Noam Chomsky On The Russia-Ukraine War.

[@throughconversations]

full interview with Chomsky here - kzbin.info/www/bejne/l6fCYYOef8mqb68

[@GardaOrban]

@Noam Chomsky is a Nazi creeper. @Noam Chomsky doesn't like Palestinians, @Noam Chomsky hates Jews

[@CameronDC-Grimes]

Can you post transcripts for every Chomsky video including this one. He knows so much about foreign affairs and policy that you have to have the transcript to verify it and research further on the individual events/topics/conflicts.

[@dashriprock2916]

Isn't is great to live in a country that enables you to say what you believe, or just troll , without being arrested.

[@christiandeleze7693]

That's not what Julian Assange told.

[@benleydon]

Isn't it great we live in a country where people ignore Chomsky's many meetings with Epstein and visits to Lolita Island?

[@JeremyTrajkoski-jw1mq]

I agree

[@1domcouk]

@@christiandeleze7693 Assange was also arrested for the rape or attempted rape of two Swedish women.

[@JeremyTrajkoski-jw1mq]

@@christiandeleze7693 Julian assange was a Russian puppet who was only interested in rooting out American scandals .

[@dudafox5738]

Why do you call it a conflict when it's the full scale war.

[@Arfabiscuit]

It's not a war

[@vaniasvami]

@@Arfabiscuit where you at?

[@jptanev]

@@Arfabiscuit )))

[@waqasafzali671]

LOL, Ukraine has proven that they can lose to just Wagner. Russia says their goal the the Russian speaking areas and demilitarization through a war of attrition. If it was a full scale war, there Ukraine's NATO style army would be wipe out within days.

[@colincampbell4261]

​@@Arfabiscuitit's a war of invasion.

[@TvkV]

Someone is paying attention. Yes it is the most dangerous time in human history

[@Psalm144verse1]

Jesus Comin back soon repent

[@RicardoMartinez-oh9sq]

Worse than in 1962.

[@3rdCoastAlliance]

If the fear of nuclear war prevents the U.S. from taking necessary action, then you've incentivized every aggressor to become nuclear capable.

[@ZenosMind]

are you dumb bro? Why would you risk nuclear certainty?

[@ego00o]

that was the case when the US was the only nuclear power as well.

[@3rdCoastAlliance]

@@11235but Yeah, the CCP has thrown Xinjiang Uyghurs into concentration camps because of US hegemony 🙄

[@jamesgo2014]

You can't answer valid arguments?

[@3rdCoastAlliance]

@@jamesgo2014 Doz100 didn't make an argument. He attempted to put words in my mouth. I used the word "aggressor" because that's what I meant. I don't presume every nation state that opposes US hegemony is an enemy. If he does, then that's his problem; but don't try to strawman me.

[@stevex6941]

I've respected Chomsky as an intellectual for a long time. This time it seems like he's not getting it. Maybe it's about time to get rid of the "America is responsible for all the shit in the world". Ever considered that, Dr. Chomsky, with all due respect? What about applying the same moral standards to any other country invading another one?

[@CyrilSneer123]

The war had been going for 8 years prior to the Russian invasion. Start there instead of 2022 ffs.

[@RicardoMartinez-oh9sq]

The British have made their Mea Culpa for all the wrongs of their empire. We have not, nothing we do is wrong and you come up with some moral reasoning?

[@francisbrooks8533]

So let me guess......It's all our fault??

[@javiermiranda5769]

Yep… trying to expand NATO to Georgia and Ukraine, despite the warnings (2008) from France (Sarkozy) and Germany (Merkel) that this was a terrible idea, was a big fat mistake.

[@saskk2290]

You are not the government, and the government is not the country. But you can only have a government for the people if they are perpetually pushed from below

[@scottharrison812]

@@javiermiranda5769 Oh yes, of course- It’s not the aggressor’s fault. The Ukrainians should’ve sat back and let Putin’s tanks roll in. Poor ol’ Putin, meant no harm by it. Lets blame ourselves while his thuggish mercenaries and brutal military rampage. How silly of me, how naive of the Ukrainians. Remember that - if your country ever faces a massive invading force bombing its infrastructure and murdering its civilians.

[@susiesukes21]

Yes. The greatest threat to humanity is humanity.

[@MullicanDesigns]

Noam how is Epstein?

[@rockykoast7065]

The only winners in any war are those who remain alive and in reasonable health at the end. The losers are the thousands or millions whose lives are lost or otherwise destroyed due injury, displacement, destruction of homes, means of earning a living and just the sheer trauma of war and it's effects on people. My parents both went through the second world war. Both were very deaf in old age; my mother perhaps from the bombing of her hometown...my father perhaps from being transported around the world in noisy ships/perhaps sometimes being close to artillery too( he was in Royal Signals, so didn't actually participate in the fighting, but was at times fairly close to front lines.). My father informed me that disease (through living in unsanitary conditions, unfamiliar tropical diseases..much dysentery) killed as many as those lost on the battlefield. This is the human cost of gaining a temporary economic advantage of resources/territory. Meantime, humans are ultimately destrying their own ecological niche and heading for self-extinction.

[@MidnightExpressMC]

And corrupt dictators - people like Putin and Chi - are at the head of that effort.

[@Applecompuser]

A lot of countries did not fight the Nazis and then were killed and/or their nations bombed anyway. It would have been better to stand up to Hitler together earlier. Less destruction and loss of life.

[@Stoynov666]

​@@Applecompuser so we all need tl stand American hegemony then, spot on

[@GkTheodore]

@@Stoynov666 tl?

[@marviwilson1853]

This very common statement about "nobody winning a war" is flawed. Most of those who actually fight it are losers in many ways but they are not fighting for themselves they are fighting for the billions of people who come after them in freedom. You are I are the winners of the 2nd World War as we live in a free world where we can post what we wish on KZbin. The Ukrainian soldier likewise is fighting for the billions of Ukrainians who will come after.

[@stuartwiner7920]

Strange how there's no blame or wariness of Vlad Putin in Noam's views.

[@mariaadelecagna3540]

It's not Putin's fault!

[@hanszlh6522]

@@mariaadelecagna3540 - when You're right You're right , Chomski's blatant 'onesidedness' is Not Putin's fault - the war INSIDE Ukraine howevver , a couple of hundred dead and/or maimed CHILDREN are most-fuc.... certainly NOT Zelenski's "fault"

[@kinidiosodlosios6892]

yeahh ...not strange at all explanation is in video

[@stuartwiner7920]

@@kinidiosodlosios6892 Well most of the world thinks he's full of garbage. You might be as well.

[@Dennis-nc3vw]

Because Putin isn't American.

[@brodies2494]

As old as he is, this man may live to see the end of humanity.

[@marvinc9994]

I rather doubt it, somewhow - given that he's 95 already, and quite clearly not long for this life.

[@BIG_MUNKY]

well that's uplifting

[@quantumastrologer5599]

We all currently do.

[@Grundewalt]

for which he worked his entire life, supporting ruzzia and any other kleptocratic regime oposing to democracy

[@timothyjamesmatheson]

He's omitting a key point. There is one party that could end the war straight away. And return to their borders. Inconvenient truth.

[@HungaryBased]

USA should leave Iraq and Syria then!

[@DjeauxSheaux]

​@@HungaryBased what about Syria? What about the USA? What about? What about?

[@robertmacias7920]

As you over look, that the party that you support has come to be in a coup d'é·tat and the EASTERN PART HAS BEEN IN REVOLT SINCE 2014. Ukraine has been at war in the east since 2014 and instead of their Army, they send 'volunteers' from their west, promising them land in the east. There are no heroes here.

[@RicardoMartinez-oh9sq]

What would the US do if China persuaded Mexico to become a member of a China-Russia-India military organization? It would blow Mexico to dust. But to you only Russia is evil.

[@traviscutler9912]

One of the major differences I have with Chomsky is he fundamentally believes people are intelligent, I don't. They traded it all for just a little bit more......

[@arianhrodkeltoi8104]

Not at all. He's counting on people to be dumb and believe the disinformation he's helping spread, literally from Imperial Russia disinformation propaganda roadbook, copy-paste. Not one original idea, it's all copy-paste from Dugin&friends.

[@mariaklein2536]

I agree wt you.

[@atam3977]

That is why all attempts to build a better new world from above end in despair and a sea of tears

[@jasongibson8114]

Americans are idiots but if you travel many countries have a intelligent population.

[@sergei-s]

I fundamentally believe Chomsky is an idiot.

[@marybrown957]

Bless you good man in mid nineties and still fighting for truth, justice, compassion… unbelievable right and how few to speak the truth ❤

[@justaplainspokengirl]

It's not a conflict. It's an Invasion, a War. Mister host.

[@RicardoMartinez-oh9sq]

So the United States invaded Iraq for the right reason? Yes or not?

[@gertjanalkemade]

'Its the most dangerous time in human history' - sips coffee

[@chaosdweller]

It's exciting !

[@lillycompton2177]

Cuz he knows he can't change it

[@lukerichardson2404]

Three letters: R-F-K

[@Psalm144verse1]

Repent and say Jesus im a sinner please Come upon my body and into my heart

[@jacobjorgenson9285]

When you are that age, why worry 🤷‍♂️

[@GlassesAndCoffeeMugs]

People in comments saying Chomsky is some kind of Putin apologist. Did we watch the same video? He explicitly condemns "Putin's war of aggression", says there's no justification for it, and that the US should be helping Ukraine defend itself. He's repeatedly called Putin a brutal dictator.

[@gumbymofugga]

Him calling it a proxy war by the US is more than enough to designate him a pathetic fraud. What a fucking ridiculous thing to say. Just because the US is involved doesn't automatically make it bad.

[@morygeg]

It seems like we were watching different videos indeed

[@GlassesAndCoffeeMugs]

@@morygeg I literally quoted what Chomsky said in the video so we must be

[@nobbynobbs8182]

Some kind of Putin apologist? I'd say full blown

[@GlassesAndCoffeeMugs]

@@nobbynobbs8182 In Russia, if you said the same stuff Chomsky is saying about Putin you'd be poisoned in your sleep

[@pellecarlsson8408]

I strongly oposed the iraqi war. Same thing goes for the russian aggression in Ukraine. Hundreds of thousands russian soldiers on ukranianan soil. That’s escalation for you, mr Choamsky....

[@ReptilianAnusWizzard]

The Iraq war is based on Americas fear of a Gold backed Currency and thirst for Oil. The Russo Ukraininan Warbis basicaly the Outcome of Nato Expansion and the USA bankrolling a pro Western Revolt, that lead to the killing of ethnic Russians by Nazis. Its the perfect War for America, the Politicians can funnel Gouverment Money to Privat Corporations and they can weaken Russia.

[@alanfike]

I agree with you. History is going to judge how NATO responded to this thug, Putin. There are costs and there are priorities, and Ukraine has decided, along with the West, to deny Russia their plunder. I believe the right thing is being done, in fact if NATO wants to join the fight it would be over sooner. Though I also understand that Putin has been sabre-rattling with the nukes (all the more reason for a regime change in Russia, but as an American I should be cautious about presenting the tactic).

[@Boruh179forever]

Billions, billions! 😂 you idiot

[@RicardoMartinez-oh9sq]

It is not the same, no, the Iraq war was totally unprovoked. The Minsk agreements were blatantly violated and Russia reacted doing the unthinkable, whose fault was it?

[@bigman23DOTS]

The question needs to be asked…when is enough enough?How much wealth and power is actually needed.Unfortunately it’s the good little people who always suffer.

[@lah6739]

Capitalism knows no limit and does not believe in "enough".

[@alecspyrou2134]

Capitalism is the very definition of cancer. Cancer happen when cells keep multiplying in a finite system (your body) and some cells are malformed due to constant growth in their number. Capitalism expects constant growth in a finite system (earth) and is bad for long term sustainability. It doesn't care about sustainability. Result, death.

[@John-d9e4x]

Power corrupts absolutely,

[@Sophie-Ocean]

Say that to Putin, you gullible parrot.

[@ashamahee]

@@lah6739 ofc lets blame the capitalist, what do communists do when they run out of capitalists to kill? they start killing each other.

[@chrisdale3946]

I am watching this and agree with some of the things he says, But so far I haven't heard hin say how this can be resolved.

[@alexperkins8433]

bc there is no path to that - it is not profitable so that is not an aim- that i think is his point

[@vincenzolia6685]

In fact it would be easy, he left it as an open question: For how long is Europe going to take this? “Western” Europe, at least, I would point out (Eastern and Northern are gone for the moment). He mentioned Germany and Netherlands, I would add Italy, France and perhaps Spain. Without these countries’ cronyism US would be reduced in time to a regional power.

[@NoahLuce]

Noam is an appeasement monkey, the west should always give in.

[@dorasnop7771]

peace negotiation

[@noneofyourbeez3425]

​@@vincenzolia6685What do you mean by "gone"?

[@jasenjahn]

To compare Ukraine and Russia war vs Iraq and USA war is beyond me. Iraq was attacking Kuwait. Ukraine did nothing wrong. They are a sovereign nation with their own independence.

[@haraldgerhardt6001]

They did nothing wrong? They killed 15000 of their own population in the Donbass since 2014 after the US backed coup.

[@OlegTarasov-l6f]

Ukraine goverment after Maidan revolution attacked Donetsk, Luhansk during 8 ages

[@kenishigh5860]

@@OlegTarasov-l6f listen what Prigozhin said

[@andrewmelnikov292]

@@OlegTarasov-l6f Ukraine can't attack Donetsk and Luhansk because Donetsk and Luhansk are Ukraine. A hand can't fight with its fingers. If you care about understanding what happened, try to read it from Igor Girkin himself - "I was the one who pulled the trigger on this war".

[@mazenalfeel8547]

Iraq attacked Kuwait in 1990 …USA attacked Iraq in 2003

[@rglittle6]

Better title: "Noam Chomsky still doesn't like the USA".

[@tozrimondher4250]

Should he ?

[@Cradleling]

@@tozrimondher4250 No, but he is stuck in a time frame (post ww2 era) and are basically not keeping up with the world anymore. Chomsky has been a very important person, and his criticism of the US foreign affairs(during 1960-2000s) is hugely important and well put. BUT what he says on the Ukraine topic is just embarrassing, it's totally out of touch with what actually is happening in Russia in regards to their own population and the war happening in Ukraine.

[@Qba86]

@@tozrimondher4250 The thing is that not everything happening in the world is about the US. The war in Ukraine is purely about Russian imperialism. In this context, Chomsky's whataboutism comes across as justifying Russian aggression.

[@МихаилСавельев-ч9с]

@@tozrimondher4250 Well he is 94 years and with clear mind but not very objective, tells a lot about US healthcare and quality of life. In russia people barely make it till 75

[@lbnoronha]

And until the US stops beeing ran by warmongering mobsters, not him and not the overwhelming majority of the world

[@AndyMMM676]

Why does it seem like there is Putins hand sticking out from his rear end?

[@liedersanger1]

“The war must continue in order to severely weaken Russia. That remains US policy.” No, the policy is to get Russia out of Ukraine. That is also NATO policy, and it is Ukrainian policy. To frame this as simply a plot to weaken Russia, is to reduce Ukrainian aspirations to zero.

[@mirjanakljajic3265]

You need to learn history

[@stuartwiner7920]

@@mirjanakljajic3265 You seem OK with turning 45M Ukrainians into slaves of Putin. Maybe that's not OK.

[@luisfreitas9552]

Haha. The US doesn't care about Ukraine

[@catherinemurphy9726]

@mirjana kljajic the centuries old history of Russia trying to assimilate Ukraine and enact genocide on its people.

[@liedersanger1]

@@mirjanakljajic3265 Which history?

[@livondiramerian6999]

War pleases the greedy & brings disasters to the people & environment, but greed is an illness that will destroy the greedy eventually.

[@JeremyTrajkoski-jw1mq]

Unregulated greed . Like the American capitalists have dismantled the laws and made legalised corruption the norm .

[@NG-wo8xt]

Also capitulation of Ukraine (Chomsky hopes so much for) means genocide, as was planned and partially executed by Ruzzia

[@athosroduner7797]

The greedy ones and probably everybody else...

[@livondiramerian6999]

Not the humane ones.

[@ValentinSolachau-Chamutouski]

With all due respect to Noam Chomsky, Russia invaded Ukraine. In the beginning the West (Germany) debated if they should send 5000 helmets. For Ukraine, it's about survival of the nation and the country.

[@celticfreepalestine]

There is no ukr nation or country...this is nazi dump wanting destruction.

[@RyanMcClure]

Man, he’s really looking like Gnome Chomsky these days!

[@ad5792]

Wishful thinking about Russian economy.

[@mattyboy59]

Which is?? He said russia doesn't have much of an economy.. He is spot on about that 6:36

[@ad5792]

@@mattyboy59 I guess thats why western sanctions failed

[@mattyboy59]

​@@ad5792 he never said that russia's economy is a failure.. But it's the size of not much bigger than Mexican economy.. Just do a Google search and see for yourself.. In terns of gdp, both economies are very similar.. That's what he said.. He also mentioned russia being a powerhouse of natural resources.. Which is why the sanctions failed.. Don't just make hasty comments without realizing the whole scenario..

[@ad5792]

@@mattyboy59 If you go by real purchasing power and don't rely on financial and service sector, then Russia's economy closer to a German one. US and EU are printing paper like there is no tomorrow causing inflation and turning themselves into paper tigers. Currently, Russia alone outproduces US and EU in military equipment

[@mattyboy59]

@@ad5792 russia out producing US and EU militarily is something that Scott Ritter and douglas mcgregor colonel would say.. Maybe true to some extent For now as US is not on full war mode.. But USA has over 50 rich and developed/developing countries ready to do its bidding and produce massive amounts of ammo.. USA can easily keep up with an endless supply of military equipment.. Even Economic powerhouses like japan, south Korea and Australia are there too. During ww2, USA had just a few allies.. Now it has around 50 powerful ones who can switch to full war mode.. So there is no scenario where Ru will come out of it with a positive result

[@fisterklister]

I'm a critic of US crimes abroad myself, but compared with Chomsky I'm an american apologist.

[@sagani4860]

Iraq used to be blood hungry country, involved in many war crimes. Yugoslavia was a country that practiced genocide. Ukraine, at another hand, peaceful, friendly country, did no harm to anyone. How can u put these countries in the same shelf. Are u OK?

[@celticfreepalestine]

Undecent to compare a murderer country like ukronazistan which committed genocide in the donbass to countries like irak or serbia where decent and innocent people were murdered by US agressors.

[@celticfreepalestine]

Ukro friendly country? You mean some friendly ladies from ukr working in some houses in germany...agreed😂 For the rest....genocide on russian speakers in donbass...forced enrollment of hungarian boys in the army. .very friendly indeed.

[@pixelpatter01]

This appears to be a much older interview but says released on May 8 2023.

[@DennisCambly]

The entire interview is one hour. As Noam aged he takes a bit longer to say what he wants to say. Plug in a set of headphones and sit back listening to the entire show as though he is speaking to you personally. Listening to Noam during a lecture is an experience in language and the words we use. My favorite book of Noam's is How the World Works. He is one of the brightest intellectuals of our time. ♥

[@throughconversations]

Thank you for watching!

[@alanc1491]

Better to listen on 1.25x

[@nureke-dp1nw]

While he starts talking slower, he is still a brilliant person and it’s a great pleasure to listen him.

[@MrKnobs]

Well spoken man, naive conclusions. Witness the Cambodian naivete for just one example. Dictators must be contained and it's very difficult for their own population to do so. The US had our close call with dictatorship on Jan 6th.

[@asyamansurova9031]

“The war must continue in order to severely weaken Russia” - key 🔑 “Britain and US were clear that they don’t want any negotiations between Ukraine and Russia” - another key 🔑

[@adamski8985]

Putin has litterly said he isent going to negotiate with ukraine nice try

[@drezworthy]

How's Noam Chomsky doin? lol Damn man he is looking and speaking rough. I wish we could all get along without war, but for fucks sake we need to beat the bullies before we can have peace my man.

[@archyology]

He's still doing remarkably well for his age.

[@Dennis-nc3vw]

@@archyology Are you kidding me? He looks 5 minutes from death! He makes Joe Biden look like he should be a new mascot for Red Bull. Thomas Sowell is 96 and he looks 20 years younger than Noam!

[@archyology]

@@Dennis-nc3vw I hope when I am 96 my mental faculties are as sharp as Chomskys

[@AA-sn9lz]

Uhm... this is an old video. Why is it uploaded for a second time?

[@ChooseCompassion]

Because maybe people didn’t hear it the first time because it’s hard to find anything that the professor says anywhere because he censored almost everywhere.

[@austrb]

Noam Chomsky somehow manages to ignore the actions and goals of Russia in his analysis.

[@SvendBosanvovski]

Noam has been very clear and unequivocal elsewhere about the illegality of the Russian intervention.

[@doobiousd5020]

In this segment he called it an Act of Aggression, which is basically the most serious crime a nation state can commit, "criminally stupid" from Russia's strategic point of view, talked about how it has killed untold numbers of civilians, and destroyed the Ukrainian economy. What else do you need exactly?

[@ignacio3890]

@@SvendBosanvovski LOL... THE INTERVENTION IT'S FULL LEGAL IN A ATLEAST 3 WAYS. 1. THE UKRANIAN NAZIS DECLARES HIMSELF SUCESSORS OF THE 1941 NAZI UKRANIE AND THE OUN CHART AND THE MOSCOW PROTOCOLS ALLOW RUSSIA TO KILL ANY NAZI STATE 2. YANUKOVICH LAST LEGAL AUTHORITY ( WAIT THE NEW UKRANIAN GOVERMENT IT'S ILLEGAL) REQUEST RUSSIAN INTERVENTION 3. RUSSIAN DONBASS ALLIED REPUBLICS WHO ARE LEGALLY INDEPENDENT BY THE 1514 OUN RESOLUTION REQUESTED A RUSSIAN INTERVENTION AGAINST THE UKRANIAN AGRESSION..

[@ignacio3890]

@@doobiousd5020 WHO LIES.... THE AGRESSOR IT'S UKRANIE AGAINST THE DONBASS REPUBLICS WHO REQUESTED A RUSSIAN INTERVENTION.

[@antonbeloborodov5130]

Noham is the agent of KGB and now Russia. His hands are tied, he can not blame Russia in any way. Always blame the USA the motto of his life.

[@Afghamistam]

"Western apologists like to use the word "whataboutism" to deflect from their hypocrisy over stuff and ting. But to answer your question, what's happening in Ukraine is very bad. People are dying, it's terrible. But whatabout Iraq?" I'm out.

[@gustavmeyrink_2.0]

I used to have a great deal of respect for Noam Chomsky but during this war he sounds confused, deluded and plain wrong, he is talking himself into intellectual insignificance.

[@ladidianna]

Agreed. UA has agency and they are not going to stop defending themselves. The whole idea that RF who invaded in 2014 somehow wants to negotiate?

[@piezoelectron]

So what did you respect about him before?

[@gustavmeyrink_2.0]

@@piezoelectron He was a very gifted linguist.

[@KirkFickert]

@@gustavmeyrink_2.0 The man defended Pol Pot in the 70’s…

[@ВолодимирДжичко]

Allways was a mystery to me why people having sharp science mind can "buy" very simple trick. Like the guys who send nuclear sicrets to Moskow (at the time my relatives where send to Sibirea or worse)

[@Biedropegaz]

knowledge is not equal to wisdom

[@witoldszpejda]

I have hard time finding out who attacked whom ?

[@move2003ny]

The US attacked everybody. Putin had no choice but to murder all those people because they were American stooges. Every single one of them. Capitalism is bad, but sometimes it is useful to know someone like Jeffrey Epstein because he helps you move money around.

[@norbertrucvideoworkshop2026]

In German there is the saying "unsere Leichen leben noch" ("our corpses are still alive"). NC is a "living" example for this statement. another intellectual of old days, crawling out of his coffin, to warn about the end to it all.

[@oreganoregan5947]

American Imperialism Baaaaaad. Russian Imperialism Good.

[@vklnew9824]

Shill bot with ghost accounts

[@oreganoregan5947]

You have convinced me with your brilliant argument. I shall immediately terminate my programme.

[@susiesukes21]

Sadly he speaks of what we do not want to hear . Our lives are changing globally and not in a good way. The good times are over for a long time.

[@lindasutton4014]

What can he disclose about his friend Jeffrey Epstein.

[@leviwallace9647]

@@lindasutton4014e’s a creep and his views on covid really exposed him.

[@ceeemm1901]

@@lindasutton4014 and expose Chomsky's sex, drugs and rock and roll lifestyle that that association benefitted....Guffaw! Guffaw!

[@miniminamanmina3715]

New dark ages , advances in technology , science, and human behavior have no bearing when man seeks to go into a cultural night .

[@ТаЛя-й8е]

the very beginning, the question is intriguing, got me to watch it further

[@charlesmartin1079]

Bush became the first U.S. president to visit Iraq. He flew to Baghdad under extraordinary secrecy and security to spend Thanksgiving with U.S. troops and thank them for “defending the American people from danger.” He also met with members of the Coalition Provisional Authority and the Iraqi Governing Council.Dec 27, 2018. I guess he hasn't heard of Googling. Actually every US Pres. has visited Iraq during the conflict, including Trump.

[@DB4331]

@Charles Martin Ya that's actually a really, really good point. Noam Chomsky might be the stupidest intellect I've ever listen to.

[@govinda102000]

Bush Sr. Just Iraq War. Bush Jr's , pushed by Zionists.

[@senianns9522]

Tony Blair and George Bush totally ruined Iraq. They should be ashamed of what they did there! It will take many years before Iraq gets anywhere near what it was pre Western actions!

[@rolandnelson6722]

No surprise Noam is also factually. I took that for granted. To him the only thing that matters is hating America.

[@kavirajanr]

Speed 1.75 makes the listening better.

[@elzoog]

I'm surprised you don't need a speed faster than 1.75.

[@Dennis-nc3vw]

Poor bastard looks like he's about 5 minutes away from dying. I genuinely pity him.

[@elzoog]

@@Dennis-nc3vw Yeah, gotta agree with you there. I really don't understand why the guy doesn't just retire. I'm sure he's smart enough to have saved enough money for retirement... oh wait ... maybe not?

[@samyman2006]

I dont share your opinion Mr Chomsky. The thought to accepting intrests of dictatorships like russia and china is insane.

[@joek600]

Or Saudi Arabia, I know

[@totopolo2379]

ok cnn dupe

[@tonybenn1000]

samy I Don't share your opinion. IF Your looking for dictators and terrorists, don't look to Russia or China, you only need to Google, "Countries Invaded by the United States" but it will take some time because the list is really LONG. "Panama Deception" is my favorite.

[@samyman2006]

@@tonybenn1000 But iam looking at them. You see after ww2 we got a world order where the west could develop. Every action that usa did was to remain the leading global power. I dont say everything was good but the intention was to stronger the postion of the west. At the end nearly everybody profits out of it. Good global trade without russia and china couldnt have prosperd that much. When i see how russia performs in urkaine and threat his own soldiers i dont really understand how you can say the bs you do. Do you life in the west? If so get out of there and join china and russia

[@doqille]

@@samyman2006 Western civilization was profitable for everyone at some point in history - yes. But nothing stays forever and in its new ultra capitalistic that goes to monopoly form is becoming annoying. When there was no competition USA could open the markets to sell their products freely, but now with Asian development, it even started to dictate European alies not to sell tech there to slow them down. Free market is no more when it comes to profits and global competition.

[@vitaliizy7173]

Usually wisdom comes with age, but sometimes age comes alone

[@nomdeploom5707]

Noam is compromised. He was good friends with Epstein. You've got to wonder what "favours" were/are being exchanged.

[@JonROlsen]

I think Noam still trusts what he reads in the NYT.

[@danbotez1307]

Excellent proof of somebody with no wisdom whatsoever at his/her age.

[@MissMan666]

yeah i disagree with 80% of what he said here, especially about Europe. As a European my self i can say we are not doing bad at all, in fact pretty good given the circumstances.

[@danbotez1307]

@@MissMan666 I agree that Europe is is good shape, except for the UK given their idiotic Brexit move. Furthermore, no major European state faces the fascist-dictatorship threat that the US desperately needs to avert in next year's elections.

[@Woland21459]

Noam got me to sleeeeeeep. I got a book from him but now I think I will never actually open it.

[@move2003ny]

I have several. They have a ton of detail but basically the idea is always as follows: it’s the USA’s fault

[@oezibanana8664]

Devastating. Right wing dipsht refuses to read. More news at 11.

[@antz350]

@@move2003nyit normally is, however this war of aggression is because of Putler. Now that they have seen the US for the past three quarters of a century try to strong arm countries with military capabilities, Russia, China, middle eastern powers see that and pry think why can’t they. After all it’s us poor people who fight them for the powers at be.

[@wheniamfree]

If one has a choice to remove one country from the world map to make the world a better place, which one should we remove?

[@jacqdanieles]

What does "remove one country" mean for the population that resides there?

[@ruok4a69]

the fascist state of merica

[@darkdunn4441]

US

[@outsider7665]

US is answer of every ineligent on earth.

[@hanszlh6522]

roughly 80 years ago - just before me coming onto this 'rock' - Russia's then ( - and now again -??? ) 'hero' Joseph S. and his Austrio-'Germanic' friend Adolf H. hatched-up the plan and concluded a treaty to 'remove' their neighbour Poland ... "from the word map" , and if so , why not also it's people - well , those you couldn't use as slaves ... , and if not - why not ?!!? those abject Jewish "Untermenschen" , that both of them - and so many brainwashed others .. hated with all their guts , ,,, get those out of 'Their World' as well , a.s.o. ... Roma , Sinti too , and - well , best anybody that might dis-agree , or just , well , all those 'me no like' ...... Real Pity they did - apparrennttlly - 'like' themselves ,,,, - and way too much !!!

[@billking8843]

I used to without hesitation choose Chomsky in a Chomsky v Zizek forced choice test. Not anymore. Zizek has clearly taken the position of supporting the right of Ukraine to defend itself - and to recruit allies to do so. Chomsky decides that whoever's said the US is on are the bad guys. He needs to retire from public life.

[@totopolo2379]

yeah I am astonished he spoke truth on this one, the truth that bothers you...

[@billking8843]

@@totopolo2379 He spoke a partial truth which covers over plenty of truth. I have zero trouble acknowledging that America does plenty of bad shit and is an imperialist power. Bad Chomsky is pretty much blind to the fact that Russia is an imperialist power bent on swallowing up an entire country. By all means Westsplain to Ukraine that they need to capitulate and learn to love being the new region of greater Russia. But don't expect Ukrainians to buy it.

[@angryanglocanadian7581]

Somebody offended you... and they need to retire. Wow that's a surprise

[@billking8843]

@@angryanglocanadian7581 He didn't offend me, he acted like an old man who no longer has his full powers. He may have offended Ukrainians, who are under existential threat and do not like being Westsplained to by people living very comfortable lives in the West. Telling Ukrainians they must accept being colonized by Russia is something they have every right to feel offended about.

[@off6848]

This for me just proves what I've always known. That Chomsky is ight and Zizek is an utter fool/tool

[@Dublinireland5]

We are not going to support Ukraine just because we live in the Western world our leaders believe in sending armory to Ukraine but a lot of us citizens do not... We like Russia and we like the Russian people we're not going to go against Russia

[@rickcostin]

All those weapons are past their used by date , we have to do something with them....

[@wordofthatguy7810]

Of course Russia could just pull out and go back home... But that would undermine these conspiracies 😂😂

[@RicardoMartinez-oh9sq]

You are funny, so you just wage war to lose it? I never heard of it.

[@davagevorriose8046]

Spoken like a true authoritarian apologist; the man should enjoy the rest of his life in Kim's peaceful country.

[@Sophie-Ocean]

Why he don't mention that it is Russia who caused the conflict and China who caused the conflict by using military force in Ukraine and threatening Taiwan?? Is he blind to whats going on? Or did he have a blind window on all Chinese and russian expansionist agression? They are the cause of the problem to which we are responding. He never mention the rights and freedom of choice of the Ukrainian and Taiwanese, nor the fact that those countries are dictatorships nor that China is colonising more and more countries. Russia ressources are now in the hands of China. He don't mention either the military forces of those countries nor see that its very bad for all people that totalitarian regime dominate. The reason why USA needs a strong army, is because most of the countries in the world are not democratic, meaning most people are not free. And that in all those unfree countries, the level of violence is very high. Repression and mafia criminality. In Russia, China, Indonesia, india, middle East, Africa, latin America. He doesn't mention too that mexico is a narco mafia state like most latin American countries, where corruption and gang crimes are so high that the country cant function and the population cannot live there and migrate massively to the united states and Canada. If we close our doors to migrants from middle East, Africa and Latin America, those countries will implodes in civil wars. Without our help, african populations will rapidly decline as those governments are unable to function normally and dont produce sufficient food nor medical care to their citizens. And neither Russia nor China are willing to help them. The difference between them and us, is that we use our wealth to help others, while they keep it all for themselves to luxury and to their army. Who gave all the know how to Russia and China so that they could develop? We did, for the past 150 years. He spoke of the African countries suffering because of is??? What about the slavery by arabs and colonisation of africa and india by arabs? And the colonisation and use of slaves by the ottomans and Mongols?? For 1200 years. And african using other africans as slaves. Much worse crimes have been committed in africa by africans since the end of colonisation in the 50'es and 1960, for 63 to 70 years ago. The countries were left with a functioning system, agriculture and schools and hospitals, and all was destroyed and not replaced. And now its chaos and misery and dictatorships and colonisation by China who use africans as slaves to go in the mines and take care of their children and cook and clean for them. He is blind to the new reality and live in a romantisation of a past vision of the world who was already biased by Chinese and Sovjet propaganda and try to hang on it until the end. Despite everything shouting at him that he is wrong. China was never communist Chomsky, nor was Russia nor Sovjet ever communist countries, but were always totalitarian repressive regime with imperialistic ambitions, that Russia proved early on by invading all those European countries, abusing of the situation they had been put into by the collaboration of Russia with Hitler, giving nazi Germany all the ressources it needed to build canons and tanks and bombs and prepare its stocks to start a world war. Russia first switched against Hitler, after Germany begun to invade Russia. China and Russia are not communist but fachist countries with a very fascist controlling regime, dreaming to expand and take all the world, of more power and more profit. Why can't Chomsky see that??

[@niftynige]

Noam has obviously lost his marbles.

[@nicholaspenrose7801]

Satire ?

[@davidhogg1216]

Or at least the marbles are rather ordinary …

[@akp167]

Never had them to begin with

[@Dennis-nc3vw]

No, these were always his marbles: Start with the premise America is wrong, work backwards to prove it. That's basically how the mind of every big name leftist worked prior to Trump.

[@SirAntoniousBlock]

But he's probably gained a lot of rubles.

[@jeremydrew3781]

I'd love to hear Noam's view on Putin and his psychopathic failings, but I can't find anything out there??

[@danbotez1307]

He called Putin stupid for invading Ukraine and cutting gas to Europe, rather that allying himself with Europe to counter US's control of it. Just listen carefully.

[@agiftfromdracosfather3490]

Need a villain sketched out for your child's worldview do you?

[@jamesgoodzeit214]

You won't. In his worldview, US leaders are all psychopaths and everyone else is either a US puppet or wise and intelligent people standing up to US aggression.

[@Lateralmove]

@@agiftfromdracosfather3490more like need some actual balanced world view instead of this Lacy what about ism

[@agiftfromdracosfather3490]

@ilusha2007 ah yes, whataboutism the hypocrite's mantra

[@allthumbs6397]

He is giving a green light too Putin

[@RicardoMartinez-oh9sq]

Luckily here in the West only half the people are so narrow-minded as you are.

[@DarrylErickson]

Everyone needs to listen to Noam and learn, and then learn how to ignore him. I'm Canadian, and like, if the moon was destroyed by an asteroid, somehow the US did it? Like, eff off, man.

[@JuliaCherdantseva]

🤡

[@chrishallden5100]

Wow this guy really had nothing to say. Only anecdotal discription of past events

[@davidcooks2379]

I'm wondering how he would feel if he was in Ukraine. Would he still talk about US and Iraq?

[@dstfno]

well that wouldn't be a neutral perspective now would it?

[@davidcooks2379]

@@dstfno it's not neutral now

[@sagani4860]

I mean, we know very well that Mexico would absolute look for a protector, if they were next to an agressor like Russia. Your theory has so many holes, its not even funny.

[@RicardoMartinez-oh9sq]

You are an imperialist, this is so clear. Imperialists never see any point from their adversaries. They are always right and their enemies are always wrong.

[@newsnews2379]

Mr. Chomsky, you are a person who has very deep and wide political knowledge, and conveys it honestly and openly. Unfortunately nowadays there are very few people who like truth and honesty like you.

[@dexlab7794]

The only people not at fault for escalating the war is the working class people of the involved countries who all are against imperial wars

[@drmodestoesq]

Exactly, the Russian proletarians and peasants should stand up to Putin's imperialism.

[@bh-zj4yt]

The working class people of Ukraine do not want to live under the boot of Putin…..you’re deluded

[@ChooseCompassion]

So working in lower classes are never considered or allowed to object against imperial wars.

[@bh-zj4yt]

@@ChooseCompassion of course they are allowed

[@Concord003]

I'm sorry, but you're wrong. In Ukraine, the majority of the working class are ready and willing to support and escalate the war. Thousands are volunteering for the military, even poor people are donating money for drones and cars for the army. For many here in Ukraine, it's better to die than to live under Russian rule again, like in the previous centuries of colonial oppression. And, sadly, in Russia, the majority of those who voice their opinion, even among the working class, will literally tell you that Ukraine somehow deserves to be invaded, and that the Special Military Operation by the glorious Russian armed forces somehow makes the world more secure and will lead to reduced suffering.

[@supersorel21]

"what's your opinion on Rus-Ukr war?" "sure, lemme talk about anything else"

[@henryseidel5469]

What is your opinion on Hiroshima and Vietnam, Uncle Sam ? "It has been done to save lives...."

[@geothon]

Has he ever said anything critical of Russia?

[@michaelscott5653]

Nope. It's all the evil USA's fault. All evil things in the world are attributed to America. That's chomsky frame of thought for you.

[@hklausen]

We want Ukaime to enjoy liberal democrecy and not be a puppet of the russian corrupt dictator state. It is naturel to take care of those closest to us first. That is not hypocresy.

[@he6699]

There is no crime, no cruelty, no abomination that the mind of men can conceive of which the Russian has not perpetrated, is not perpetrating, and will not perpetrate if he is allowed to go on…

[@jaredprince4772]

Noam doesn't even consider the fact that Ukrainians themselves don't want Russia's leader to rule them politically. Ukrainians support the war against the invasion, and ask for help from Western countries to fight the invasion to retain the sovereignty of their borders. Ukrainians are brave. I'm not so sure the same is the case for people that push for peace at any cost. The big contradiction of peace at any cost, which Noam seems to advocate, is that making peace at any cost doesn't produce peace at all. It was tried by Chamberlain before WWII, but Germany just kept advancing and taking more. If Russia takes over any other sovereign nation by force the inhabitants won't find peace but oppression. To live under tyranny is not the life I want, and it's not the life Ukrainians want. Patrick Henry: "Give me liberty, or give me death."

[@mrfiestas]

Completely untrue. They took a vote and chose to be joined part of Russia.

[@jaredprince4772]

@@mrfiestas Texas could take a vote and still not be allowed to join Mexico. No, there is no vote that citizens of a region of Ukraine can take to secede from Ukraine any more than Texas can from the US.

[@jaredprince4772]

@@mrfiestas "International law does not give the inhabitants of a part of a state the right to secede from that state. The aspect of self-determination which allows for independence of a ‘people’ applies to peoples in colonies and other overseas territories under the occupation of another state. The other aspect of self-determination is ‘internal’ and comprises the right to freely choose political status and pursue economic, social, and cultural development within the state - as the Minsk accords sought to provide for Donetsk and Luhansk."

[@delichte101]

Before I watch my prediction: Noam Chomsky takes realist ideals and talking points from the 1955 to 1980 and blames NATO expansion and claims that is their sphere of influence.

[@haider9874]

To scared to watch and admit you wrong😂

[@delichte101]

@@haider9874 He mentioned China and the US more than Ukraine and Russia and blamed NATO for expanding influence into the Indian ocean. Yes, I was definitely wrong, I couldn't possibly imagine his optics would move into the Indian Ocean and blaming the US and NATO in its entirety.

[@haider9874]

@@delichte101 you made a judgement before watching he's video. You clearly biased. He said a conflict with USA and china is something we must avoid at all cost. Is he wrong? If you believe nuclear armageddon is bad, he's definitely correct, btw you probably fetishize nuclear armageddon

[@drivanmariobraun-psiquiatr5007]

Including his much beloved analysis of Skinner's "Verbal Behavior", Chomsky sometimes displays biased and superficial reasoning. "Si hay gubierno, soy contra" - si hay establishment, soy contra... This is not to deny that Western powers have also committed horrible atrocities, and that Western powers did also have a role in the development of Putin's paranoia. But reality is more complex than Chomsky`s explanations.

[@xrendezv0usx]

Let me guess- does he blame the victim for the ongoing violence from the aggressor?

[@akp167]

Bingo

[@RicardoMartinez-oh9sq]

Ah, the old fashioned "statuses of victimhood" argument.

[@junkettarp8942]

Europe on a silver platter....well put.

[@donconrard533]

Chomsky seems to be saying the US and its allies should let Russia take over Ukraine by force. Maybe he’s angling for the Neville Chamberlain award.

[@bernhardmichaeltrautvetter5538]

Dear Noam You give us so much vitality to do our best for surviving THANKYOU!! Bernard

[@southbirdsouthbird]

It has always confused me why some people have made Noam Chomsky such a political "god". When I was a philosophy student at Stanford during the 60's his "Aspects of the Theory of Syntax" and 'Language and Mind" were revolutionary, awesome, mind-blowing, like a new Bible. . . Like Wittgenstein wrote, "Ontology recapitulates philology." . . . Then he became an anti-Vietnam war activist (as did I at time) but he never seems to have gotten over it. . . He seems to think that everything the USA does is evil but gives a complete pass to Russian and Chinese imperialism, murder and lies. Very sad old man. At this point he should just shut up and go quietly into the night. He has given us much but has nothing else to offer. . . Death to Russian imperialism! Slava Ukraini.

[@henrikhumle7255]

How is him pointing out that Russian aggression is highly illegal and what initiated this conflict equal to him giving "a complete free pass to Russia"? Literally WHAT are you even talking about?

[@ThunderSen]

Who is going to help Ukraine, this war torn impoverished nation now on brink of losing a war. Are you going to rebuild it? How long before Ukraine can rebuild it self from poverty of war, back to poverty that it was under before. They lost 10 million people just to emigration. Ukraine will be recovering 50 years from this war. Putin already won the war, and achieved decisive victory. Winning this war is meaningless. Its a lost cause.

[@yuriyaleksashyn4252]

Dude, imagine that a psychopath that lives next door, broke into your appartment and started killing and raping everything that moves and burning and destroying everything that doesn’t. Do you think people will call it “a crisis”?

[@MrKen-wk6ho]

This is why Russia is just conducting a Police and Security action in Ukraine. It takes a while to clear out the 46 U.S. military-funded biolabs, and helping displaced residents after the looting of civilian properties by the Azov Battalion, which is comprised of 10-20% Nazis, and has accused the battalion of raping and torturing Ukrainian detainees in the Donbas region. This is probably one of the reasons NATO and the UN like them now. FACT.

[@VeraMaier]

You do only know heavily manipulated war propaganda. You are wrong.

[@JuliaCherdantseva]

🤡🤡🤡

[@joedennehy386]

Iraq invaded Kuwait mate, who did Ukraine invade.?

[@nikolaosaggelopoulos8113]

No, in the Iraq War (2003-2011), Iraq had not invaded anyone. The war was unprovoked, i.e. the US did not state a reason for the war except unsubstantiated claims that Iraq had weapons of mass destruction, which were never ever found. The war was undeclared, as with the invasion of Ukraine. It was not strictly speaking a war, maybe it was a US/UK joint military exercise. It was that war Noam Chomsky is referring to when USA attacked without a UN mandate and asked for everyone to leave Baghdad.

[@vancouveruzbekistan5350]

by the way, Chomsky's family emigrated to the US from UKRAINE

[@boryslebeda6908]

I don't care about the achievements of this man, but if he stands with people who forced me from my homeland because of his/their understanding of politics, he is evil. People who love Russia should be isolated in Russia to protect others who respect human rights and values.

[@pallhe]

I wonder what exactly Chomsky would do about the Russo-Ukrainian War if he were president. Just leave it to the Russians and then self-flagellate in public while enveloped in the American flag?

[@keithparker1346]

Russia Ukraine war ..not USAs war

[@chloeep9329]

​@@keithparker1346USA (and Russia) both signed treaties promising to defend Ukraine from attack, in exchange for Ukraine giving up their nuclear weapons, which they did. What Russia has done is put another nuclear nail in the coffin of humanity, no country will ever give up nuclear arms again by choice, knowing how Ukraine was betrayed by both allies and enemies.

[@keithparker1346]

@@chloeep9329 it's still not USAs war

[@blitzkriegsebastian]

It's amzaing this guy is still alive and talks nothing meaningful to the poor people in the world.

[@ЕвгенийБаруздин-и3в]

Hooooorrrrrray!

[@nobbynobbs8182]

Russia should give up the Kursk region for the sake of peace

[@albothug221]

Noam chomksy was friends with jeffery epstien

[@StompingRabbits]

Of course, Epstein was an ethnic nationalist just lime Noam is...

[@ChooseCompassion]

He was not friends with JE. It was in JE’s calendar for meetings but who knows if they even happened because everyone always assume the worst of everyone else. Of sad commentary on our society as a whole.

[@WilkinsMichael]

@@ChooseCompassion It’s pretty damning especially his response that it is none of anyone’s business. Chomsky is an extremely arrogant man since his linguist days. Sometimes that aided him standing up to power but it has also led to serious blind spots.

[@norm2322]

The human species has been in the business of killing each other since the beginning of time. We, in recent times, are always, it seems, in precarious times with the threat of nuclear annihilation hanging over us. The Cuban missile crises brought it home to my generation and on it goes, repeating the same threats, the same gamesmanship, the same paranoia. It only takes one incident/person to realize the end of the human experiment. The odds are not in our favor.

[@benzandpour]

But the US was attacking IRAQ, and is defending UKRAINE, so to compare American leaders going to their capitals is not an equal comparison. It’s incredible that Chomsky has nothing bad to say about Russia, the physical instigator of the violence. He used to be my idol.

[@regntonne]

Depressed Gandalf needs a hug.

[@Notarrusianbot]

Smart as your father I suppose

[@realnaveen]

Understandably, existential threat has its repercussions and counter measures in words and actions!

[@user_you2]

There were many of them.

[@vigorberg4798]

The nuclear powers do not realize that global warming is destructive to all life on "the whole earth," The proxi war in Ukraine is an abuse of human lives. Whom does it Gain; certainly not western Europe. The Nato to realize that we are interdependent with the oceans and our biosphere. They have to listen to the warnings of Albert Einstein and learn to negotiate and disarm.🌻 I experienced the last four month of the 2-nd World and believe in a worlfederation. Do not repeat "The March of Folly,"we experienced in the 20th century🌻

[@myappreviews5913]

And how are those countermeasures going? Pretty hilarious to faceplant immediately and turn a 3 day excursion into your and your people's doom.

[@ZooDinghy]

I dont disagree but where are the limits to this logic? Wasn't the american war of indepence just a proxy war between UK and france? Should the US colonies have accepted UK imperial rule? Should Europe have accepted the NAZI rule? Whats the limit? When are we "allowed" to defend our idea of living?

[@iridescentsquids]

It’s the ease of contrarianism. It doesn’t have to answer to an alternative- just point out costs to decisions others dare make.

[@BNevrgivup]

It's too much to accept, everything the U.S. is doing is questionable? The Xi led PRC aggression is to be ignored? Their stealing of U.S.

[@henryseidel5469]

As soon as your idea of living is threatened on your own territory. But it never was. When was the last attack on the American people from a foreign army - or power ?

[@iridescentsquids]

@@henryseidel5469 are you saying Ukraine was threatening Russia and Russia was defending itself? Not according to Chomsky. He says Russia is acting like a bully just like the US would if China militarized in Mexico.

[@henryseidel5469]

@@iridescentsquids That's right. Yet if Putin had applied the methods from Hiroshima or Vietnam or Iraq or Lybia his mission would already be accomplished. I am saying that there are thirty Nato - armies gathering in front of Russia's doors - led by the US. The Russian occupation army went back home from Europe over thirty years ago, the US is still there. What for ? As I said: The Russians do not like American missiles in the bay of Peterburg the way US did not like a handful of Soviet missiles in Cuba. It was called a 'world crisis' then. Russia is not Chile or Guatemala or Lybia or Grenada. Safety is always a mutual affair. Chomsky knows this.

[@theMantas4444]

Sir. Please. As person who were born and grow up in USSR. You don’t really understand what’s happening there.

[@alexvimo8739]

LONG LIVE THE UKRAINE 🇺🇦

[@4rmDEC2FRE]

Trump 2024

[@ICONOCLAST200]

There are countries that chose to vilify NATO as the aggressor and a tool of American hegemony. This view is in total disregard for the many years that Russia has threatened Eastern Europe. Russia spreads terrorism to other parts of the world through a private army that sells its services to despotic regimes. World leaders that sympathize with Russia tend to share the fascist vision of Russia. I don't like American hegemony, but I take the view that it exists out of fear. The existence of an aggressive fascist oligarchy like Russia no doubt encourages nation states to very conscious of their national security, and in many cases, pushes them into the orbit of the United States. If a world leader was truly concerned about American hegemony, they would welcome the collapse of the Russian state. Without Russia, American hegemony will gradually come apart, and I would suspect that smaller fascist states might find it in their interest to behave themselves as well.

[@N17C1]

Watching African coups succeed because they feel safe as allies of Russia shows you where this will all lead. In Niger, the military didn't want Western reforms because they were making millions from people smuggling and getting people into Europe. Europe tried to help Niger develop so that their people had reasons to stay but the military did not agree with the French 'no government backed people smuggling' policy. Russia stepped in with Wagner troops and offered to support the military dictatorship. Mr Chomsky is willfully ignorant.

[@landofthesilverpath5823]

I dont remember people not talking about Iraqi deaths during the war. I was around at that time and thise who against the war-- a sizable number of people, talked about the casualties quite a lot. That is, it was well-known that hundreds of thousands died. That said, one expects a European society (and yes, America is essentially a European society) to pay closer attention to a war in Europe than elsewhere. Just like I expect a person in Sub-Saharan Africa to pay closer attention to a war in say, Liberia, than in say, Yugoslavia. Thats not hypocrisy, that's just common sense and natural.

[@Dennis-nc3vw]

Not only did people talk about those deaths left and right, they ignored who was actually doing the killing. According to John Slobeda of Iraq Body Count, about 88% of civilians in Iraq were killed by "insurgents, militia, and terrorists." No doubt they were encouraged by the fact that they knew people would blame all their atrocities on their America enemies.

[@jass5g]

Oh give this old man a rest. Chomsky while being super critical of American imperialism seems to be not bothered with ruzzian imperialism at all , why so?

[@micmack1006]

Me: “Man it really is terrible, What Russia is doing to Ukraine right now. We should help them out.” Noam: “ummmmm actually the Iraq war was bad” Me: ???

[@attchi50]

Nice strawman.

[@milos_mladenovic]

This man of extraordinary intellect is proof that a great mind doesn't equal an honest broker. When asked about the rape of Ukraine he starts with US war on Iraq, a totally different affair if as unjustified as the Russian attack on Ukraine, and continues with Kremlin talking points when discussing the crisis in Ukraine (US pushes this war and nonsense of that sort). It's disgraceful.

[@Коки-о5ш]

Who if not US pushes this war? Without its support Ukraine will fall in less then a month..

[@DimitarBerberu]

It's disgraceful how the US/UK war crimes against humanity are easily forgotten & the real background of this conflict against the Slavic people :( The Neo-Nazis & collaborators are happy !!!

[@fofal]

Its true and doesn't fit your narrative

[@gary_beniford]

What did the usa do to NOT start this war? Toppling and replacing Ukraine's elected government, continuously insist Ukraine join nato, ignore decades of warnings russia would not accept that and it was a red line, training Ukraine against Russia, ignoring Ukraine's genocide/war crimes against ethic Russians.

[@Cedfer69]

What does Noam Chomsky suggest as the solution?

[@jasperchance3382]

Nothing, of course. He has no solution.

[@RicardoMartinez-oh9sq]

The solution is: Trump. We will elect it, has promised to end the war in 24 hours.

[@FreeWL]

Dear the US, please, leave us alone, do you own business. Ukrainian woman.

[@melcohen5578]

Great address but difficult to follow due to the poor but very necessary needed subtitles. Hope they can do something here

[@GeorgiaGrowGuy]

Noam is 1/2 brilliant and 1/2 sophomore. That the US does bad things does not make the people of Ukraine less valuable. The elites will never allow there to be a worldwide nuclear war, small scale regional wars make both sides money.

[@klausnordmeyer]

Elites during the early 20th century never imagined that a world war would result from their policies. But it happened, nevertheless.

[@kumudukulasekara6684]

To the US, this is about Russia not Ukraine. Ukraine is the convenient tool.

[@peterblok3496]

It's all about the hegemony off the USA. The EU just follow this dumb policy.