Noam Chomsky reflects on the Iraq War 20 years later | The Mehdi Hasan Show

[@SuperMovieLvr933]

Wow Noam Chomsky on the mainstream corporate media. Thanks Mehdi!

[@combatrock]

I too am shocked lol, this would have been impossible even ten years ago

[@diamondbracelette]

Second appearance I believe

[@SuperMovieLvr933]

@@kidmaciek2 Totally false. You're probably just a denier of the Indoneasian genocide of east timor which the US supported.

[@ShannonJacobs0]

But KZbin is all about censorship. Noticed all the extra ads lately? You better not DARE say anything about them. The google is so EVIL these days.

[@deeznutz8320]

Wow Chomsky the eternal democrat gets invited to a democratic platform WOAAAAH

[@intlvoiceofreason9239]

"The Military Industrial Complex acts as a transfer mechanism, it transfers Public Funds to the Private Sector" - Noam Chomsky

[@MrManny075]

And come back from where it started.

[@Trund27]

@Int’l Voice of Reason: Such a brilliant and truthful quote.

[@AhmedAzzamAzzam]

As an Iraqi who majors in linguistics, I truly thank you for your words.

[@gr3ndizer97]

السلام عليكم. شنو قصد چومسكي ب USS Fallujah ؟ انكليزيتي ضعيفة. شكرا.

[@AhmedAzzamAzzam]

@@gr3ndizer97 وعليكم السلام ورحمة الله، بيكول البحرية الاميريكية عملت سفينة حربية جديدة وسمتها يوسس فلوجة على اسم مدينة الفلوجة العراقية، فبيكول كيف يسموها مثل هذا الاسم اللي يخلد ذكرى مدمرة لأهل العراق

[@joshuapowell114]

This man is a living hero.

[@deeznutz8320]

Dude made his money leeching of these wars his Jewish people promoted Gets to look like a hero making shekels and looking like a good Jew

[@raw_dah]

What a time to be alive

[@buttshivaz2505]

Bush has to pay

[@intlvoiceofreason9239]

@ناصر such as?

[@davidrappazzo8755]

Putin Bush and Biden are all the same

[@patrickgrove3469]

Nothing has been learned 20 years later.

[@joshuapowell114]

Not a thing.

[@bobs182]

We did Iraq 30-40 years after Vietnam so we have a few years before we make a mess somewhere else.

[@robertchmielecki2580]

Well, at least with Iraq again on the news, more people will finally learn the proper pronounciation of the name of this country ;) (no, it's not "eye-rak")

[@bobs182]

@@robertchmielecki2580 I Ran home and I Rack the balls.

[@benedictcowell6547]

I do not condone the Iraq invasion but just now I find Putin Trump, and Brexit, more of an issue I find Trump a greater menace to the USA than Stalin ever was, and I am no Stalinist but the massive ignorance of the Republican Party and Fox are really more of a menace than Communism.

[@FoxMacLeod2501]

I cherish Noam Chomsky, and every moment he's shared with us all.

[@TohaBgood2]

You cherish the guy who hides behind leftist rhetoric to deny genocides? Wow....

[@combatrock]

Im shocked you actually had such an anti imperalist voice on a pro imperialism corporate network. This would have been impossible even ten years ago, but you need to keep it up much longer.

[@petergreen5337]

Well said and well REASONED.

[@davidalvarez7262]

Only thing you that can be said is that the topics they discuss even the title of what he is know for is different

[@Joelmonterrey]

Dude, stop. It's not pro-imperialist and Chomsky isn't anti-imperialist unless it's about the USA. With Russian imperialism, he's perfectly fine with that.

[@combatrock]

@@Joelmonterrey Chomsky is at best adjacent to Glenn Greenwald but no more than that, which is one of Noams *only* failures as a media critic and public intellectual. And to be frank, he's factually correct about America and its genocidal imperialism and the disinformation used to support that imperialism which has been platformed by the MSM since before we were born and continues to this day. I know this because I'm a media criticism-focused academic journalist and I started down this road because I was raised on Rush Limbaugh. If your only argument against Chomsky is Russia Bad you're fundamentally arguing that our imperialsm isn't as bad and thats...that's not the vibe my man. Read the room, few folks under 35 that are on the left are into your whole "we say we're liberal but really we're neoliberal democrats who uphold the status quo and ensure progressive values are tantamount to communism" mccarthyism nonsense anymore, that way of life is dying the death it deserves before our eyes. Just think! If the ICC finally has any guts they will use the Afghanistan Papers as evidence to haul Obama and Biden in for the many war crimes they committed...and if your answer to those factual realities is that I'm a far left extremist, I hate to break it to you my friend but on a global political spectrum you're a conservative, and an imperialist warmonger. Some of us realized we have blood on our hands and are willing to actually dedicate ourselves to dismantling white supremacy, the rest of yall are the white moderate that MLK wrote about in Letter From Birmingham Jail. Have a nice life tho.

[@Jzscrstsprstr]

It's an exception that proves the rule, in this case the propaganda model.

[@ebv7777]

As an American expat who left in 2006, primarily due to the atrocious and illegal actions being carried out in my name at the time- THANK YOU MEHDI, THANK YOU NOAM!!

[@adk46er5203]

You left in 2006. Thank you. Please do not come back.

[@kyarden7971]

@@adk46er5203 Why would he want to come back???

[@L3v3F4l4stin4]

​@@adk46er5203 and it's 2023 now. What makes you think the person is coming back?. People like you and Bush and Blair should be tried for crimes against humanity

[@MidnightSunshine27]

Why Americans called themselves "Expats" but refer to other as "immigrants"??? I'm just curious...WHY? 🤨🤔

[@waleed8530]

@@MidnightSunshine27 all yanks are immigrants.

[@RocRizzo]

Thank you. You rarely see Chomsky on US media at all these days. It's good to hear his voice once again on US media.

[@azizaibrahim1155]

Thank you, Mehdi, for allowing Chomsky full time to answer your questions. He’s a truth teller !!!

[@celestialnubian]

Even NPR is scared of Noam so it's shocking to see him get coverage on MSNBC.

[@americandelusion]

NPR is scared of Noam because Noam isn’t afraid to tell the truth about Israel

[@sharondavid-melly1498]

Shocking? Not on Medhi's show I'm not shocked

[@intlvoiceofreason9239]

NPR is center-left so it's not really so shocking...

[@bobomaigret5430]

Their official ban started with Jeff Greenfield, before he moved on to corporate media. You can look up Noam discussing this to learn more if interested.....

[@bobomaigret5430]

​@@intlvoiceofreason9239 NPR started banning Chomsky under Jeff Greenfield.

[@Spock_Rogers]

Thank you for having Mr. Chomsky on your program! He's educated me so much! I read 'How the World Works', and I was never the same. 🕊️💕

[@jackwilliam2965]

The biggest industry on earth is War. War creates money, so the defence industry is working overtime.

[@cmvamerica9011]

Bush even said Iraq when speaking about Ukraine.😂

[@brysonmalongoza5422]

Because he lives with guilty!

[@Saturnia2014]

Freudian slip

[@ndotl]

Noam Chomsky: Producer of formal language theory books that were the standard in the early days of my computer science degree.

[@ShannonJacobs0]

But KZbin is all about censorship. Noticed all the extra ads lately? You better not DARE say anything about them. The google is so EVIL these days.

[@mck1972]

Then Chomsky should limit his comments to those fields that he actually knows what he is talking about: Linguistics-And its relationship to Computer Science. But he has ZERO Credibility to talk about anything else-Especially Foreign Policy!

[@khdmhd2947]

Boo

[@mck1972]

@@khdmhd2947 Don't Shoot the Messenger if you can't face the reality of the message.

[@nightowl1654]

Hater?

[@kennyc6597]

George Jr's war for his daddy, based on a lie.

[@dabay200]

Chomsky was right then and he is still right now

[@mck1972]

Chomsky was not, ' right ', about anything, then or now: Chomsky NEVER produced proof that the US Government of, ' Lying ', about the Iraq Intel until AFTER the War started! And Chomsky NEVER explained how Saddam could be compelled to allow proper inspections WITHOUT the threat of Military Force! SMH

[@corneliusrupert7354]

"The goal is to use Afghanistan to wash money out of the tax bases of the US and Europe through Afghanistan and back into the hands of a transnational security elite. The goal is an endless war, not a successful war." - Julian Assange (2011)

[@lifetech4146]

Not many will understand it though

[@intlvoiceofreason9239]

"The Military Industrial Complex acts as a transfer mechanism, it transfers Public Funds to the Private Sector" - Noam Chomsky

[@VanSisean]

"The war is waged by each ruling group against its own subjects, and the object of the war is not to make or prevent conquests of territory, but to keep the structure of society intact." - Emmanuel Goldstein, "The Theory and Practice of Oligarchical Collectivism," from George Orwell's "Nineteen Eighty-Four"

[@GeopoliticsDaily538]

And less than year after the Afghan retreat, the Ukraine war begins, with the same goal.

[@UncoolForYou]

The only way to maintain their order is by creating chaos in others destruction.

[@notbadnotbad]

20 Years after Iraq… Msnbc finally let’s him on TV

[@stevebergman4587]

If Mehdi didn’t invite him, he would have never made it on the show

[@notbadnotbad]

@@stevebergman4587 Yea Mehdi is the best thing on MSNBC, but that’s not saying much.

[@stevebergman4587]

@@notbadnotbad True. Only thing I didn’t like about Mehdi is how he played the entire Trump Russia commentary .

[@thermodynamics458]

It really is a step forward that MSNBC are willing to give a platform to a voice like this. Whether you agree or disagree with him (I agree largely with him by the way), these are important voices and they should be heard. Not silenced by ignoring.

[@AA-uf3bl]

*What I like about Mehdi the most is that he listens to people and gives them their fair chance to speak, rather than coming with questions and forcing people to get the answers he wants to.* Cheers from Somalia.

[@redangrybird7564]

The Australian minister of Defense in 2007, Brendan Nelson MP said that the real reason for the invasion was the Iraqi oil, sure ... the man was sacked later that year.

[@abuahmed6058]

Dr Noam chomsky ,we ❤️ you for speaking in favor of truth .

[@petergreen5337]

Absolutely CORRECT and true.

[@peterwatchorn5618]

One of the great, honest thinkers of our time. A privilege to see him here.

[@ntscribe]

Thank you for interviewing Noam Chomsky, and decades of thanks to Noam Chomsky for offering informed and reasonable responses to a world that lacks both.

[@tocino415]

This is a gem of an exchange.

[@eduardofktrmp9463]

Yes sir, it was and stands as a crime of aggression.

[@adamjg5061]

Aggression against who? I dare you to answer, Eduardo.

[@tonywords6713]

Thank you for giving Noam a platform

[@yourgodismean4526]

Ty very much for platforming Noam Chomsky. Pls have more Progressives on. I would watch more

[@EmoBrianEno]

Let us not forget this Freudian slip; “It was the decision of one man to launch a wholly unjustified and brutal invasion of Iraq,” former president George W. Bush said before quickly correcting himself, saying he meant to describe Russian President Vladimir Putin’s war on Ukraine. He then openly admitted with his iconic chuckle, “Iraq, too, anyway,”

[@stevenmincin263]

Who'd'a thunk a USA mainstream news outlet would air a truthful, fact-based, interview! Now I can have hope!

[@zhadoomzx]

Lets not go too far... this wasn't THE MEDIA... it was one show... so credit should go to Mehdi Hasan not the media

[@tintin5341]

It's Mehdi Hasan not the complete media

[@Progressive2024]

Hasan can be fired for this.

[@randomcomment5321]

Many times I disagree with Mehdi Hasan, but he is undoubtedly a hero for bringing Noam Chomsky to his show. Most News shows don't invite Nome Chomsky because he needs time to explain his views which are often different from others.

[@intlvoiceofreason9239]

@@FC-vp9ej huh?

[@billy9497able]

Credit to Medhi for having the great Noam Chomsky on. Not many mainstream media outlets will have him on, both the left and right. Great stuff.

[@abrahamlincoln937]

The Vietnam War and the Iraq War are the two major wars in American history that were unjustified.

[@Glumclam]

There’s more than two

[@intlvoiceofreason9239]

Korean War? and let's not even begin to talk about all the proxy wars the U.S. has funded

[@SaddamHussain-we9ec]

Invasion of Afghanistan n many other nations justified? Brutally killing of MILLIONS of innocent civilians justified?

[@Drugvigil]

And add Afghanistan and Libya too.

[@4_vaccuum_salesman_of_marr944]

Yes, the extermination of native tribes was perfectly justified. As was the genocidal invasion of the Philippines. As was our involvement in the Balkans. Etc. Etc.

[@alfredjacobs9465]

So many of us value you tremendously

[@annchristine47]

I love Mehdi .America is so lucky to have him constantly speaking truth to power.Thankyou.

[@Spiral.Dynamics]

I just heard that this was the first time that Noam Chomsky was invited on MSNBC. I also heard that Mehdi Hasan now has his own news platform.

[@anirprasadd]

The United States has spent a few trillions fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan. Just imagine if that money could've been poured into handling domestic problems...

[@sharonmassey2923]

4:35 "The rest thought what the rest of the world thinks..." Mehdi, you didn't seem interested in the end of that sentence (not unlike the general attitude of the rest of the country). The motivation behind the invasion seems like kind of an important point to not notice. Thank you, Mr. Chomsky, for shining a light on the long-term, horrific American hypocrisy, and the completely unnecessary suffering it has caused. I'm surprised you were "allowed" to.

[@donalain69]

I wasn't aware of what happened in Fallujah until now when I heard Noam Chomsky mention it and did some research about it. I found a documentary named: Fallujah, The Hidden Massacre I thought I have seen a lot of terrible things... but seeing this and knowing this is real and not scenes from a horror film... can't find any word bad enough to describe this crime. How could human beings do something like that!? The least the US could do is apologize for it... but instead they simply ignore it!

[@koscocosco5309]

I saw it years ago.. Was honestly NOT surprised about Americas hypocrisy.

[@aliceinwonder8978]

I recently saw there were video games being made specifically about Fallujah and glorifying american soldiers evil. its disgusting

[@donalain69]

@@aliceinwonder8978 yes, it's disgusting. That's the Military-entertainment complex. There is an article about it on Wikipedia.

[@danremenyi1179]

We have to be grateful for Chomsky. Thank you Noam!

[@millionsasone]

Noam Shitheadsky

[@pauldonohue7672]

I am always dismayed by how American parents tollerate the loss of their children in senseless wars..If it was my son or grandson, I would have a lifetime goal of getting revenge! The war mongers would not live.

[@suzanneharris8339]

Imagine if Noam was a frequent guest on the Sunday talk shows instead of the military types. Thank you, Mehdi, for giving him a voice. 👆 ♥

[@paulheydarian1281]

Give the man a break. He's 94 yrs old. He should be cuddling up with a cat and taking catnaps in the sunlight.

[@mck1972]

I'll do you one better: Imagine IF academic egghead Chomsky ever did more with his life than merely complain from the sidelines about fields that he has never had the guts to actually work in himself-Which is everything outside Linguistics-Like the worthless armchair critic that he is! :-D

[@Kwelinzito]

If Mehdi Hassan isn't thrown out of MSNBC, it would be a real miracle.

[@mdshifathossen5546]

What a argumentative voice: the great Noam Chomosky. Very much thanks Mehdi for recaping & unveling the truth of US atrocities.

[@ew5153]

When are they going to arrest all those war criminals.

[@nimoodukwu6506]

His still alive cause his a man with integrity

[@TanteiGH]

I am so grateful to Noam. I’ve been following him for some years and he’s truly a legendary thinker. I wish I could meet or at least extent my gratitude to him.

[@robertbeerbohm1800]

Keep shining light on the truth!

[@coreyham3753]

Right on

[@kamruzzamanamit1206]

This man is still young ❤

[@sidakong9467]

cant believe I’m seeing this on mainstream media

[@cultureal9544]

THANK YOU Noam Chomsky for YOUR LEGACY of knowledge and better understanding of our language guiding Society for good or bad. You and Bernie got it right, it was for oil.

[@ketanjibrownsfavemolester7592]

NOAM SAID 👈😳 "strageitiblunderbummer"..

[@ketanjibrownsfavemolester7592]

NOAM SAID 👈😳 "truminplazriondeadcatsnblunder"...

[@cultureal9544]

Some unintelligent people will not understand what Noam Chomsky said... because they lack brain power to decipher the meaning of his words.

[@ketanjibrownsfavemolester7592]

NOAM SAID 👈😳 "Nazihanginoblunderbummer"...

[@hahahahahahahahaha-ef6qm]

And Ukraine is for laundering our taxes right into the pockets of corrupt politicians and the war machine.

[@pantherpopel551]

*CHOMSKY ON MSNBC??* Who put mushrooms in my water?

[@Progressive2024]

I hope msnbc doesn’t fire you for this interview.

[@abutaher5612]

Noam Chomsky was right all the time

[@alfrednewman2234]

sounds so reasonable. why kept off media?

[@intlvoiceofreason9239]

because he names names, and corporate media hates that.

[@keithfernandez8965]

Noam....you have been RIGHT.....ON EVERY LEVEL...BLESSINGS

[@alexh1111]

Mehdi, I don't comment on KZbin videos at all but I just have to say THANK YOU for bringing Noam Chomsky on mainstream media. This is moving in itself since these type of independent thinkers aren't highlighted at all.

[@TanteiGH]

I did not know about them calling a war vessel the USS Fallujah. Absolutely unforgivable

[@MuhammadAli-hr1bj]

Such an amazing, sharp intellect. Professor Chomsky, may the Almighty God keep you in excellent health.

[@AbdulRahman-mk3wl]

I love norm Chomsky. He is a man of integrity and probity.

[@AhmedalHijazi]

Chomsky has dedicated his life earnestly mining for the truth and showing it to the public

[@nohandler1493]

Professor Chomsky is a MIT linguistic. He designed and develop theories for Context Free Grammar. CFG used for computer programming language design and compiler parser design. It is an important building block of all modern programming language.

[@_saifr]

Sad to see him get older. I have become fond of him in last year and have already read two of his books.

[@rabidbanshee]

When enough of us want The World to be better it is, slowly but surely.

[@khdmhd2947]

Optimistic but a good thought nonetheless

[@melosova-suav8930]

Why didn’t MSNBS have Chomsky on immediately before the invasion of Iraq?

[@diligentmindz]

Truth and wisdom from age

[@hassanshayegannik155]

Noam and Mehdi are the conscience of humanity. Bravo! Thanks!

[@pnf197]

The premise was to ensure Iraq not invade Kuwait the first time, and push them back to Baghdad the second time - George Jr. finished off what his George Sr. started. Saddam was a brutal dictator, who also happened to furnish his nation with good roads, education, advanced health care and rights for women and minorities. What's left? Maybe a burgeoning democracy 20 yrs on? May be.

[@ketanjibrownsfavemolester7592]

NOAM Responded 👈😳 "Saddamngreatfriendumukraineum"...

[@lillianmatthew3880]

Saddam was a brutal dictator that the U.S. train supported and funded for many a year. You can almost say the U.S made Saddam

[@Ludicanti]

My dear professor, I miss you! ❤ How are you???

[@conors4430]

It doesn’t mean anything for the American establishment to realise that Iraq was a bad move, because they don’t actually learn their lessons when it comes to the next issue. That’s not learning your lesson, that’s being sheepish because you didn’t get what you wanted.

[@JD-od6jh]

Having Mehdi Hassan on a mainstream network might actually break the mold in what kind of political discourse is allowed.

[@hodaka1000]

I knew they had no weapons of mass destruction and I was hanging banners with peace slogans along Highway 1

[@vitocorleone8323]

Iraqi General Sada wrote a book detailing how Iraq's WMD were moved to Syria. Look up his name he's very convincing. The weapons were later used by Syria.

[@T43055]

@@vitocorleone8323what were these so called weapons of mass destruction, 99% of sources say there were none.

[@labeebulshah8424]

​@@vitocorleone8323Iraq and Syria were not friends. Still you cannot invade a country for that. Any country has a right to have strong military. You don’t talk about zionist Israel.

[@danaknickerbocker651]

Who controls Iraq's oil? Nobody talks about that.

[@patrickgrove3469]

Noam Chomsky and Chris Hedges are two people who keep me from totally writing White people off as innately evil.

[@katsong3302]

Please consider there are good persons and not good persons regardless of the melanin content in the skin.

[@lawlcosteroflulz]

That’s the most ignorant and racist thing I’ve heard all day. Thanks for showing your colors.

[@combatrock]

​@@lawlcosteroflulz you're the most ignorant and racist thing I've heard all day. Thanks for showing your colors.

[@patrickgrove3469]

@@lawlcosteroflulz Call the police like most of you do in the first place 😂

[@ungratefulninja4535]

Also, Jimmy Dore & Max Blumenthal

[@ravensdotter6843]

Chomsky is a true national treasure.

[@stevec7770]

He is a charlatan

[@patrickgrove3469]

@@stevec7770 Based on what?

[@SuperMovieLvr933]

@@patrickgrove3469 Evidence. You don’t even have to read Chomsky. Just look at any foreign press. Especially not western. No one in the rest of the world thinks the invasion of Iraq was some benevolent act to bring democracy. It’s such a joke.

[@stevec7770]

@@patrickgrove3469 he rants about economic inequality while collecting hefty speaking fees

[@stevec7770]

@@h.b.7104 nope

[@TwinGoats]

Charges should have came after this war… wmds????

[@Focandyface]

This guy is absolute gold! thank you gentlemen!

[@ketanjibrownsfavemolester7592]

NOAM Responded 👈😳 "Saddamngreatfriendumukraineum"...

[@marklasky3555]

If you're a far leftist

[@intlvoiceofreason9239]

@@marklasky3555 if you like your truth unfiltered

[@fishhookism]

How about having on Chris Hedges, next?

[@janetweil]

Words of bitter truth. Thank you, Noam.

[@sreckohorvat2298]

surprised they gave Noam a little airtime on the Mainstream Media.

[@petercampbell2747]

Great to see Noam on the show. Clear and correct analysis as always.

[@ErichoTTA]

I'd love to ask him if he thinks Richard Nixon was worse than George W. Bush.

[@araticum2]

“When you win a war you celebrate by mourning” Lao Tse

[@Lexomm1]

Surreal, Chomsky on MSNBC, finally a change?

[@noahbirdrevolution]

I remember MSNBC firing Phil for opposing the Iraq War.

[@jaykraft9523]

So WONDERFUL to see this guy looking so old. Soon he'll be gone and forgotten

[@harmony9591]

Very good news coverage. Aggravating outro music gets on my nerves, tho That's the price I pay I suppose

[@christianapologeticspolemics]

It sounds like this two people don’t like the us.

[@Fundamental_Islam.]

Nobody with an ounce of morality will like international drone attacking terrorist

[@Trund27]

One of my heroes. We ignore him at our peril!!!

[@teugene5850]

Noam is the Voltaire of our generation... enjoy him while he is here... a sage's voice will go unheard...

[@RafiqulIslam-jw1qh]

Noam Chomsky is a proof to us, the world outside America, that all the americans are not insane, some of them can see the truth and say it, clearly. Thank you so much Chomsky, as an intellectual, for your truth.

[@antonioreid534]

Is this the first time Noam Chomsky has appeared on MSNBC????

[@nilesoien7867]

Everyone always quotes the line about "most important intellectual of our time" but the next line from the New York Times is something like "so why does he say such awful things about American foreign policy?". I suspect it's the later part that he'd be proud of.

[@stanleymonroe7489]

Appreciate you giving Mr Chomsky some mainstream air time very much. Thank you.

[@bornofmaya92]

Should’ve asked him about Ukraine too

[@erniegutierrez410]

Noam Chomsky and Chris Hedges are some of the best humans. PEACE > WAR No to any intervention and dismantle the security state.

[@jessikabat6200]

Credit to Mehdi for having Noam on, and I think at least once (maybe twice?) since he started this show. Noam Chomsky is a voice that should be heard, whether you agree with him 100% of the time or not, he is truly brilliant. I remember that he was one of the few people that I can recall that was absolutely correct about how the withdrawal from Afghanistan would play out. I listened to an interview he did before the exit was even fully underway, where he was confident that Afghanistan’s military/government would fall to the Taliban pretty quickly. He was absolutely right. He is often right. The only other two people who were on the record saying that this was going to inevitably occur were Beau of the Fifth Column and Malcom Nance.

[@minnermin]

One of my best friends had Noam as a professor really cool dude

[@hameezahamed2719]

US has to pay to bring back Iraq to the level it was pre war.

[@mechannel7046]

Wow, can't believe MSNBC allowed Chomsky on