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KoKo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-11-11 05:52 PM Original message |
Noam Chomsky: "The U.S. and Its Allies Will Do Anything to Prevent Democracy in the Arab World" |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-11-11 05:54 PM Response to Original message |
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jefferson_dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-11-11 06:05 PM Response to Reply #1 |
4. Chomsky is a narrow-minded ideologue... |
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2banon (794 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-11-11 10:05 PM Response to Reply #4 |
30. blame America first? That's Liz Cheney's line |
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jefferson_dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-11 06:40 AM Response to Reply #30 |
39. You seem awfully familiar with Liz Cheney... |
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FLPanhandle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-11-11 06:07 PM Response to Reply #1 |
5. It's getting to be a habit for him |
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Astrad (374 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-11-11 06:30 PM Response to Reply #1 |
6. How is he wrong? |
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Fumesucker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-11-11 06:32 PM Response to Reply #6 |
7. He's wrong because shut up.. |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-11-11 07:11 PM Response to Reply #6 |
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jefferson_dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-11 06:38 AM Response to Reply #16 |
38. Anti-Chomsky people? |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-11-11 06:36 PM Response to Reply #1 |
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sabrina 1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-11-11 06:59 PM Response to Reply #1 |
12. Then explain why the US is still supporting DICTATRORS |
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Puregonzo1188 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-11-11 07:05 PM Response to Reply #1 |
14. Could you define "Middle East expert?" The Fateful Triangle is a widely influential book |
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themadstork (797 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-11-11 07:48 PM Response to Reply #1 |
22. How is he wrong? |
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jefferson_dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-11-11 05:59 PM Response to Original message |
2. Absolute Balderdash. |
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Fumesucker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-11-11 06:03 PM Response to Reply #2 |
3. Many Muslims appear to want a theocracy.. |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-11-11 06:41 PM Response to Reply #3 |
10. the Libyans have SPECIFICALLY and REPEATEDLY said they do NOT want, plan or |
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Fumesucker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-11-11 06:54 PM Response to Reply #10 |
11. There are other countries in the Middle East besides Libya.. |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-11-11 07:16 PM Response to Reply #11 |
17. I would suggest that the Arab Spring is changing the landscape tremendously. |
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sabrina 1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-11-11 07:03 PM Response to Reply #3 |
13. In the recent revolutions in Egypt and Tunisia which successfully |
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Fumesucker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-11-11 07:08 PM Response to Reply #13 |
15. We'll see how it shakes out I guess.. |
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former9thward (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-11-11 07:48 PM Response to Reply #13 |
23. Egypt is presently ruled by a military dictatorship. |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-11-11 08:16 PM Response to Reply #23 |
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former9thward (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-11 12:50 AM Response to Reply #25 |
34. You are in such denial. |
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sabrina 1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-11 03:35 PM Response to Reply #34 |
40. Well, that's deep! |
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Better Believe It (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-11-11 06:37 PM Response to Reply #2 |
9. You're misrepresenting what Chomsky is saying. |
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Fool Count (878 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-11-11 07:34 PM Response to Reply #2 |
20. How would support of genuine democracy be |
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sabrina 1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-11-11 07:34 PM Response to Reply #2 |
21. No, what he has observed is how the US has supported and still is |
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themadstork (797 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-11-11 07:54 PM Response to Reply #2 |
24. He's not even close to treading on neocon turf. |
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peace4ever (434 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-11-11 08:51 PM Response to Reply #2 |
27. as long as they pick who we like, we are all for it, just ask the palestinians |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-11 01:13 AM Response to Reply #2 |
35. No, Chomsky uses moral relativist arguments. He considers Iran a democracy... |
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Ramulux (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-11 11:33 PM Response to Reply #2 |
44. You obviously didn't even read the article |
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Prometheus Bound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-11-11 07:20 PM Response to Original message |
18. Duh! |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-11-11 07:34 PM Response to Original message |
19. "will do anything"? That must be why Hosni Mubarak is still running Egypt. Since we pulled out all |
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peace4ever (434 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-11-11 08:52 PM Response to Reply #19 |
28. but the military is still incharge, just the way we like it |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-11-11 11:36 PM Response to Reply #28 |
33. The military is the reason Mubarak left. |
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peace4ever (434 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-11 06:33 AM Response to Reply #33 |
37. No, the people in the streets, did that. |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-11-11 10:16 PM Response to Reply #19 |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-11-11 11:35 PM Response to Reply #31 |
32. I actually think Manufacturing Consent is a really solid piece of work. It influenced me quite a bit |
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2banon (794 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-11 11:21 PM Response to Reply #32 |
43. My apologies.. |
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renegade000 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-11-11 08:48 PM Response to Original message |
26. Wow, we really need to get our act together if that's our goal n/t |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-11-11 09:00 PM Response to Original message |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-11 01:15 AM Response to Reply #29 |
36. Pretty much. Chomsky is using an outdated critique of US foreign policy. |
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Distant Observer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-11 04:32 PM Response to Reply #36 |
41. Before the Arab Spring I hoped so. But, proposing Egypt's "CIA" Chief of Torture to replace Mubarak? |
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KoKo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-11 05:19 PM Response to Original message |
42. ...for Chomsky |
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