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DemocracyNow.org – Speaking at the 25th anniversary of celebration of the national media watch group, Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting, world-renowned political dissident and linguist Noam Chomsky analyzes the US response to the popular uprisings sweeping the Middle East and North Africa. Democracy Now! was there to tape his speech. “Across the [Middle East], the overwhelming majority of the population regards the United States as the main threat to their interests,” Chomsky says. “The reason is very simple … Plainly, the US and allies are not going to want governments, which are responsive to the will of the people. If that happens, not only will the US not control the region, but it will be thrown out.” To read the complete transcript, to download the audio podcast, and to see additional Democracy Now! interviews with Noam Chomsky,visit www.democracynow.org FOLLOW DEMOCRACY NOW! ONLINE: Facebook: www.facebook.com Twitter: @democracynow Daily Digest Email List: www.democracynow.org Please consider supporting independent media by making a donation to Democracy Now! today, visit www.democracynow.org
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A security in a mad-house was insufficient.
He acts like me when I forgot my pills.
i love that man two thumbs up
well shooted
Well done!
@hama666 My previous professor believed that the Ayotollah was proped up by the West as a buffer against Soviet Expansion. Also it is documented that Israel used Hamas as a wedge against the PLO. Cant forget the Mujadeen in Afghanistan as well.
All of this because of oil.
@hama666. Saudia Arabia is not an islamic state. No islamic state exists in the entire world. Saudia is a Monarchy installed by the British. Research the House of Saud and you will find that the British installed this regime.
@Anaahushak I have no idea what you just said. And how am I ‘following’ the media when my views are the exact polar opposite of what’s being dictated by them.
@hama666 you don’t know anything,, you are just following the media and what other tells you. you can’t figure out the fact that Saudi Arabia would love to hear that us government is dead. Saudi Arabia is forced to follow.. how is that possibe?? call back the death of the king Faisal when he opposed US… man go read
USA will lose alot due to this strategy in Middle east.
They have to gain the public by their side.
that case their intrests will reach the sky.
Its very simple and easy.
and its impossible to restore old regime in egypt once again.
@LiberalJerseyman Care to elaborate on that very broad presumption?
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respect!!!
noam is the best…
Nobody would be able to control anyone or anything if the monetary system was abolished. It’s time for change. The ONLY answer is resource base economy. That’s why I support the Zeitgeist Movement and Venus Project – THE ONLY WAY TO STOP THE MADNESS!!!
@LiberalJerseyman You’re wrong there fella. Islamic theocracy as you put it has ironically thrived under US interventionism. As you may recall the Middle East back in the 60s and 70s was fertile ground for secular, nationalist movements that had shown a separation of Church and State. It was the US and Israel who destroyed these movements, which left a vacuum filled by Islamic extremists.
Its also ironic how the US’s biggest ally in the region – Saudi Arabia, is the most extreme Islamic state.
These 15 minutes of Chomsky narrating the recent history of the Middle East is more informative than the years of agenda–driven drivel we’ve been fed from our despicable media.
Long may you live Professor Chomsky, you’re an inspiration to us rational progressives.
@fakeham
hahah literally had to rewind it and make sure i heard that. I want to hear Bob too!
“…that was Bob Marley.”
what?
@saraneshka
It seems very likely that the CIA was in some form involved. What about it?
@Uhmu45 what about the overthrowing of Chilean President Salvador Allende in 1973 by Augusto Pinochet (CIA helped)- ?
@Uhmu45 so what about the Shah, Saddam, Ayub Khan, Yahya Khan, Musharraf, Suharto…? Aren’t those dicators backed or propped by the US (without speaking of Bin Laden hehe).
I’m not sure if I agree with Mr. Chomsky on this. The alternative to what U.S. interventionism brings is likely Islamic theocracy.
@saraneshka
Well i would say things have changed a lot since the cold war. The cold war policy was to keep anyone who is against the USSR in power and it did not matter much if he is a dictator and murderer or not. Times have changed. Soft power matters more nowadays. And the cold war context is important. The people in the cold war had an other paradigm of thinking. We worry about terrorism and oil they worried about nukes. They had irrational fears that we don’t have, not by a long shot.
@Uhmu45 It doesnt matter that Reagan didnt forsee the future (or didnt care). The point is the US (and any country that could pbly) will do anything in their power to keep ‘stability’ – have things going their way; this includes setting up jihads (oops, it was the cold war) and pampering dictators- while claiming they are the country of freedom (my ass) that promotes democracy (yes yes, by bypassing international law like it didnt exist).
@saraneshka
First its always easy to be a smart-ass after the fact. We are all doctors in hindsight. Reagen wanted to fight USSR in Afghanistan and the jihadis were willing to fight and die. That was US policy throughout the cold war, the superpowers were paranoid about each other.Would have Reagan acted differently if he would have know what we know now? The thing is he did not know it. If chomsky would have know that this would happen and told us that back then, then i would be impressed.
” Ronald Reagan — the great hero of the US right — was a great champion of jihadism. It was Reagan who encouraged Pakistan simultaneously to become fundamentalist, and acquire nuclear weapons. Chomsky coolly condemns “the global jihad launched by Zia and Reagan,” for geopolitical reasons, with no concern for the after-effects.” – and when I have time I will look for the original sources- meanwhile I’m sure knowledgeable people can help.
@Uhmu45 Ok, so you are saying that when it doesnt cost money or resources, the US will support democracy, else they will cope with the naughty dictators- hence dismissing the fact they might actively support a dictator (when it earns them money). Well well, I will look out for example for you. Here is one.
@saraneshka
Yes and that i will do, you just need to wait a bit.