The 50,000 Korean mercenaries we had in Vietnam were professional killers and just massacred people outright. And the American army did plenty… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Suppose Vietnam could separate itself from the American dominated global system and carry out a successful social and economic development. Then that… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Take a look at public opinion. About 70 percent of the population, in the polls, said the [Vietnam ] war was fundamentally… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Every book that comes out, every article that comes out, talks about how - while it may have been a "mistake" or… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
No liberal newspaper ever talked about the invasion of Vietnam; they talked about the defense of Vietnam. And then they were saying,… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Why was the United States so afraid of an independent South Vietnam? Well, I think the reason again is pretty clear from… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
We could not bring democracy to South Vietnam at a cost that we were willing to accept. So it was a disaster.… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Those who had demanded no more than an end to the bombing of North Vietnam and a commitment to negotiations saw their… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Younger people who are being indoctrinated into the contemporary system of falsification - they really have to do some research to find… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
The deceit and distortion surrounding the American invasion of Vietnam is by now so familiar that it has lost its power to… — 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
There's just no question that the United States was trying desperately to prevent the independence of South Vietnam and to prevent 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
Say the Pentagon Papers, - that material went much deeper. It went into internal government planning back for twenty - five years.… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
When people denounced [former Iranian president Mahmoud] Ahmadinejad for rejecting and criminalizing homosexuality, it should be remembered that was true of the… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
In 1961, the United States began chemical warfare in Vietnam, South Vietnam, chemical warfare to destroy crops and livestock. That went on… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
But on the other hand, in discussion and debate concerning social issues or American foreign policy, Vietnam or the Middle East, for… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
By that time [1966], we did begin to get some protests [against Vietnam War]. But not from liberal intellectuals; they never opposed… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
[After Vietnam] the type of interventions that are carried out are designed so as not to elicit public reactions. — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
We could not bring democracy and freedom to Vietnam at a cost acceptable to ourselves. The idea that that was what we… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
So if you look at the writings of intellectuals, there are two kinds. One said, l"Look, if we fought harder we could… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
In fact, it's pretty dramatic when you get to 1975, very revealing, the [Vietnam] war ends. Everybody had to write something about… — 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
If you look back to the anti-intervention movements, what were they? Let's take the Vietnam War - the biggest crime since the… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
What was the invasion of South Vietnam, for example, in 1962, when Kennedy sent the Air Force to bomb South Vietnam and… — 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
![“When people denounced [former Iranian president Mahmoud] Ahmadinejad for rejecting…” quote by Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/844/noam-chomsky-42_aggression_when-people-denounced-former-iranian-pre_1149112.jpg)
![“By that time [1966], we did begin to get some…” quote by Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/419/noam-chomsky-42_protest_by-that-time-1966-we-did-begin-to-get-so_1359924.jpg)
![“[After Vietnam] the type of interventions that are carried out…” quote by Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/9ba/noam-chomsky-42_intervention_after-vietnam-the-type-of-interventions_1410005.jpg)
![“I wrote an article about the marine landing [in Haiti]…” quote by Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/dc5/noam-chomsky-42_articles_i-wrote-an-article-about-the-marine-land_13341.jpg)
