Who Rules the World? Reframings

by Noam Chomsky

Terrorists Wanted the World Over

Global support was slight.

Same could easily be true for invading mainland Europe in 44.

bombing of Tunis ordered a week earlier by Israeli Prime Minister

But why was Tunis bombed?

Ronald Reagan,

Oh come on!

exiled Palestinians

This needs references.

U.S.-supplied

Pointless detail.

Achille

Cruise ships are not legitimate targets.

CIA and his Saudi allies,

It's a dirty world in desperate need of rescue

KILLING WITHOUT INTENT

Robert Fisk

Mark Nicholson

Israeli and U.S. atrocities typically fall into the third category.

I grant these atrocities but they pay no heed to the opposing forces. Both sides provoke each other. Centuries of slavery, exploitation continues

If, for a moment, we can adopt the perspective of the world, we might ask which criminals are “wanted the world over.”

I get where's he's coming from and am sympathetic but it's half the story. No mention of Iran's involvement, Baghdad's secret police, the clandestine work of the Muslim Brotherhood, Islamic slave trading across Africa.

The Torture Memos and Historical Amnesia

revelations

Reference and links would help.

Hans Morgenthau,

To confound the abuse of reality with reality is akin to “the error of atheism, which denies the validity of religion on similar grounds”—an apt comparison.

Mmm...

individualism

Inalienable rights, gifted, not a construct of man.

savage murderer and torturer Ronald Reagan,

Really? If Reagan is a savage, granted, then this puts his counterparts in categories beyond savagery. This is hyperbole that loses meaning. What is Mau, Stalin, the abortion doctors. I guess we are all savages and there's the problem.

praise

Dances with Wolves was a recognition of the white man's crimes.

“American idea.”

Depends what you mean by the Idea. Founding Father's aka Little House Prarie or USA expansionism m

he seems intent on substantially reinstating the extremist Bush measures.

this is a ripping yarn but I don't see the references to the legal codes that allow this punishment

Bagram rather than Guantanamo.”

That is not compliant with international law. The US need reigning in.

notorious thug,

That's simply not the case. Dostrom was a tribal leader. He proved his skills on the battlefield. You can't say that it remain credible.

impoverished

They wanted to avoid being incinerated

other leading terrorist commanders,

Quite a claim

Abdallah al-Ajmi,

according to his lawyer,

you'd kind of expect him to say that. Omah Zaeef doesn't say his treatment was brutal. Unjust, uncomfortable, and wrong, yes. Not brutal.

All much as a reasonable person

So reasonable people after years in captivity drive truck bombs and commit suicide? Yes, most likely, if you have an Islamic worldview.

AMERICANS

narcotrafficking enterprise,

Trading enterprise.

invasion of Iraq was a far worse crime.

In the sense of international law and handing power to the Shia majority yes. But does the author mean that?

by popular forces—coinciding,

A desire for the fundamental Islam. Overthrow brutal regimes to replace with nice Sharia law.

Russia

It was the weather actually and Stalin's willingness to send wave after wave of Soviet forces at the Germans. Interesting the subtle use of language. Russians not Soviets and Nazis not Germans. In fact its either Soviets verses Nazis or Germans versus Russians.

(NATO)

Claim, needs a reference.

guard

Protection not intervention

The United States and its Western allies are sure to do whatever they can to prevent authentic democracy in the Arab world.

What's authentic democracy in an Islamic context? Islam is antithetical to democracy. It is Allah's will that all nations come under Sharia. Democracy risks undermining Allah's plan!

Arabs

Love it. Arabs represent small majority of region. There are Persians, Syrians (Levant), Kurds. What he means is Muslims. Why doesn't he say that??

namely, follow U.S. orders.20 China is unlikely to be impressed.

Fair point. The UN's liberal agenda, forcing mixed education, and looking to reduce the "black" population, promoting abortion is all driven by the USA.

few miles off

I guess he means in Taiwanese national waters as guest of Taiwan. But why doesn't the author mention this legitimate reason?

Obama won an award from the industry for the best marketing campaign of the year. Executives

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depression levels for much of the population,

Meanwhile, in the world. It was reported to me by Paul that Tescos employees in Clevedon are handing in their notice because the work at Christmas is too hard with apparently no other job to go to. You can't on one hand speak of capitalist caused hardship when people have the luxury not to work.

tripled.

That money has to go somewhere. It has to be managed and invested. Stuff built, bought and maintained. The economy keeps turning. Productivity is the key. We reap where we sow.

deliberate effort

Any free market economist knows an educated population is good for the economy.

destroy the public education system

Rhetorical nonsense. It's destroying itself by a syllabus inculcating unbelief, sexual confusion and ill-discipline. A generation confused about sexual roles will descend into chaos.

Much the same appears to be happening in Europe, where racism is probably more rampant than in the United States.

Please. Demographics show that in a generation or two Europe will be predominantly non-caucasian. In due course caucasian will fade. To speak of this is apparently racist. It seems protecting tribal lands is a noble endeavour if undertaken by the noble savage but if European speak in those terms they are denigrated.

neofascist

Which ones are they? There are none. There are political parties antithetical to the author's ideas but that doesn't make them fascist.

Jobbik

It's the party for a better Hungary. It is nation focused. The people and traditions of Hungary. Promoting the positives about the nation's unique features. To call this fascism is disingenuous.

As long as the general population is passive, apathetic, and diverted to consumerism

Now we are on the same page I couldn't agree more. Feed us football,, food, fun and fornication and we're generally passive. We've no need to give thanks to God when we can have all our carnal desires satisfied, apparently by our own efforts.

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