Chomsky is completely full of shit. 6 months before the invasion Putin published his thesis - Ukraine belongs to Russia as far as they are concerned, this NATO Stuff is bullshit. Finland joined NATO and Russia did not bat an eye.

I've always admired and respected Chomsky because he has made numerous positive contributions to modern academics which is why I continue listening/reading his stuff. However, it is very disappointing and disheartening when I see a man whom I’ve respected my whole life, succumb to the pathetic low IQ anti-Trump pathology AWA the arguably quietly sick hypocrisy of such an arguably high IQ international intellectual media celebrity such as Chomsky. It is unbeleivably disingenuous for any intellectual to say that the only beneficiary of the raping of Ukraine is the USA despite the partial truth of a more immediate $ economic gain! HOW CAN CHOMSKY BE SO SHAMELESS AT AN EXTREMELY HYPOCRITICAL LEVEL WHEN HE CONSTANTLY PREACHES ABOUT THE HYPOCRISY OF NATO REFERRING TO THE OBVIOUS COMPLICIT CONTRIBUTIONS OF NATO AS BEING RRSPONSIBLE FOR THE CURRENT PUTINIST SOVIET ERA REGIMES MASS DESTRUCTION-MURDER-RAPING OF UKRAINE? Therein lies the extreme shameless hypocrisy of a man that I and tens of millions of other academics around the world respected and admired! For Chomsky to consistantly preach about NATO's hypocrisy while spending <0.1% of his time analyzing or commentating about the on-going global Putinist regimes Soviet hypocrisy, at a time where this cowardly sociopathic narcissistic dictator is mass murdering a sovereign European nation, epitomizes the Oxford dictionary definition of hypocrisy. If Chomsky is going to preach so vehemently about NATO or American British foreign policy hypocrisy, HE ALSO logically, has to vehemently preach about historic and current SOVIET and/or other anti-evolutionary dictatorial international rogue regimes foreign policies THAT CLEARLY CONTRIBUTES to the current Ukrainian ILLEGAL invasion. HOW ON EARTH AND IN ALL INTELLECTUAL HONESTY CAN CHOMSKY OR ANYONE WHO RECOGNIZES THE INHERENT HUMAN RIGHTS TO HUMAN DIGNITY BE SO INHERENTLY HYPOCRITICAL ABOUT SUCH A CRITICAL ISSUE AS THE CURRENT UKRAINIAN TRAGEDY? How can Chomsky be so illogical and intellectually dishonest? The interviewer is logically correct in pointing out to Chomsky that he is justifying the cowardly putinist invasion to which Chomsky vehemently denies by logical denial that he did not say that but that is obvious intellectual dishonesty! Shame on this old man and shame on all who are of similar shameless hypocritical intellectually dishonest stance. Chomsky is ruining his legacy but it appears that he is to intellectually dishonest to see that or he cares not.

My Hero.

Chomsky is just SO WRONG on Ukraine. It's been confirmed that Russia is committing genocide and actively bombing civilians.

but Noam all those eastern european small countries have been "liberated by Russia" within living memory some more than once -Prague for example they were desperate to join Nato they fully understood the consequences of not doing so as is now self evident violence rape and murder cannot pay and cannot be seen to pay - this does not excuse others of their crimes Iraq 2003 etc the right of self determination is fundamental if not always adhered to - we hold these truths to be self evident ring a bell ?, pursuit of happiness rather than a sphere of influence anyday

Lets be clear, putin will kill and level cities and countries like chetchnia until objective achieved. It will happen. We are letting it happen. When putin succeeds, we will be facing another cold (or hot) war. The planet is in serious trouble if a nuclear war erupts. Nuclear winter is similar to the meteorological event that changed earth's history. Yeah just keep voting republican and crapping out more kids, 8,000,000,000 people isnt enough yet.

Chomsky went senile, he better stay quiet and try to enjoy those last few years he has left

Russia is dragging out tanks that were produced in the 1950’s for front line service. Mainly because Russia is so technologically backwards it can’t produce modern military equipment without western components.

Just because Russia is militarily incompetent doesn’t mean its not dangerous. Look at the destruction in Ukraine perpetrated by the grossly incompetent Russian military.

Ukraine is a free sovereign country. if Ukraine wants to join NATO or the EU it’s none of Russias business. Maybe if Putin focused on making the Russian political and economic model more attractive its neighbors wouldn’t all be banging on the door of NATO. Weakening Russia so it can’t ever do another invasion of a neighboring country sounds like a pretty good idea to me. Russia is weak and the west will never have a better opportunity to militarily break the back of the Russian empire.

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A couple things Chomsky leaves out: after the Maidan uprising, Russia proceeded to invade and annex Crimea, then fomented separatist uprisings in Donetsk followed by a subsequent invasion by Russian troops (without insignia) as well. These two events were what largely prompted increased aid and training from the West to Ukraine. Now, it's certainly true Bush promised NATO membership to Ukraine and Georgia in 2008. However, as Chomsky himself pointed out, this was largely opposed by members of his own administration, including Defense secretary Gates as well as many other senior officials, vetoed by Germany and France, and was essentially dead in the water from that time forward. On the eve of Russia's invasion of 2022, there were no serious moves to bring Ukraine into NATO afoot and indeed, most of public opinion in Ukraine itself was opposed to it.

Great post!! Chomsky even in advanced age asking questions we never thought to ask ourselves .

Love you, Noam, explain to me better how one minute you say the US has the worst health services in the world and the next the best military because they spend the most, bearing in mind they haven't won a war since WR2. I know you're right but just to bridge that gap in my mind, I should say I'm from the west and am appalled at our behavior, and want Putin to be useful in showing the world how a country can boot out the Central banking system and still succeed against what I see as an enemy to all the citizens of the world, the so-called new world order.

Noam Chomsky, why don't you say anything about the war in Donbass, about the alley of angels and other crimes of the Kiev regime against its people, against those who did not support the neo-Nazis who came to power in Kiev? Why???

As usual Chomsky takes the side of tyranny and genocide.

It seems that nowadays you have to be a genius to spot hypocrisy.

He's as worthless as a MAGA to progressives now!

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Words of wisdom that will be devoured by the thought police

I invite Mr Chomsky to Ukraine to witness firsthand Russian Peace ( Russkij Mir ). I am a Pole and I still remember my childhood in Poland before 1989 when we were under Russian occupation. It's a pity that Mr. Chomsky, child of Belarusan mother and Ukrainian Father is aligning with the Russian propaganda that is pressuring countries to go back to the business table with Russia. On top of this he is completely ignoring the will of the people. It was a will of the people and part of the democratic process to overthrow the communists and lean on to EU and US. Not just some high-level promises between Bush and Gorbachev. Ukraine went the same way of Poland, Lithuania, Estona, Latvia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Slovakia and before that to some extent Finland. Ukraine did the same thing, just later, and paid a dear price in 2014. People instinctively know where they want to live and they expect a system that will protect their basic rights and give them food on the table. Communists completely failed here and both systems today are not interested in the rights of the individual, basic freedom or economic stability. I know this, I lived in such a state. Mr. Chomsky didn't and unfortunately he is not the first naive leftist thinker I've met. I always have one advice - go and live in such country for few years. But not as a celebrated propaganda superstar that Russian or Chinese systems would use but as a regular person on the average income. The sheer dependency of EU on Russian resources were a huge mistake that was used by Kremlin as political weapon to put pressure on EU partners. Praising this system and calling Russia and China 'natural trading partners' is a level of naivety that's not justifiable in case of such a celebrated and influential thinker. It's very good Finland has joined the NATO. It's history was a constant struggle even if Finlandization was once a dream of Polish dissidents in communist state. Now both countries are free and Poland is going through it's best 30 years in the last two centuries. Stop sending these harmful messages from the comfort of your sofa and get real Mr. Chomsky.

I'm sorry but despite Noam having interesting anecdotes to add to any discussion, so many of his answers are based on false premises and he has a repeating theme that he uses all his knowledge to substantiate. He glosses over so much just filling in the parts that back his narrative. A "pause button" would be much appreciated to stop him and question his formulation. He states America and Britain dominating for the last 2 centuries is the culprit of so much, redrawing geographic boarders and exploiting other peoples, as if those peoples had not at some point in earlier history not done so themselves. However in the discussion of Ukraine, what is important is not what the Americans had done in previous history, or what the British had done, but instead what is going on in contemporary times when countries have their borders drawn and all nations have decided that the current geographic lines are sacred: that is what the United Nations is all about. Putin sits back while his orders destroy the neighboring country, kill and maim Ukrainian civilians and soldiers, destroy their homes and infrastructure, and Noam's analysis is that the west helps just to feed the military industrial complex. I'm sorry but there is a lot of political will to help Ukraine due to humanitarian empathy and goodness.

The very same hypocritical drone like construct....

This nutter is a walking dedicated critique....all critiqe and no answers...if Bolsidom is so attractive movee to Vladivostoc...

Its all Americas fault...the same old story line from Chomsky...I suppose why change the attention getter....if its not bkoken dont fix it...

Listen to Timothy Snyders Yale class on Ukraine. It's free and on KZbin. Much more interesting than Chomsky and in my mind more relevant. I got tired of Chomsky years ago.

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Chomsky is a fool who loves dictators but does not want to live in a communist country as he will be definetly tortured and murdered by a future dictator.

This guy scares me, you young sheep scare me more. The war with Ukraine wasn't provoked, foregetful Chomsky forgets the first reason given was because he accused the Ukrainians of being Nazis, then it was to save russians being kept in dungeons, then it was this, then that. Perhaps Chomsky was a Russian Spy all along built to subvert the USA doctine of freedom and democracy.

The same Chomsky who said the unvaxxed should be jailed? Or who refused to even look at the 911 (and JFK) evidence contradicting the official account declaring that it didn't matter anyway? He will go down in history as what he is! A total fraud.

fascinating that Chomsky's geopolitical view relies on defining Ukraine as a mere pawn between two spheres of influence - an inanimate object to be possessed by either the US or Russia - and refuses to acknowledge what Ukrainians may want for Ukraine... as though Ukrainians somehow don't deserve the right to decide for themselves what their future should look like.

It certainly doesn't justify the invasion.

The question people should ask themselves frequently is: would I want this person to be a decision maker? For me the answer is clear. Responsible leader like Selensky beats ivory tower grumpy old man any time. Chomsky's thinking is stuck in the Cold War. Russia to him has inherited all rights of nuclear blackmail the Soviet Union could muster. But, "with great power comes great responsibility". Russia is a political lightweight that bases all of its prowess on nuclear weapons and natural resources. As many have already pointed out correctly: it is inching towards being an oversized North Korea. All agreements after the fall of the Berlin Wall were done with the Soviet Union. Germany, actually, didn't have a say in the negotiations at all as it was the subject of negotiations. As soon as the Soviet Union began to fall apart, obviously, the interests of the former Soviet Republics drifted apart and, logically, the unified opponent that the West had had for 70 years ceased to exist. Russia is a big country and has its future mapped out by how well it provides for the numerous peoples that make up its population. It also has to compete with the outside world in a peaceful and rule-based manner. If Russia decides to cast away the rule-book, it has to deal with the consequences. Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania are no longer part of Russia. Neither is the Ukraine. This does not seem to have sunk in with Mr. Chomsky.

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Czech point of view: If we were in NATO in 1968, Russia would not invade us. I prefer Americans and NATO countries over Russia.

It's ridiculous to hear how this left-minded over 90 linguist is trying to build his card house of justifying Russia's invasion to a democratic country. Shame on you, comrade Chomsky.

Nah, NATO doesn't have, nor have ever had, any intentions of expanding to Ukraine. This is what Putin, and his allies, wants the world to think. Amazing that they've got Dr. Chomsky to believe that. Still, very interesting points on other areas, and possibly very true. Also, his view on Sweden and Finland seems accurate. But on the NATO aspect concerning Ukraine, Dr. Dmitry Gorenbutg has a more correct perspective, I think --> kzbin.info/www/bejne/oYGto32AZZV2eJY

America is able to finish the war against Kremlin psycho if Washington fulfills the commitments the US made to Ukraine 27 years ago in the Budapest Memorandum. It was easy for Washington to disarm victims of Putin agression from the third largest nuclear arsenal in the world and to sign "security guarantees", but it was much harder to fulfill the promises, even though Ukraine provided military support to the Americans after the 9/11 attack. The Ukrainians are allowed to defend themselves against bestial attacks half-heartedly with one hand tied behind their backs, and the war equipment given to brave Ukrainians is modified in such a way that its effectiveness is limited

Excellent Discission Dr. Chomsky. Best.

I admire the way Chomsky never gets angry. Those who ask what they think are provocative questions are calmly answered. The questions are always fully answered, with a depth of detail that always amazes me. He never shows any slowing down in his mental abilities.

Did Dr. Chomsky manage to list all the reasons for Sweden and Finland joining NATO and not include the security that joining NATO would bring? If Ukraine had been a member of NATO, Russia would not have dared to invade. Finland well remembers being invaded by its Eastern neighbour in 1939.

This is the scariest and most depressive speech I heard lately

An Intellectual living so long usually occurs in a society free of the pathologies around which he so stridently skirts.

It has been said Chomsky is not the Pope. With that in mind people, ask him about his plan to confine and starve in concentration camps, anyone who refuses the experimental gene therapy/vaccine government is mandating. this intellect has the ethics of a nazi.

Very disappointed in many of the insights of Professor Chomsky. Do not agree with a whole range of them. He says he rates countries following "orders" by the United States very highly. This is mere obedience to American desires. He needs to open his mind in a very big way. My suggestion to Professor Chomsky is for him to look in his own back yard. Amazing.

Well said Dr,Chomsky!!!!

Perhaps Euro-asia will reject trade with Western Europe?

I agree with much of what Mr Chomsky says. However, there are underlying assumptions he seems to have that I find extremely disturbing and alarming. For example, to say that NATO provoked Russia: Well, okay. But Russia is an increasingly totalitarian state. How can a democracy exist next door to a dictatorship indefinitely without it ever coming to a head? If not for NATO, wouldn't Putin have found some other justification to enact, I venture to say, his Tsarist fantasy?

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