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Noam Chomsky Quotes - Page 39

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A war with Pakistan would be an utter disaster.

A war with Pakistan would be an utter disaster.

War, Would Be, Pakistan

"Noam Chomsky on WikiLeaks, Obama’s Targeted Assassinations and Latin America’s Break from the U.S". "Democracy Now!" with Amy Goodman, www.democracynow.org. May 14, 2012.

In 1962, war was avoided by Khrushchev's willingness to accept Kennedy's hegemonic demands.

War, Demand, Accepting

Noam Chomsky (2016). “Who Rules the World?”, p.106, Metropolitan Books

In general, I think, U.S. policies remain constant, going back to the Second World War. But the capacity to implement them is declining.

War, Thinking, World

Noam Chomsky (2013). “Power Systems: Conversations with David Barsamian on Global Democratic Uprisings and the New Challenges to U.S. Empire”, p.44, Penguin UK

In November 2004, U.S. occupation forces launched their second major attack on the city of Falluja. The press reported major war crimes instantly, with approval.

War, Cities, Occupation

Noam Chomsky (2007). “Failed States: The Abuse of Power and the Assault on Democracy”, p.46, Macmillan

It's a near miracle that nuclear war has so far been avoided.

War, Miracle, Nuclear

Noam Chomsky (2016). “Who Rules the World?”, p.106, Metropolitan Books

On October 15, 1965, an estimated 70,000 people took part in large-scale anti-war demonstrations.

War, People, October

Noam Chomsky (2004). “At War with Asia”, p.61, AK Press

Whatever the reasons may be, I was very much affected by events of the 1930s - the Spanish Civil War, for example, though I was barely literate.

War, Events, Example

Noam Chomsky (2010). “The Chomsky Reader”, p.13, Pantheon

There's a War Crimes Act in the United States passed by a Republican Congress in 1996, which says that grave breaches of the Geneva Convention are subject to the death penalty. And that doesn't mean the soldier that committed them - that means the commanders.

War, Mean, Soldier

Interview with M. Junaid Alam, www.counterpunch.org. December 27, 2004.

John Lewis Gaddis is not only the favorite historian of the Reagan administration, but he's regarded as the dean of Cold War scholarship, the leading figure in the American Cold War scholarship, a professor at Yale.

War, Yale, Administration

"Failed States". Interview with Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez, chomsky.info. March 31, 2006.

Since the civil war in Laos was resumed in earnest in 1963, American participation has been veiled in secrecy.

War, Laos, Secrecy

Noam Chomsky (2004). “At War with Asia”, p.161, AK Press

Up until the First World War, when people turned anti-German, Germany had been described by American political scientists as the model of democracy.

War, People, Political

Interview with M. Junaid Alam, www.counterpunch.org. December 27, 2004.

Pre-emptive war might fall within the framework of international law.

War, Fall, Law

Noam Chomsky (2007). “Hegemony or Survival: America's Quest for Global Dominance”, p.12, Macmillan

The target of preventive war must have several characteristics. It must be virtually defenceless; it must be important enough to be worth the trouble; it must be possible to portray it as the ultimate evil and an imminent threat to our survival.

War, Evil, Survival

Noam Chomsky (2008). “The Essential Chomsky”, p.378, The New Press

The Iraq War was the first conflict in western history in which an imperialist war was massively protested against before it had even been launched.

War, Iraq, Firsts

"Noam Chomsky on 1968". www.newstatesman.com. May 8, 2008.

In the 1960s, there was a point, 1968, '69, when there was a very strong antiwar movement against the war in Vietnam. But it's worth remembering that the war in Vietnam started - an outright war started in 1962.

Strong, War, Vietnam

"Noam Chomsky on Obama’s Foreign Policy, His Own History of Activism, and the Importance of Speaking Out". "Democracy Now!" with Amy Goodman, www.democracynow.org. March 15, 2010.

In 1961, the United States began chemical warfare in Vietnam, South Vietnam, chemical warfare to destroy crops and livestock. That went on for seven years. The level of poison - they used the most extreme carcinogen known: dioxin. And this went on for years.

Years, United States, Warfare

The money in politics is a cash cow for the media.

Media, Cash, Cows

"Chomsky on McCutcheon: ‘Let’s Forget Any Pretense of Being a Democratic Society’" by Abel Collins, www.huffingtonpost.com. March 27, 2014.

In societies that profess some respect for law, suspects are apprehended and brought to fair trial. I stress 'suspects.'

Stress, Law, Trials

Noam Chomsky (2011). “9-11: Was There an Alternative?”, p.16, Seven Stories Press

Armed attack has a definition in international law. It means sudden, overwhelming, instantaneous ongoing attack.

Mean, Law, Ongoing

It was during the Reagan years that defiance of international law and the U.N. Charter became entirely open.

Years, Law, Defiance

Some international law specialists compare the invasion of Iraq to the 'crimes against the peace' for which Nazi leaders were indicted at Nuremberg.

Law, Iraq, Leader

In the case of Yugoslavia v. NATO, one of the charges was genocide. The U.S. appealed to the court, saying that, by law, the United States is immune to the charge of genocide, self-immunized, and the court accepted that, so the case proceeded against the other NATO powers but not against the United States.

Self, Law, Yugoslavia

"Chomsky: Instead of “Illegal” Threat to Syria, U.S. Should Back Chemical Weapons Ban in All Nations". "Democracy Now!" with Amy Goodman, www.democracynow.org. September 11, 2013.

The U.S. - the idea that the U.S. has introduced and imposed principles of international law, that's hardly even a joke. The United States has even gone so far as to veto Security Council resolutions calling on all states to observe international law. That was in the 1980s under Reagan.

Law, Ideas, Principles

I do think that Magna Carta and international law are worth paying some attention to.

Thinking, Law, Attention

Noam Chomsky (2013). “Power Systems: Conversations with David Barsamian on Global Democratic Uprisings and the New Challenges to U.S. Empire”, p.46, Penguin UK

The crimes against Palestinians in the Occupied Territories and elsewhere, particularly Lebanon, are so shocking that the only emotionally valid reaction is rage and a call for extreme actions. But that does not help the victims. And, in fact, it's likely to harm them.

Doe, Lebanon, Territory

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