US wars are going to be against much weaker enemies. And they have to be won quickly and decisively before a popular… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
The U.S. is just in a class by itself in military expenses. It basically matches the rest of the world, and it's… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
The American claim that the bombing of North Vietnam was directed against military targets does not withstand direct investigation. — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Egypt is the second-largest recipient over a long period of U.S. military and economic aid. Israel is first. — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Chinese military spending is carefully monitored by the United States. — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
The United States is a violent military state. It's been involved in military action all over the place. — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
We should therefore be opposed to institutional barriers to that freedom: Military dictatorships, for example. Or states run by a Central Committee. — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
In November 2008, the day of the presidential election, Israeli military forces invaded Gaza and killed half a dozen Hamas militants. Well,… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
In a moment of crisis, of which there are all too many, Russian military planners may conclude that lacking a deterrent, the… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
South America has virtually broken away in the last decade. That's an event of historic significance. South America just doesn't follow US… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Washington still refuses to provide evidence to support the claims in 1990 that a huge Iraqi military build-up on the Saudi border… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Historically, several policy domains, including that of foreign policy towards the US and India, budget allocations etc, have been controlled by the… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Any incident could instantly blow up. Both sides [USA and Russia] are modernizing and increasing their military systems, including nuclear systems. — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Similar problems are arising in Egypt too. The question is whether the military will release its grip which has been extremely strong… — 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
The costs of the Bush-Obama wars in Iraq and Afghanistan are now estimated to run as high as $4.4 trillion - a… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Control of thought is more important for governments that are free and popular than for despotic and military states. The logic is… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
There are leaks from the Embassy in Honduras. There was a coup in 2009. Obama broke with most of Latin America and… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Reparations - not just aid - should be provided by those responsible for devastating Iraqi civilian society by cruel sanctions and military… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Right now, where do we stand? Well right at the Russian border, both sides have been taking provocative actions, both sides are… — 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
There had been a free and open election in Haiti in the early 1990s and president Jean-Bertrand Aristide won, a populist priest.… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Student debt is structured to be a burden for life. The indebted cannot declare bankruptcy, unlike Donald Trump. Current student debt is… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
If you look at the Associated Press wires, there's a constant flow of information coming in. At that time I happened to… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
“But there's one word. You look at any other term of political discourse, and you're going to find the same thing: the… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
For fifty years, we heard NATO is necessary to save Western Europe from the Russian hordes, you know the slave state, stuff… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
At the beginning of his administration, Reagan tried set the basis for American military intervention in El Salvador - which is about… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
U.S. Government propaganda tries to give the impression that aerial bombardment achieves near-surgical accuracy, so that military targets can be destroyed with… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
United States has comparative advantage in military force. It tends to react to anything at first with military force, that's what it's… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Suppose that, say, China established military bases in Colombia to carry out chemical warfare in Kentucky and North Carolina to destroy this… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
The close Turkish-Israeli relations go back to the late 1950s - military intelligence, commercial, more recently, tourism and cultural relations. — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
In the early days of the military Arpanet, my daughter was studying in Nicaragua. Because the U.S. was essentially at war with… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
The U.S. is not constructing a palatial embassy, by far the largest in the world and virtually a separate city within Baghdad,… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
If you're worried about the deficit, pay attention to the fact that it's almost all attributable to military spending and the totally… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
In February 2004, the two traditional torturers of Haiti - France and the United States - combined to back a military coup… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
The United States is alone among all the countries in that it does not permit US military forces to be under any… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
The most effective way to restrict democracy is to transfer decision-making from the public arena to unaccountable institutions: kings and princes, priestly… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
In the mid to late nineteenth century, the gun manufacturers recognized that they had a limited market. Remember that this is a… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
The leading, the most respected Vietnam historian, military historian Bernard Fall -he was a hawk incidentally, but he cared for the Vietnamese… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
On the other hand, you have to balance that against expanding our nuclear forces, add to our so-called depleted military, which is… — 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 Image
If you believe in democracy, why shouldn't you know what the government is doing? — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
Discovery is the ability to be puzzled by simple things. Noam Chomsky — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
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