Chomsky: "Profound Hatred for Democracy on Part of Our Political Leadership"

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Noam Chomsky: WikiLeaks Cables Reveal "Profound Hatred for Democracy on the Part of Our Political Leadership"

In a national broadcast exclusive interview, we speak with world-renowned political dissident and linguist Noam Chomsky about the release of more than 250,000 secret U.S. State Department cables by WikiLeaks. In 1971, Chomsky helped government whistleblower Daniel Ellsberg release the Pentagon Papers, a top-secret internal U.S. account of the Vietnam War. Commenting on the revelations that several Arab leaders are urging the United States to attack Iran, Chomsky says, "latest polls show Arab opinion holds that the major threat in the region is Israel, that’s 80 percent; the second threat is the United States, that’s 77 percent. Iran is listed as a threat by 10 percent," Chomsky says. "This may not be reported in the newspapers, but it’s certainly familiar to the Israeli and U.S. governments and the ambassadors. What this reveals is the profound hatred for democracy on the part of our political leadership."

http://www.democracynow.org/2010/11/30/noam_chomsky_wikileaks_cables_reveal_profound

[ProudDad]

1. I heard this yesterday...

He's still the most informed and lucid voice on international relations...

[ProudDad]

2. Aw, Christ

Already an unrec?

What kind of fascist fucks are on this board????

[defendandprotect]

3. The kind who don't want the public to get this kind of info ....

Truth -- keep on tellin' it -- !!


:)

[ProudDad]

4. Aye, aye, sir...

Will do :hi:

[Kaleko]

5. Chomsky lost me when he fell for the preposterous

lies we were told about 9/11. But here he's doing a good job again of exposing the underlying motivations of our elected officials.

Recommended for that.