Weapons Quotes by Noam Chomsky
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Nuclear, chemical and biological weapons are described as a looming threat that can spur other nations to arm themselves. Language itself is called a weapon used by politicians and in everyday conflicts. The possibility that the United States might resort to nuclear force is seen as a real danger to human survival.
![“With regard to nuclear weapons, it's kind of hard to say. [Donald Trump] is said lots of things. The national security experts are terrified. But they're more terrified by his personality than by his statements.” quote by Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f73/noam-chomsky-42_experts_with-regard-to-nuclear-weapons-it-s-kind_937367.jpg)
![“What happened in Syria was, President [Barack] Obama had made a statement announcing what he called his "red line": You can't use chemical weapons, you can do anything else but [use] chemical weapons.” quote by Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/265/noam-chomsky-42_announcing_what-happened-in-syria-was-president-bar_433560.jpg)
![“The [Ronald] Reagan administration picked up the rhetoric of the anti-nuclear movement; they said "Yyeah, you're right." We have to eliminate nuclear weapons.” quote by Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0ef/noam-chomsky-42_administration_the-ronald-reagan-administration-picked_1906687.jpg)
![“Over the years, there's been case after case when there were very narrow decisions that had to be made about whether to launch nuclear weapons in serious cases. What is this guy [Donald Trump] going to do if his vaunted negotiating skills fail, if somebody doesn't do what he says? Is he going to…” quote by Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0a1/noam-chomsky-42_cases_over-the-years-there-s-been-case-after-c_2286764.jpg)
![“Surely no rational or realistic person will discount the possibility that [during wartime] the United States might suddenly resort to nuclear weapons. Those who retain the instinct for survival, not to speak of minimal concern for their fellow man, will seek ways to act before rather than after…” quote by Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a3f/noam-chomsky-42_church_surely-no-rational-or-realistic-person-w_491995.jpg)
![“That's our nuclear weapons strategy [going to frighten people], as of the early post-Cold War years. And I think this is a real failure of the intellectual community, including scholarship and the media. It's not like you had headlines all over the place. And it's not secret, the documents are…” quote by Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/603/noam-chomsky-42_cold_that-s-our-nuclear-weapons-strategy-goin_513674.jpg)
![“This would be a very good moment to institute a call for imposing the Chemical Weapons Convention on the Middle East. The actual Chemical Weapons Convention. Not the version that [Barack] Obama presented in his address to the nation and that media commentators repeat. What he said is that the…” quote by Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/119/noam-chomsky-42_addresses_this-would-be-a-very-good-moment-to-inst_3199463.jpg)
![“It's easy to put [serious threats] aside, and the media don't talk about them. Other things are more important. How am I going to put food on the table tomorrow? That's what I've got to worry about, and so on. It's very serious, but it's hard to bring out the enormity of these issues, when they do…” quote by Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/be5/noam-chomsky-42_character_it-s-easy-to-put-serious-threats-aside-a_3078118.jpg)
![“Luckily for [Barack] Obama, the Russians came along and rescued him with this proposal [to confiscate Assad's chemical weapons] which he quickly accepted - it was a way out of the embarrassment of facing likely defeat. They still have the option of bombing if they want to. And incidentally, to add…” quote by Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e47/noam-chomsky-42_accepted_luckily-for-barack-obama-the-russians-ca_2388051.jpg)
