The United States is going to continue to punish Iran because of its defiance. — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
America is a very fundamentalist society. It's like Iran in the degree of fanatic religious commitment. — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Iran has little capacity to deploy force. Its strategic doctrines are defensive, designed to deter invasion long enough for diplomacy to set… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Suppose I criticise Iran. What impact does that have? The only impact it has is in fortifying those who want to carry… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
In any case, it is better to have some deal than no deal, but it's interesting that Obama picked the day of… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Unlike Iran, Israel refuses to allow inspections at all, refuses to join the Non-Proliferation Treaty, has hundreds of nuclear weapons, has advanced… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
The idea that Hezbollah is acting as an agent of Iran is very dubious. It's not accepted by specialists on Iran or… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Arab public opinion does not regard Iran as a hostile entity. In fact it's so supportive of Iran that a majority would… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Why should Iran have a deterrent strategy? Well, it's surrounded by hostile enemies. Both of its borders have been under occupation by… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
I still think, despite everything, that the US is very unlikely to attack Iran. It could be a huge catastrophe; nobody knows… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
What can you do to mitigate the likelihood that Iran will develop nuclear weapons? There's a very simple method: move towards establishing… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
The threat of China is not military. The threat of China is they can't be intimidated. Europe you can intimidate. When the… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
I don't think that any deal was needed: Iran was not a threat. Even if Iran were a threat, there was a… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
As far as U.S. intelligence knows, Iran is developing nuclear capacities, but they don't know if they are trying to develop nuclear… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
China is the center of the Asian energy security grid, which includes the Central Asian states and Russia. India is also hovering… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Take a look at the Supreme Court decision that just authorized an effort by U.S. claimants against Iran for terrorist acts. What… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
We don't have polls from the business world, but it's pretty clear that the energy corporations in America would be quite happy… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Moves toward sovereignty in Iraq stimulate pressures first for human rights among the bitterly repressed Shi'ite population but also toward some degree… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
The Iranian issue I don't think has much to do with nuclear weapons frankly. Nobody is saying Iran should have nuclear weapons… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Iran has been calling for it for years, and the Arab countries support it. Everyone except the United States and Israel support… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
“Israel's demonstration of its military prowess in 1967 confirmed its status as a 'strategic asset,' as did its moves to prevent Syrian… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Three quarters of the American population literally believe in religious miracles. The numbers who believe in the devil, in resurrection, in God… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Allowing an independent and sovereign Iraq could be a nightmare for the United States. It would mean that it would be Shi'ite-dominated,… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
In Egypt, on the eve of Tahrir Square, there was a major poll which found that overwhelmingly - 80-90%, numbers like that… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
By accident of geography, the world's major oil resources are in Shi'ite-dominated areas. Iran's oil is concentrated right near the gulf, which… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
The costs of the Bush-Obama wars in Iraq and Afghanistan are now estimated to run as high as $4.4 trillion - a major victory… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share
If you believe in democracy, why shouldn't you know what the government is doing? — Noam Chomsky Copy Share
It’s a shameful moment for U.S. media when it insists on being subservient to the grotesque propaganda agencies of a violent, aggressive state. — Noam Chomsky Copy Share
There are questions as to whether it should even exist. Who should corporations be responsive to, the management of a corporation? Theoretically they are… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share
Governments regard their own citizens as their main enemy, and they have to be - protect themselves. That's why you have state secret laws.… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share
I don't join the New Atheists. So, for example, I wouldn't have the arrogance to lecture some mother who hopes to see her dying… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share
The first thing you ought to do is verify what I present. Just because I say it doesn't make it true. So check it… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share
I wrote an article about the marine landing [in Haiti] right away, but barely mentioned the oil, because my article would come out two… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share
American society is now remarkably atomized. Political organizations have collapsed. In fact, it seems like even bowling leagues are collapsing. The left has a… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share
There's an interesting book about that called The Third Reich and the Ivory Tower, written by Stephen H. Norwood. It has a long discussion… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share
This is class war on an international scale, and power is in the hands of those who control the international economic system. — Noam Chomsky Copy Share
There are big, extremely irrational parts of the society, and they have now been mobilized politically by the Republican establishment, hoping that these people… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share
There's plenty to criticize about the mass media, but they are the source of regular information about a wide range of topics. You can't… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share
The 50,000 Korean mercenaries we had in Vietnam were professional killers and just massacred people outright. And the American army did plenty of that… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share
