and NATO in its entirety.
@@delichte101 you made a judgement before watching he's video. You clearly biased. He said a conflict with USA and china is something we must avoid at all cost. Is he wrong? If you believe nuclear armageddon is bad, he's definitely correct, btw you probably fetishize nuclear armageddon
Its a dam tragedy .. young men / FATHERS/ Brother's/ both Ukrainian and russian dead and for what? Nothing can justify so much Death... We are pass the point of Blame.. this senseless slaughter needs to stop now
@@andcouncil1 this is so fucking pathetic. This could of stopped day one by never invading. If Someone breaks into your house shoots your dog and claims one of your rooms are you going to negotiate a deal so they keep the room? No matter how bad you want this to fit your bias this bloodshed is 100% on russias shoulders. Letting them not take blame after being an aggressor while they rape and pillage their neighbor is so damn disgusting
I dont remember people not talking about Iraqi deaths during the war. I was around at that time and thise who against the war-- a sizable number of people, talked about the casualties quite a lot. That is, it was well-known that hundreds of thousands died. That said, one expects a European society (and yes, America is essentially a European society) to pay closer attention to a war in Europe than elsewhere. Just like I expect a person in Sub-Saharan Africa to pay closer attention to a war in say, Liberia, than in say, Yugoslavia. Thats not hypocrisy, that's just common sense and natural.
Not only did people talk about those deaths left and right, they ignored who was actually doing the killing. According to John Slobeda of Iraq Body Count, about 88% of civilians in Iraq were killed by "insurgents, militia, and terrorists." No doubt they were encouraged by the fact that they knew people would blame all their atrocities on their America enemies.
Listened to the first few sentences Chomsky had to say and gave up on him. Iraq is Iraq, the US did harm there to put it mildly. But it has ZERO to do with the need to halt Russian expansionism in Europe. If his first comment about Ukraine is a comment about Iraq you know he's lost the plot.
Oh yes,Russia is so small that must go in Europe,in Bosnia,Kosovo etc. No body didnt talk about that shit of nato will come to payment,if you can attack Serbia,and cut Serbia"s part like Kosovo,why Russia cant do same thing in Ukraina?I saw hundred times when hundred people from around the world talk about that,but youin nato cant see this?We see.
Noam is 1/2 brilliant and 1/2 sophomore. That the US does bad things does not make the people of Ukraine less valuable. The elites will never allow there to be a worldwide nuclear war, small scale regional wars make both sides money.
Dude, imagine that a psychopath that lives next door, broke into your appartment and started killing and raping everything that moves and burning and destroying everything that doesn’t. Do you think people will call it “a crisis”?
This is why Russia is just conducting a Police and Security action in Ukraine. It takes a while to clear out the 46 U.S. military-funded biolabs, and helping displaced residents after the looting of civilian properties by the Azov Battalion, which is comprised of 10-20% Nazis, and has accused the battalion of raping and torturing Ukrainian detainees in the Donbas region. This is probably one of the reasons NATO and the UN like them now. FACT.
With due respect, and being in favor of peace,what the world needs now is peace. Weapons have advanced and we are in the possesion of the way to destroy the whole world.
Actually, no entity or person is more allergic to accountability, that West Europe, and the US. They ravaged the whole world through the centuries, and are still doing it, with no accountability.
Me: “Man it really is terrible, What Russia is doing to Ukraine right now. We should help them out.” Noam: “ummmmm actually the Iraq war was bad” Me: ???
The nuclear powers do not realize that global warming is destructive to all life on "the whole earth," The proxi war in Ukraine is an abuse of human lives. Whom does it Gain; certainly not western Europe. The Nato to realize that we are interdependent with the oceans and our biosphere. They have to listen to the warnings of Albert Einstein and learn to negotiate and disarm.🌻 I experienced the last four month of the 2-nd World and believe in a worlfederation. Do not repeat "The March of Folly,"we experienced in the 20th century🌻
the psychological upshot is that Noam Chomsky's thought processes in some ways comfortably analogize to the same sort of inflexibly contorted quasi analysis that show us how putin's cognitive biases became so embedded and unreasonable....
How dare you compre Ukrainе and Iraq or Yugoslavia.?? How can put these country at the same level? I mean, what??? We allundestand a danger of the situation for all of us, nothing new here. Same is about Mexico. If USA were as agressive as Russia, damp right Mexico would seek an protection from different giants. Common, how stupid do u think we are.
It seems quite scandalous to put ukronazistan and the murderous zelenski clique on the same level as decent people of irak or serbia killed without reason by blood thirsty US.
full interview with Chomsky here - th-cam.com/video/av_0PhJdw9M/w-d-xo.html
@Noam Chomsky is a Nazi creeper. @Noam Chomsky doesn't like Palestinians, @Noam Chomsky hates Jews
Can you post transcripts for every Chomsky video including this one. He knows so much about foreign affairs and policy that you have to have the transcript to verify it and research further on the individual events/topics/conflicts.
Bless you good man in mid nineties and still fighting for truth, justice, compassion… unbelievable right and how few to speak the truth ❤
Isn't is great to live in a country that enables you to say what you believe, or just troll , without being arrested.
That's not what Julian Assange told.
Isn't it great we live in a country where people ignore Chomsky's many meetings with Epstein and visits to Lolita Island?
I agree
@@christiandeleze7693 Assange was also arrested for the rape or attempted rape of two Swedish women.
@@christiandeleze7693 Julian assange was a Russian puppet who was only interested in rooting out American scandals .
Why do you call it a conflict when it's the full scale war.
It's not a war
@@Arfabiscuit where you at?
@@Arfabiscuit )))
LOL, Ukraine has proven that they can lose to just Wagner. Russia says their goal the the Russian speaking areas and demilitarization through a war of attrition. If it was a full scale war, there Ukraine's NATO style army would be wipe out within days.
@@Arfabiscuitit's a war of invasion.
Someone is paying attention. Yes it is the most dangerous time in human history
Jesus Comin back soon repent
Worse than in 1962.
The US is bipolar at the bottom but unipolar at the top, thanks to the Deep State running the very deadly disastrous show,
"Western apologists like to use the word "whataboutism" to deflect from their hypocrisy over stuff and ting. But to answer your question, what's happening in Ukraine is very bad. People are dying, it's terrible. But whatabout Iraq?"
I'm out.
He's omitting a key point. There is one party that could end the war straight away. And return to their borders. Inconvenient truth.
USA should leave Iraq and Syria then!
@@HungaryBased what about Syria? What about the USA? What about? What about?
As you over look, that the party that you support has come to be in a coup d'é·tat and the EASTERN PART HAS BEEN IN REVOLT SINCE 2014. Ukraine has been at war in the east since 2014 and instead of their Army, they send 'volunteers' from their west, promising them land in the east. There are no heroes here.
What would the US do if China persuaded Mexico to become a member of a China-Russia-India military organization? It would blow Mexico to dust. But to you only Russia is evil.
It's not a conflict. It's an Invasion, a War. Mister host.
So the United States invaded Iraq for the right reason? Yes or not?
Nobody has declared war so technically it's a conflict. The Civil Conflict should have been ended by Russia protecting The East against the West Ukraine aggressors. It would be like England forcing all the Welsh or Irish to speak English, and if they refuse violently invading them.
What an invasion? you are losing. Period. and that losing is the losing of Europe and American. Period. That is just facts. Zelensky is no better than Putin. Otherwise why he's letting so many people die in a war/invasion/whatuLike he is losing? Stop war, every one can stop, but no one wants, why?
a war is an armed conflict.
"Conflict" sounds like a small internal issue. It is NOT that. It is a full-fledged WAR, an INVASION.
People in comments saying Chomsky is some kind of Putin apologist. Did we watch the same video? He explicitly condemns "Putin's war of aggression", says there's no justification for it, and that the US should be helping Ukraine defend itself. He's repeatedly called Putin a brutal dictator.
Him calling it a proxy war by the US is more than enough to designate him a pathetic fraud. What a fucking ridiculous thing to say. Just because the US is involved doesn't automatically make it bad.
It seems like we were watching different videos indeed
@@morygeg I literally quoted what Chomsky said in the video so we must be
Some kind of Putin apologist? I'd say full blown
@@nobbynobbs8182 In Russia, if you said the same stuff Chomsky is saying about Putin you'd be poisoned in your sleep
The only winners in any war are those who remain alive and in reasonable health at the end. The losers are the thousands or millions whose lives are lost or otherwise destroyed due injury, displacement, destruction of homes, means of earning a living and just the sheer trauma of war and it's effects on people. My parents both went through the second world war. Both were very deaf in old age; my mother perhaps from the bombing of her hometown...my father perhaps from being transported around the world in noisy ships/perhaps sometimes being close to artillery too( he was in Royal Signals, so didn't actually participate in the fighting, but was at times fairly close to front lines.). My father informed me that disease (through living in unsanitary conditions, unfamiliar tropical diseases..much dysentery) killed as many as those lost on the battlefield.
This is the human cost of gaining a temporary economic advantage of resources/territory. Meantime, humans are ultimately destrying their own ecological niche and heading for self-extinction.
And corrupt dictators - people like Putin and Chi - are at the head of that effort.
A lot of countries did not fight the Nazis and then were killed and/or their nations bombed anyway. It would have been better to stand up to Hitler together earlier. Less destruction and loss of life.
@@Applecompuser so we all need tl stand American hegemony then, spot on
@@Stoynov666 tl?
This very common statement about "nobody winning a war" is flawed. Most of those who actually fight it are losers in many ways but they are not fighting for themselves they are fighting for the billions of people who come after them in freedom. You are I are the winners of the 2nd World War as we live in a free world where we can post what we wish on TH-cam. The Ukrainian soldier likewise is fighting for the billions of Ukrainians who will come after.
As old as he is, this man may live to see the end of humanity.
I rather doubt it, somewhow - given that he's 95 already, and quite clearly not long for this life.
well that's uplifting
We all currently do.
for which he worked his entire life, supporting ruzzia and any other kleptocratic regime oposing to democracy
So let me guess......It's all our fault??
Yep… trying to expand NATO to Georgia and Ukraine, despite the warnings (2008) from France (Sarkozy) and Germany (Merkel) that this was a terrible idea, was a big fat mistake.
You are not the government, and the government is not the country. But you can only have a government for the people if they are perpetually pushed from below
@@javiermiranda5769 Oh yes, of course- It’s not the aggressor’s fault.
The Ukrainians should’ve sat back and let Putin’s tanks roll in. Poor ol’ Putin, meant no harm by it. Lets blame ourselves while his thuggish mercenaries and brutal military rampage. How silly of me, how naive of the Ukrainians.
Remember that - if your country ever faces a massive invading force bombing its infrastructure and murdering its civilians.
Yes. The greatest threat to humanity is humanity.
Noam how is Epstein?
If the fear of nuclear war prevents the U.S. from taking necessary action, then you've incentivized every aggressor to become nuclear capable.
are you dumb bro? Why would you risk nuclear certainty?
that was the case when the US was the only nuclear power as well.
@@11235but Yeah, the CCP has thrown Xinjiang Uyghurs into concentration camps because of US hegemony 🙄
You can't answer valid arguments?
@@jamesgo2014 Doz100 didn't make an argument. He attempted to put words in my mouth. I used the word "aggressor" because that's what I meant. I don't presume every nation state that opposes US hegemony is an enemy. If he does, then that's his problem; but don't try to strawman me.
I am watching this and agree with some of the things he says, But so far I haven't heard hin say how this can be resolved.
bc there is no path to that - it is not profitable so that is not an aim- that i think is his point
In fact it would be easy, he left it as an open question: For how long is Europe going to take this? “Western” Europe, at least, I would point out (Eastern and Northern are gone for the moment). He mentioned Germany and Netherlands, I would add Italy, France and perhaps Spain. Without these countries’ cronyism US would be reduced in time to a regional power.
Noam is an appeasement monkey, the west should always give in.
peace negotiation
@@vincenzolia6685What do you mean by "gone"?
'Its the most dangerous time in human history' - sips coffee
It's exciting !
Cuz he knows he can't change it
Three letters:
R-F-K
Repent and say Jesus im a sinner please Come upon my body and into my heart
When you are that age, why worry 🤷♂️
One of the major differences I have with Chomsky is he fundamentally believes people are intelligent, I don't. They traded it all for just a little bit more......
Not at all. He's counting on people to be dumb and believe the disinformation he's helping spread, literally from Imperial Russia disinformation propaganda roadbook, copy-paste. Not one original idea, it's all copy-paste from Dugin&friends.
I agree wt you.
That is why all attempts to build a better new world from above end in despair and a sea of tears
Americans are idiots but if you travel many countries have a intelligent population.
I fundamentally believe Chomsky is an idiot.
I strongly oposed the iraqi war. Same thing goes for the russian aggression in Ukraine. Hundreds of thousands russian soldiers on ukranianan soil. That’s escalation for you, mr Choamsky....
The Iraq war is based on Americas fear of a Gold backed Currency and thirst for Oil.
The Russo Ukraininan Warbis basicaly the Outcome of Nato Expansion and the USA bankrolling a pro Western Revolt, that lead to the killing of ethnic Russians by Nazis.
Its the perfect War for America, the Politicians can funnel Gouverment Money to Privat Corporations and they can weaken Russia.
I agree with you. History is going to judge how NATO responded to this thug, Putin. There are costs and there are priorities, and Ukraine has decided, along with the West, to deny Russia their plunder. I believe the right thing is being done, in fact if NATO wants to join the fight it would be over sooner. Though I also understand that Putin has been sabre-rattling with the nukes (all the more reason for a regime change in Russia, but as an American I should be cautious about presenting the tactic).
Billions, billions! 😂 you idiot
It is not the same, no, the Iraq war was totally unprovoked. The Minsk agreements were blatantly violated and Russia reacted doing the unthinkable, whose fault was it?
Americans were not in danger from the Saddam regime, however many Russians WERE in danger from the Kiev regime. Still an illegal war, but it's not the same. And at least this shitty war was not dictated by a small middle eastern apartheid state.
Iraq used to be blood hungry country, involved in many war crimes. Yugoslavia was a country that practiced genocide. Ukraine, at another hand, peaceful, friendly country, did no harm to anyone. How can u put these countries in the same shelf. Are u OK?
Undecent to compare a murderer country like ukronazistan which committed genocide in the donbass to countries like irak or serbia where decent and innocent people were murdered by US agressors.
Ukro friendly country?
You mean some friendly ladies from ukr working in some houses in germany...agreed😂
For the rest....genocide on russian speakers in donbass...forced enrollment of hungarian boys in the army.
.very friendly indeed.
"Yugoslavia practiced genocide" 🤣 Ukraine passed far right laws in which the traditional minorities are the most persecuted in Europe. I am from Slovenia and we were allowed full freedom of language in Yugoslavia, while in Ukraine the traditional Russian minority can now only study in Russian until the 4th grade. Much easier to have been a minority in Yugoslavia than in 2020s Ukraine, but do not let facts get in your way.
@@KrisVesel so you being able to speak Slovenian somehow cancels and undoes the mass murders in BiH and the ethnic cleansing of Kosovo? really?
and please stop spreading Russian lies about Ukraine.
unless it's your job to do so.
So Why so many people whon study situation of minorities say the samé thing@@emillesniewski1187
The question needs to be asked…when is enough enough?How much wealth and power is actually needed.Unfortunately it’s the good little people who always suffer.
Capitalism knows no limit and does not believe in "enough".
Capitalism is the very definition of cancer. Cancer happen when cells keep multiplying in a finite system (your body) and some cells are malformed due to constant growth in their number.
Capitalism expects constant growth in a finite system (earth) and is bad for long term sustainability. It doesn't care about sustainability.
Result, death.
Power corrupts absolutely,
Say that to Putin, you gullible parrot.
@@lah6739 ofc lets blame the capitalist, what do communists do when they run out of capitalists to kill? they start killing each other.
the very beginning, the question is intriguing, got me to watch it further
“The war must continue in order to severely weaken Russia. That remains US policy.” No, the policy is to get Russia out of Ukraine. That is also NATO policy, and it is Ukrainian policy. To frame this as simply a plot to weaken Russia, is to reduce Ukrainian aspirations to zero.
You need to learn history
@@mirjanakljajic3265 You seem OK with turning 45M Ukrainians into slaves of Putin. Maybe that's not OK.
Haha. The US doesn't care about Ukraine
@mirjana kljajic the centuries old history of Russia trying to assimilate Ukraine and enact genocide on its people.
@@mirjanakljajic3265 Which history?
Noam doesn't even consider the fact that Ukrainians themselves don't want Russia's leader to rule them politically. Ukrainians support the war against the invasion, and ask for help from Western countries to fight the invasion to retain the sovereignty of their borders. Ukrainians are brave. I'm not so sure the same is the case for people that push for peace at any cost. The big contradiction of peace at any cost, which Noam seems to advocate, is that making peace at any cost doesn't produce peace at all. It was tried by Chamberlain before WWII, but Germany just kept advancing and taking more. If Russia takes over any other sovereign nation by force the inhabitants won't find peace but oppression. To live under tyranny is not the life I want, and it's not the life Ukrainians want. Patrick Henry: "Give me liberty, or give me death."
Completely untrue. They took a vote and chose to be joined part of Russia.
@@mrfiestas Texas could take a vote and still not be allowed to join Mexico. No, there is no vote that citizens of a region of Ukraine can take to secede from Ukraine any more than Texas can from the US.
@@mrfiestas "International law does not give the inhabitants of a part of a state the right to secede from that state. The aspect of self-determination which allows for independence of a ‘people’ applies to peoples in colonies and other overseas territories under the occupation of another state. The other aspect of self-determination is ‘internal’ and comprises the right to freely choose political status and pursue economic, social, and cultural development within the state - as the Minsk accords sought to provide for Donetsk and Luhansk."
@@jaredprince4772 Well, Kosovo had no right to secede either. Donetsk and Lugansk are merely fighting to prevent their EXTERMINATION. Not through everyone being killed, but via laws that ban their mother tongue from the 4th grade onwards. And people being allowed to be a part of any country they want is the epitome of democracy.
Also, the most evil state in modern history is conducting the most brutal genocide since the Ustashe, and who is getting the support there? The natives or the genocidal maniacal colonists from Eastern Europe?
@@mrfiestas not all Ukraine. Only the eastern provinces - the Donbas.
Including his much beloved analysis of Skinner's "Verbal Behavior", Chomsky sometimes displays biased and superficial reasoning. "Si hay gubierno, soy contra" - si hay establishment, soy contra... This is not to deny that Western powers have also committed horrible atrocities, and that Western powers did also have a role in the development of Putin's paranoia. But reality is more complex than Chomsky`s explanations.
and Putin aint stupid
Wishful thinking about Russian economy.
Which is??
He said russia doesn't have much of an economy.. He is spot on about that 6:36
@@mattyboy59 I guess thats why western sanctions failed
@@ad5792 he never said that russia's economy is a failure.. But it's the size of not much bigger than Mexican economy.. Just do a Google search and see for yourself.. In terns of gdp, both economies are very similar.. That's what he said.. He also mentioned russia being a powerhouse of natural resources.. Which is why the sanctions failed.. Don't just make hasty comments without realizing the whole scenario..
@@mattyboy59 If you go by real purchasing power and don't rely on financial and service sector, then Russia's economy closer to a German one. US and EU are printing paper like there is no tomorrow causing inflation and turning themselves into paper tigers. Currently, Russia alone outproduces US and EU in military equipment
@@ad5792 russia out producing US and EU militarily is something that Scott Ritter and douglas mcgregor colonel would say.. Maybe true to some extent For now as US is not on full war mode.. But USA has over 50 rich and developed/developing countries ready to do its bidding and produce massive amounts of ammo.. USA can easily keep up with an endless supply of military equipment.. Even Economic powerhouses like japan, south Korea and Australia are there too. During ww2, USA had just a few allies.. Now it has around 50 powerful ones who can switch to full war mode.. So there is no scenario where Ru will come out of it with a positive result
How's Noam Chomsky doin? lol Damn man he is looking and speaking rough. I wish we could all get along without war, but for fucks sake we need to beat the bullies before we can have peace my man.
He's still doing remarkably well for his age.
@@archyology Are you kidding me? He looks 5 minutes from death! He makes Joe Biden look like he should be a new mascot for Red Bull. Thomas Sowell is 96 and he looks 20 years younger than Noam!
@@Dennis-nc3vw I hope when I am 96 my mental faculties are as sharp as Chomskys
In German there is the saying "unsere Leichen leben noch" ("our corpses are still alive"). NC is a "living" example for this statement. another intellectual of old days, crawling out of his coffin, to warn about the end to it all.
I'm a critic of US crimes abroad myself, but compared with Chomsky I'm an american apologist.
Wow this guy really had nothing to say. Only anecdotal discription of past events
If one has a choice to remove one country from the world map to make the world a better place, which one should we remove?
What does "remove one country" mean for the population that resides there?
the fascist state of merica
US
US is answer of every ineligent on earth.
roughly 80 years ago - just before me coming onto this 'rock' - Russia's then ( - and now again -??? ) 'hero' Joseph S. and his Austrio-'Germanic' friend Adolf H. hatched-up the plan and concluded a treaty to 'remove' their neighbour Poland ... "from the word map" , and if so , why not also it's people - well , those you couldn't use as slaves ... , and if not - why not ?!!? those abject Jewish "Untermenschen" , that both of them - and so many brainwashed others .. hated with all their guts , ,,, get those out of 'Their World' as well , a.s.o. ... Roma , Sinti too , and - well , best anybody that might dis-agree , or just , well , all those 'me no like' ......
Real Pity they did - apparrennttlly - 'like' themselves ,,,, - and way too much !!!
Sadly he speaks of what we do not want to hear . Our lives are changing globally and not in a good way. The good times are over for a long time.
What can he disclose about his friend Jeffrey Epstein.
@@lindasutton4014e’s a creep and his views on covid really exposed him.
@@lindasutton4014 and expose Chomsky's sex, drugs and rock and roll lifestyle that that association benefitted....Guffaw! Guffaw!
New dark ages , advances in technology , science, and human behavior have no bearing when man seeks to go into a cultural night .
I have hard time finding out who attacked whom ?
The US attacked everybody. Putin had no choice but to murder all those people because they were American stooges. Every single one of them. Capitalism is bad, but sometimes it is useful to know someone like Jeffrey Epstein because he helps you move money around.
by the way, Chomsky's family emigrated to the US from UKRAINE
but he has no bias. they cant have left because they admired the place. odd.
War pleases the greedy & brings disasters to the people & environment, but greed is an illness that will destroy the greedy eventually.
Unregulated greed . Like the American capitalists have dismantled the laws and made legalised corruption the norm
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Also capitulation of Ukraine (Chomsky hopes so much for) means genocide, as was planned and partially executed by Ruzzia
The greedy ones and probably everybody else...
Not the humane ones.
I dont share your opinion Mr Chomsky. The thought to accepting intrests of dictatorships like russia and china is insane.
Or Saudi Arabia, I know
ok cnn dupe
samy I Don't share your opinion. IF Your looking for dictators and terrorists, don't look to Russia or China, you only need to Google, "Countries Invaded by the United States" but it will take some time because the list is really LONG. "Panama Deception" is my favorite.
@@tonybenn1000 But iam looking at them. You see after ww2 we got a world order where the west could develop. Every action that usa did was to remain the leading global power. I dont say everything was good but the intention was to stronger the postion of the west. At the end nearly everybody profits out of it. Good global trade without russia and china couldnt have prosperd that much. When i see how russia performs in urkaine and threat his own soldiers i dont really understand how you can say the bs you do. Do you life in the west? If so get out of there and join china and russia
@@samyman2006 Western civilization was profitable for everyone at some point in history - yes. But nothing stays forever and in its new ultra capitalistic that goes to monopoly form is becoming annoying. When there was no competition USA could open the markets to sell their products freely, but now with Asian development, it even started to dictate European alies not to sell tech there to slow them down. Free market is no more when it comes to profits and global competition.
I mean, we know very well that Mexico would absolute look for a protector, if they were next to an agressor like Russia. Your theory has so many holes, its not even funny.
You are an imperialist, this is so clear. Imperialists never see any point from their adversaries. They are always right and their enemies are always wrong.
I used to without hesitation choose Chomsky in a Chomsky v Zizek forced choice test. Not anymore. Zizek has clearly taken the position of supporting the right of Ukraine to defend itself - and to recruit allies to do so. Chomsky decides that whoever's said the US is on are the bad guys. He needs to retire from public life.
yeah I am astonished he spoke truth on this one, the truth that bothers you...
@@totopolo2379 He spoke a partial truth which covers over plenty of truth. I have zero trouble acknowledging that America does plenty of bad shit and is an imperialist power. Bad Chomsky is pretty much blind to the fact that Russia is an imperialist power bent on swallowing up an entire country. By all means Westsplain to Ukraine that they need to capitulate and learn to love being the new region of greater Russia. But don't expect Ukrainians to buy it.
Somebody offended you... and they need to retire. Wow that's a surprise
@@angryanglocanadian7581 He didn't offend me, he acted like an old man who no longer has his full powers. He may have offended Ukrainians, who are under existential threat and do not like being Westsplained to by people living very comfortable lives in the West. Telling Ukrainians they must accept being colonized by Russia is something they have every right to feel offended about.
This for me just proves what I've always known. That Chomsky is ight and Zizek is an utter fool/tool
This appears to be a much older interview but says released on May 8 2023.
I'd love to hear Noam's view on Putin and his psychopathic failings, but I can't find anything out there??
He called Putin stupid for invading Ukraine and cutting gas to Europe, rather that allying himself with Europe to counter US's control of it.
Just listen carefully.
Need a villain sketched out for your child's worldview do you?
You won't. In his worldview, US leaders are all psychopaths and everyone else is either a US puppet or wise and intelligent people standing up to US aggression.
@@agiftfromdracosfather3490more like need some actual balanced world view instead of this Lacy what about ism
@ilusha2007 ah yes, whataboutism the hypocrite's mantra
Mr. Chomsky, you are a person who has very deep and wide political knowledge, and conveys it honestly and openly. Unfortunately nowadays there are very few people who like truth and honesty like you.
Has he ever said anything critical of Russia?
Nope. It's all the evil USA's fault. All evil things in the world are attributed to America. That's chomsky frame of thought for you.
Allways was a mystery to me why people having sharp science mind can "buy" very simple trick. Like the guys who send nuclear sicrets to Moskow (at the time my relatives where send to Sibirea or worse)
knowledge is not equal to wisdom
Uhm... this is an old video. Why is it uploaded for a second time?
Because maybe people didn’t hear it the first time because it’s hard to find anything that the professor says anywhere because he censored almost everywhere.
Better title: "Noam Chomsky still doesn't like the USA".
Should he ?
@@tozrimondher4250 No, but he is stuck in a time frame (post ww2 era) and are basically not keeping up with the world anymore. Chomsky has been a very important person, and his criticism of the US foreign affairs(during 1960-2000s) is hugely important and well put. BUT what he says on the Ukraine topic is just embarrassing, it's totally out of touch with what actually is happening in Russia in regards to their own population and the war happening in Ukraine.
@@tozrimondher4250 The thing is that not everything happening in the world is about the US. The war in Ukraine is purely about Russian imperialism. In this context, Chomsky's whataboutism comes across as justifying Russian aggression.
@@tozrimondher4250 Well he is 94 years and with clear mind but not very objective, tells a lot about US healthcare and quality of life. In russia people barely make it till 75
And until the US stops beeing ran by warmongering mobsters, not him and not the overwhelming majority of the world
Bush became the first U.S. president to visit Iraq. He flew to Baghdad under extraordinary secrecy and security to spend Thanksgiving with U.S. troops and thank them for “defending the American people from danger.” He also met with members of the Coalition Provisional Authority and the Iraqi Governing Council.Dec 27, 2018. I guess he hasn't heard of Googling. Actually every US Pres. has visited Iraq during the conflict, including Trump.
@Charles Martin Ya that's actually a really, really good point. Noam Chomsky might be the stupidest intellect I've ever listen to.
Bush Sr. Just Iraq War. Bush Jr's , pushed by Zionists.
Tony Blair and George Bush totally ruined Iraq. They should be ashamed of what they did there! It will take many years before Iraq gets anywhere near what it was pre Western actions!
No surprise Noam is also factually. I took that for granted.
To him the only thing that matters is hating America.
The entire interview is one hour. As Noam aged he takes a bit longer to say what he wants to say. Plug in a set of headphones and sit back listening to the entire show as though he is speaking to you personally. Listening to Noam during a lecture is an experience in language and the words we use. My favorite book of Noam's is How the World Works. He is one of the brightest intellectuals of our time. ♥
Thank you for watching!
Better to listen on 1.25x
While he starts talking slower, he is still a brilliant person and it’s a great pleasure to listen him.
Well spoken man, naive conclusions. Witness the Cambodian naivete for just one example. Dictators must be contained and it's very difficult for their own population to do so. The US had our close call with dictatorship on Jan 6th.
Noam got me to sleeeeeeep. I got a book from him but now I think I will never actually open it.
I have several. They have a ton of detail but basically the idea is always as follows: it’s the USA’s fault
Devastating. Right wing dipsht refuses to read. More news at 11.
@@move2003nyit normally is, however this war of aggression is because of Putler. Now that they have seen the US for the past three quarters of a century try to strong arm countries with military capabilities, Russia, China, middle eastern powers see that and pry think why can’t they. After all it’s us poor people who fight them for the powers at be.
Noam has obviously lost his marbles.
Satire ?
Or at least the marbles are rather ordinary …
Never had them to begin with
No, these were always his marbles: Start with the premise America is wrong, work backwards to prove it. That's basically how the mind of every big name leftist worked prior to Trump.
But he's probably gained a lot of rubles.
I'm wondering how he would feel if he was in Ukraine. Would he still talk about US and Iraq?
well that wouldn't be a neutral perspective now would it?
@@dstfno it's not neutral now
Speed 1.75 makes the listening better.
I'm surprised you don't need a speed faster than 1.75.
Poor bastard looks like he's about 5 minutes away from dying. I genuinely pity him.
@@Dennis-nc3vw Yeah, gotta agree with you there. I really don't understand why the guy doesn't just retire. I'm sure he's smart enough to have saved enough money for retirement... oh wait ... maybe not?
The only people not at fault for escalating the war is the working class people of the involved countries who all are against imperial wars
Exactly, the Russian proletarians and peasants should stand up to Putin's imperialism.
The working class people of Ukraine do not want to live under the boot of Putin…..you’re deluded
So working in lower classes are never considered or allowed to object against imperial wars.
@@ChooseCompassion of course they are allowed
I'm sorry, but you're wrong. In Ukraine, the majority of the working class are ready and willing to support and escalate the war. Thousands are volunteering for the military, even poor people are donating money for drones and cars for the army. For many here in Ukraine, it's better to die than to live under Russian rule again, like in the previous centuries of colonial oppression. And, sadly, in Russia, the majority of those who voice their opinion, even among the working class, will literally tell you that Ukraine somehow deserves to be invaded, and that the Special Military Operation by the glorious Russian armed forces somehow makes the world more secure and will lead to reduced suffering.
Listen to this man folks! He is talking clear facts with alot of knowledge, wisdom and years backing it.
“The war must continue in order to severely weaken Russia” - key 🔑
“Britain and US were clear that they don’t want any negotiations between Ukraine and Russia” - another key 🔑
Putin has litterly said he isent going to negotiate with ukraine nice try
Noam Chomsky somehow manages to ignore the actions and goals of Russia in his analysis.
Noam has been very clear and unequivocal elsewhere about the illegality of the Russian intervention.
In this segment he called it an Act of Aggression, which is basically the most serious crime a nation state can commit, "criminally stupid" from Russia's strategic point of view, talked about how it has killed untold numbers of civilians, and destroyed the Ukrainian economy. What else do you need exactly?
@@SvendBosanvovski
LOL... THE INTERVENTION IT'S FULL LEGAL IN A ATLEAST 3 WAYS.
1. THE UKRANIAN NAZIS DECLARES HIMSELF SUCESSORS OF THE 1941 NAZI UKRANIE AND THE OUN CHART AND THE MOSCOW PROTOCOLS ALLOW RUSSIA TO KILL ANY NAZI STATE
2. YANUKOVICH LAST LEGAL AUTHORITY ( WAIT THE NEW UKRANIAN GOVERMENT IT'S ILLEGAL) REQUEST RUSSIAN INTERVENTION
3. RUSSIAN DONBASS ALLIED REPUBLICS WHO ARE LEGALLY INDEPENDENT BY THE 1514 OUN RESOLUTION REQUESTED A RUSSIAN INTERVENTION AGAINST THE UKRANIAN AGRESSION..
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WHO LIES.... THE AGRESSOR IT'S UKRANIE AGAINST THE DONBASS REPUBLICS WHO REQUESTED A RUSSIAN INTERVENTION.
Noham is the agent of KGB and now Russia. His hands are tied, he can not blame Russia in any way. Always blame the USA the motto of his life.
I used to have a great deal of respect for Noam Chomsky but during this war he sounds confused, deluded and plain wrong, he is talking himself into intellectual insignificance.
Agreed. UA has agency and they are not going to stop defending themselves. The whole idea that RF who invaded in 2014 somehow wants to negotiate?
So what did you respect about him before?
@@piezoelectron He was a very gifted linguist.
@@gustavmeyrink_2.0 The man defended Pol Pot in the 70’s…
But the US was attacking IRAQ, and is defending UKRAINE, so to compare American leaders going to their capitals is not an equal comparison. It’s incredible that Chomsky has nothing bad to say about Russia, the physical instigator of the violence. He used to be my idol.
With all due respect to Noam Chomsky, Russia invaded Ukraine. In the beginning the West (Germany) debated if they should send 5000 helmets. For Ukraine, it's about survival of the nation and the country.
There is no ukr nation or country...this is nazi dump wanting destruction.
Everyone needs to listen to Noam and learn, and then learn how to ignore him. I'm Canadian, and like, if the moon was destroyed by an asteroid, somehow the US did it? Like, eff off, man.
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Spoken like a true authoritarian apologist; the man should enjoy the rest of his life in Kim's peaceful country.
Funny how he stopped himself from saying the word "Anglo-Saxons" at 9:15 ... Old fool
Imagine being as much of a loser as this commentator.
American Imperialism Baaaaaad. Russian Imperialism Good.
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You have convinced me with your brilliant argument. I shall immediately terminate my programme.
I dont disagree but where are the limits to this logic? Wasn't the american war of indepence just a proxy war between UK and france? Should the US colonies have accepted UK imperial rule? Should Europe have accepted the NAZI rule? Whats the limit? When are we "allowed" to defend our idea of living?
It’s the ease of contrarianism. It doesn’t have to answer to an alternative- just point out costs to decisions others dare make.
It's too much to accept, everything the U.S. is doing is questionable? The Xi led PRC aggression is to be ignored? Their stealing of U.S.
As soon as your idea of living is threatened on your own territory. But it never was. When was the last attack on the American people from a foreign army - or power ?
@@henryseidel5469 are you saying Ukraine was threatening Russia and Russia was defending itself? Not according to Chomsky. He says Russia is acting like a bully just like the US would if China militarized in Mexico.
@@iridescentsquids That's right. Yet if Putin had applied the methods from Hiroshima or Vietnam or Iraq or Lybia his mission would already be accomplished. I am saying that there are thirty Nato - armies gathering in front of Russia's doors - led by the US. The Russian occupation army went back home from Europe over thirty years ago, the US is still there. What for ?
As I said: The Russians do not like American missiles in the bay of Peterburg the way US did not like a handful of Soviet missiles in Cuba. It was called a 'world crisis' then.
Russia is not Chile or Guatemala or Lybia or Grenada. Safety is always a mutual affair. Chomsky knows this.
🚨🔴What he says about Europe is completely false.
European countries transferred their industry to China decades ago. It begins in the 90'es.
And Europe is on the contrary reindustrialising itself due to the atitude of China in 2016, 18-19, 2020, 21, 22 and 23 where China blok production chains and don't export semi conductors and other essential components necessary for several sensible European industries, such as car and electronic production, planes and military and space and medicin industry, and has also bloked the export of vital ressources such as production of masks and protective hospitals material, so now all those productions are being brought back to European and American soils, and others are transferred to other more trust deserving countries.
Several new industries have opened and reopened in Europe in the past 2 years, and yesterday, the french president Emmanuel Macron, has inaugurated a new industrial area in North of France, the biggest production of batteries for electric cars, and their recycling center at the same place, and last year opened several new industrial spots in France, among which the center of creation of hydrogen to airplane industry to replace jets fuel, and a new industrial plant for metal and steel.
France also opened a 3 new industrial plants for the production of wind turbines in Bretagne and south of France and in north of France, who will create thousands of jobs.
Several other industrial plants have opened in Germany too, and in other east European countries.
France is also very actively supporting the development of Moldova.
Norway and Danmark have also open new industries last year, and this year marked the opening of a huge factory of wind turbines in Danmark.
So no, Europe is not deindustrializing, but on the contrary reindustruilising.
On top of that, new décision on the plastic pollution have leaded EU countries to go back to use glass bottles instead of plastic, for water and milk bottles, who are recyclable and do not pollute.
Which demand a reindustrialization of the sector in all countries, touching most branches of agro alimentation, as soda will also be in glass bottles.
So Europe is reindustrialising massively as a result of the disagreement with China and the armed conflict in Ukraine.
❗Chomsky is propping your heads with propaganda!
Crazy how all the attacks on Chomsky never take into consideration how, even at 93(4) yrs old, this guy could run circles around the ass-hats condemning him. That is beside the fact he has nailed each fact uttered with 100% truth.
The human species has been in the business of killing each other since the beginning of time. We, in recent times, are always, it seems, in precarious times with the threat of nuclear annihilation hanging over us. The Cuban missile crises brought it home to my generation and on it goes, repeating the same threats, the same gamesmanship, the same paranoia. It only takes one incident/person to realize the end of the human experiment. The odds are not in our favor.
Usually wisdom comes with age, but sometimes age comes alone
Noam is compromised. He was good friends with Epstein. You've got to wonder what "favours" were/are being exchanged.
I think Noam still trusts what he reads in the NYT.
Excellent proof of somebody with no wisdom whatsoever at his/her age.
yeah i disagree with 80% of what he said here, especially about Europe. As a European my self i can say we are not doing bad at all, in fact pretty good given the circumstances.
@@MissMan666 I agree that Europe is is good shape, except for the UK given their idiotic Brexit move.
Furthermore, no major European state faces the fascist-dictatorship threat that the US desperately needs to avert in next year's elections.
What does Noam Chomsky suggest as the solution?
Nothing, of course. He has no solution.
The solution is: Trump. We will elect it, has promised to end the war in 24 hours.
It’s almost as if Chomsky doesn’t think hypocrisy is everywhere. Countries who may profit from joining in will. What country is not positioning for its future , often at the expense of others? This is not a meaningful revelation.
Thanks for the interviewer on not interrupting.
A person is not an interviewer if he doesn’t challenge some assertions like the ones Norm makes, and instead lets him drone on and on, and continue making so many erroneous assertion. He could’ve just mailed him an invitation on a card and not been present for the interview…
@@MidnightExpressMC Bro at this day an age interviewers talk more than the guests and I am personally sick of that.
Though I don't always agree with what they say I find it so repulsive to disturb thier train of thought and turning the interview into a debate . IMHO Deeper layers of meaning comes more from a consistent and continuous train of thought.
@@W.Khairi I agree with the annoying phenomenon where the interviewer talks more than the subject. In fact, I just saw another one of those yesterday where Russell Brand interviewed someone. But that really has nothing to do with challenging assertions that are provably false and outrageous, where overwhelming facts do not support the opinion.
He is giving a green light too Putin
Luckily here in the West only half the people are so narrow-minded as you are.
There are countries that chose to vilify NATO as the aggressor and a tool of American hegemony. This view is in total disregard for the many years that Russia has threatened Eastern Europe. Russia spreads terrorism to other parts of the world through a private army that sells its services to despotic regimes. World leaders that sympathize with Russia tend to share the fascist vision of Russia. I don't like American hegemony, but I take the view that it exists out of fear. The existence of an aggressive fascist oligarchy like Russia no doubt encourages nation states to very conscious of their national security, and in many cases, pushes them into the orbit of the United States. If a world leader was truly concerned about American hegemony, they would welcome the collapse of the Russian state. Without Russia, American hegemony will gradually come apart, and I would suspect that smaller fascist states might find it in their interest to behave themselves as well.
Watching African coups succeed because they feel safe as allies of Russia shows you where this will all lead. In Niger, the military didn't want Western reforms because they were making millions from people smuggling and getting people into Europe. Europe tried to help Niger develop so that their people had reasons to stay but the military did not agree with the French 'no government backed people smuggling' policy. Russia stepped in with Wagner troops and offered to support the military dictatorship. Mr Chomsky is willfully ignorant.
Iraq invaded Kuwait mate, who did Ukraine invade.?
No, in the Iraq War (2003-2011), Iraq had not invaded anyone. The war was unprovoked, i.e. the US did not state a reason for the war except unsubstantiated claims that Iraq had weapons of mass destruction, which were never ever found. The war was undeclared, as with the invasion of Ukraine. It was not strictly speaking a war, maybe it was a US/UK joint military exercise. It was that war Noam Chomsky is referring to when USA attacked without a UN mandate and asked for everyone to leave Baghdad.
It has always confused me why some people have made Noam Chomsky such a political "god". When I was a philosophy student at Stanford during the 60's his "Aspects of the Theory of Syntax" and 'Language and Mind" were revolutionary, awesome, mind-blowing, like a new Bible. . . Like Wittgenstein wrote, "Ontology recapitulates philology." . . . Then he became an anti-Vietnam war activist (as did I at time) but he never seems to have gotten over it. . . He seems to think that everything the USA does is evil but gives a complete pass to Russian and Chinese imperialism, murder and lies. Very sad old man. At this point he should just shut up and go quietly into the night. He has given us much but has nothing else to offer. . . Death to Russian imperialism! Slava Ukraini.
How is him pointing out that Russian aggression is highly illegal and what initiated this conflict equal to him giving "a complete free pass to Russia"? Literally WHAT are you even talking about?
Who is going to help Ukraine, this war torn impoverished nation now on brink of losing a war. Are you going to rebuild it? How long before Ukraine can rebuild it self from poverty of war, back to poverty that it was under before. They lost 10 million people just to emigration. Ukraine will be recovering 50 years from this war. Putin already won the war, and achieved decisive victory. Winning this war is meaningless. Its a lost cause.
Sir. Please. As person who were born and grow up in USSR. You don’t really understand what’s happening there.
I wonder what exactly Chomsky would do about the Russo-Ukrainian War if he were president. Just leave it to the Russians and then self-flagellate in public while enveloped in the American flag?
Russia Ukraine war ..not USAs war
@@keithparker1346USA (and Russia) both signed treaties promising to defend Ukraine from attack, in exchange for Ukraine giving up their nuclear weapons, which they did. What Russia has done is put another nuclear nail in the coffin of humanity, no country will ever give up nuclear arms again by choice, knowing how Ukraine was betrayed by both allies and enemies.
@@chloeep9329 it's still not USAs war
Before I watch my prediction: Noam Chomsky takes realist ideals and talking points from the 1955 to 1980 and blames NATO expansion and claims that is their sphere of influence.
To scared to watch and admit you wrong😂
@@haider9874 He mentioned China and the US more than Ukraine and Russia and blamed NATO for expanding influence into the Indian ocean. Yes, I was definitely wrong, I couldn't possibly imagine his optics would move into the Indian Ocean and blaming the US and NATO in its entirety.
@@delichte101 you made a judgement before watching he's video. You clearly biased.
He said a conflict with USA and china is something we must avoid at all cost. Is he wrong? If you believe nuclear armageddon is bad, he's definitely correct, btw you probably fetishize nuclear armageddon
Its a dam tragedy .. young men / FATHERS/ Brother's/ both Ukrainian and russian dead and for what? Nothing can justify so much Death... We are pass the point of Blame.. this senseless slaughter needs to stop now
For american hegemony. Its clear to the majority of the world.
It did have the chance to stop, one month after the invasion in fact, but the U.S. and the U.K. put a stop to that.
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@@andcouncil1 this is so fucking pathetic. This could of stopped day one by never invading.
If Someone breaks into your house shoots your dog and claims one of your rooms are you going to negotiate a deal so they keep the room?
No matter how bad you want this to fit your bias this bloodshed is 100% on russias shoulders.
Letting them not take blame after being an aggressor while they rape and pillage their neighbor is so damn disgusting
@@andcouncil1 did I miss that US and UK are bombarding russia?
Chomsky has gotten so old. I love and adore this man. It's sad to see how old he has became. God bless him.
Of course Russia could just pull out and go back home... But that would undermine these conspiracies 😂😂
You are funny, so you just wage war to lose it? I never heard of it.
Europe on a silver platter....well put.
I dont remember people not talking about Iraqi deaths during the war. I was around at that time and thise who against the war-- a sizable number of people, talked about the casualties quite a lot.
That is, it was well-known that hundreds of thousands died. That said, one expects a European society (and yes, America is essentially a European society) to pay closer attention to a war in Europe than elsewhere. Just like I expect a person in Sub-Saharan Africa to pay closer attention to a war in say, Liberia, than in say, Yugoslavia.
Thats not hypocrisy, that's just common sense and natural.
Not only did people talk about those deaths left and right, they ignored who was actually doing the killing. According to John Slobeda of Iraq Body Count, about 88% of civilians in Iraq were killed by "insurgents, militia, and terrorists." No doubt they were encouraged by the fact that they knew people would blame all their atrocities on their America enemies.
It's all about the hegemony off the USA. The EU just follow this dumb policy.
It's amzaing this guy is still alive and talks nothing meaningful to the poor people in the world.
Hooooorrrrrray!
Chomsky seems to be saying the US and its allies should let Russia take over Ukraine by force. Maybe he’s angling for the Neville Chamberlain award.
Let me guess- does he blame the victim for the ongoing violence from the aggressor?
Bingo
Ah, the old fashioned "statuses of victimhood" argument.
Listened to the first few sentences Chomsky had to say and gave up on him. Iraq is Iraq, the US did harm there to put it mildly. But it has ZERO to do with the need to halt Russian expansionism in Europe. If his first comment about Ukraine is a comment about Iraq you know he's lost the plot.
Oh yes,Russia is so small that must go in Europe,in Bosnia,Kosovo etc. No body didnt talk about that shit of nato will come to payment,if you can attack Serbia,and cut Serbia"s part like Kosovo,why Russia cant do same thing in Ukraina?I saw hundred times when hundred people from around the world talk about that,but youin nato cant see this?We see.
Noam is 1/2 brilliant and 1/2 sophomore. That the US does bad things does not make the people of Ukraine less valuable. The elites will never allow there to be a worldwide nuclear war, small scale regional wars make both sides money.
Elites during the early 20th century never imagined that a world war would result from their policies. But it happened, nevertheless.
To the US, this is about Russia not Ukraine. Ukraine is the convenient tool.
Dude, imagine that a psychopath that lives next door, broke into your appartment and started killing and raping everything that moves and burning and destroying everything that doesn’t. Do you think people will call it “a crisis”?
This is why Russia is just conducting a Police and Security action in Ukraine. It takes a while to clear out the 46 U.S. military-funded biolabs, and helping displaced residents after the looting of civilian properties by the Azov Battalion, which is comprised of 10-20% Nazis, and has accused the battalion of raping and torturing Ukrainian detainees in the Donbas region. This is probably one of the reasons NATO and the UN like them now. FACT.
You do only know heavily manipulated war propaganda. You are wrong.
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I wish you could arrange a debate between Professor Chomsky to Dr. Francisco Gil-White
With due respect, and being in favor of peace,what the world needs now is peace. Weapons have advanced and we are in the possesion of the way to destroy the whole world.
Not everyone wants peace apparently
@@triforcelinkTrue, Russia doesn't. All we need to achieve peace is for Russians to stop this aggression and go home. They won't.
@@lodoova572 Ukraine will be part of Russia. They are beating the hell out of Ukraine. You can blame the US.
I'd say that this guy lives on an entirely different planet called Zulu😂
Or Epstein
Putin is more allergic to accountability than Patrick Bateman in American Psycho. It's next level
Nice analogy
Couldn't you say the same thing about the WEST?
R u talking about USA?!
Actually, no entity or person is more allergic to accountability, that West Europe, and the US. They ravaged the whole world through the centuries, and are still doing it, with no accountability.
putin defending himself from west's aggression and winning
Me: “Man it really is terrible, What Russia is doing to Ukraine right now. We should help them out.”
Noam: “ummmmm actually the Iraq war was bad”
Me: ???
Nice strawman.
Understandably, existential threat has its repercussions and counter measures in words and actions!
There were many of them.
The nuclear powers do not realize that global warming is destructive to all life on "the whole earth," The proxi war in Ukraine is an abuse of human lives. Whom does it Gain; certainly not western Europe. The Nato to realize that we are interdependent with the oceans and our biosphere.
They have to listen to the warnings of Albert Einstein and learn to negotiate and disarm.🌻
I experienced the last four month of the 2-nd World and believe in a worlfederation. Do not repeat "The March of Folly,"we experienced in the 20th century🌻
And how are those countermeasures going? Pretty hilarious to faceplant immediately and turn a 3 day excursion into your and your people's doom.
He has blame to spread around to everyone except Russia and Putin.
This old man is such a sad picture. What one may become in his old ages(((
Dr. Chomsky is very well-intentioned but lives in a fantasy world.
the psychological upshot is that Noam Chomsky's thought processes in some ways comfortably analogize to the same sort of inflexibly contorted quasi analysis that show us how putin's cognitive biases became so embedded and unreasonable....
Depressed Gandalf needs a hug.
Smart as your father I suppose
LONG LIVE THE UKRAINE 🇺🇦
Trump 2024
How dare you compre Ukrainе and Iraq or Yugoslavia.?? How can put these country at the same level? I mean, what??? We allundestand a danger of the situation for all of us, nothing new here. Same is about Mexico. If USA were as agressive as Russia, damp right Mexico would seek an protection from different giants. Common, how stupid do u think we are.
It seems quite scandalous to put ukronazistan and the murderous zelenski clique on the same level as decent people of irak or serbia killed without reason by blood thirsty US.