The old-fashioned idea is that responsibility falls upon those who borrow and lend. Money was not borrowed by campesinos, assembly plant workers, or slum-dwellers. The mass of the population gained little from borrowing, indeed often suffered grievously from its effects. Noam Chomsky Page 8 Read Quote
There was unprecedented elite condemnation of the plans to invade Iraq. Sensible analysts were able to perceive that the enterprise carried significant risks for U.S. interests, however conceived. Noam Chomsky Page 8 Read Quote
The threat and use of violence is stimulating nuclear proliferation along with jihadi terrorism. Noam Chomsky Page 8 Read Quote
There’s never been anything like the so-called Vietnam Syndrome: it’s mostly a fabrication. Noam Chomsky Page 8 Read Quote
Since the civil war in Laos was resumed in earnest in 1963, American participation has been veiled in secrecy. Noam Chomsky Page 8 Read Quote
When I arrived in Laos and found young Americans living there, out of free choice, I was surprised. After only a week, I began to have a sense of the appeal of the country and its people – along with despair about its future. Noam Chomsky Page 8 Read Quote
Part of the population of Laos lives in urban centers, Vientiane being the largest. Noam Chomsky Page 8 Read Quote
The Vietnamese see their history as an unending series of struggles of resistance to aggression, by the Chinese, the Mongols, the Japanese, the French, and now the Americans. Noam Chomsky Page 8 Read Quote
U.S. Government propaganda tries to give the impression that aerial bombardment achieves near-surgical accuracy, so that military targets can be destroyed with minimal effect on civilians. Technical documents give a different picture. Noam Chomsky Page 8 Read Quote
Mr. Mijanovi and those associated with him are the hope and the conscience of the Yugoslav revolution. Noam Chomsky Page 8 Read Quote
