The Myth of American Idealism Quotes

“Terrorism is defined by the Department of Defense as “the unlawful use of violence or threat of violence, often motivated by religious, political, or other ideological beliefs, to instill fear and coerce governments or societies in pursuit of goals that are usually political.” This definition is unusable, however, because it is immediately obvious that it would render the United States a terrorist state. George W. Bush, who unlawfully used violence, motivated by ideological beliefs, to coerce societies in pursuit of political goals, would indisputably be one of the world’s leading terrorists. Likewise the respected statesman Henry Kissinger and the Nobel Peace Prize winner Barack Obama.”
― Noam Chomsky, The Myth of American Idealism: How U.S. Foreign Policy Endangers the World

“The Israel-Palestine conflict is often portrayed as complicated. In fact, it is relatively simple.[59] The conflict is centered in territories that have been under harsh military occupation for fifty years. The conqueror is a major military power, acting with massive military, economic, and diplomatic support from the global superpower. Its subjects are alone and defenseless, many barely surviving in miserable camps, who have suffered brutal terror of a kind familiar in colonial wars and have in turn committed terrible atrocities.”
― Noam Chomsky, The Myth of American Idealism: How U.S. Foreign Policy Endangers the World