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Title: Noam Chomsky on Ron Paul's 9/11 Theories: "What He Said Is Completely Uncontroversial"
Added: Sep 13, 2011
Author: democracynow
Duration: 5:16
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DemocracyNow.org - During the most recent Republican presidential debate on Monday, September 12th, Congressman Ron Paul of Texas drew boos and jeers from the crowd and his fellow debaters for his views on the roots of 9/11 attacks. Dr. Paul criticized U.S. foreign policy as the catalyst stating, "we're under great threat because we occupy so many countries... We have to be honest with ourselves. What would we do if another country, say China, did to us what we do to all those countries over there?" For more, Democracy Now! spoke with Professor Emeritus of Linguistics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Noam Chomsky. Dr. Chomsky responded to Dr. Paul's comments by reciting the history of antagonism to US policy, concluding: "I think what he said is completely uncontroversial. You can read it in government documents."EXCERPT OF RUSH TRANSCRIPT:AARON MATÉ (DN! Co-Host): Well, Noam, you mentioned the changes in discourse between 10 years ago and today. And actually, this issue of the reasons behind 9/11 came up last night at the Republican presidential debate. Congress Member Ron Paul of Texas drew boos from the crowd and a rebuke from other candidates on the podium when he criticized U.S. foreign policy in discussing the roots of 9/11.REP. RON PAUL: We're under great threat because we occupy so many countries. We're in 130 countries. We have 900 bases around the world. We're going broke. The purpose of al-Qaeda was to attack us, invite us over there, where they can target us. And they have been doing it. They have more attacks against us and the American interests per month than occurred in all the years before 9/11. But we're there, occupying their land. And if we think that we can do that and not have retaliation, we're kidding ourselves. We have to be honest with ourselves. What would we do if another country, say China, did to us what we do to all those countries over there?So, this whole idea that the whole Muslim world is responsible for this and they're attacking us because we're free and prosperous, that is just not true. Osama bin Laden and al-Qaeda have been explicit. They have been explicit, and they wrote and said that we attacked—we attacked America because you had bases on our holy land in Saudi Arabia, you do not give Palestinians a fair treatment, and you have been bombing—I didn't say that, I'm trying to get you to understand what the motive was behind the bombing. At the same time, we had been bombing and killing hundreds of thousands of Iraqis for 10 years. Would you be annoyed? If you're not annoyed, then there's some problem.AARON MATÉ: That was Republican Congress Member Ron Paul of Texas speaking last night at the Republican presidential debate. Noam Chomsky, your response?NOAM CHOMSKY: I think what he said is completely uncontroversial. You can read it in government documents. You can find it in polls. Maybe people don't like to hear it, but, as I mentioned before, it goes back to the 1950s. Actually, right after 9/11, the Wall Street Journal, to its credit, did a study of privileged Muslims, sometimes called "monied Muslims," people in the Muslim world who are deeply embedded in the U.S. global project—lawyers, directors of multinational corporations and so on, not the general population. And it was very much like what Eisenhower had—was concerned about, and the National Security Council, in the 1950s. There was a lot of antagonism to—a lot of antagonism to U.S. policy in the region, partly support of dictators blocking democracy and development, just as the National Security Council concluded in 1958.FOLLOW DEMOCRACY NOW! ONLINE:Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/democracynowTwitter: @democracynowSubscribe on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/democracynowDaily Email News Digest: http://www.democracynow.org/subscribePlease consider supporting independent media by making a donation to Democracy Now!today, visit http://www.democracynow.org/donate/YT
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Youtube Comments: 1514
Mjhavok Says:
May 10, 2012 - Keep in mind this was a live GOP debate televised by the corporate media.
DarkB1ueKnight Says:
May 11, 2012 - your spelling is terrible, but your point is most eloquent.
nwangelo Says:
May 11, 2012 - learn to spell. Who's stupid now?
ImmaEminem Says:
May 12, 2012 - hahah the western world is nicely brainwashed
JNathanK2011 Says:
May 13, 2012 - Santorum looks so dumb.
JNathanK2011 Says:
May 13, 2012 - He's probably speaks another language or something. it doesn't take away from the truth of what he said.
TheAnatolia1983 Says:
May 13, 2012 - Two of my Heroes, both happen to be Americanos, Bravo
GrammerGenious Says:
May 13, 2012 - How are people this dumb
Tome4kkkk Says:
May 14, 2012 - As much as I praise Ron Paul he has to be really separated from reality, not knowing muslims, saying that a, particularly muslim, terrorist attacked bekcause of this reason or that because those were the reasons announced by the terrorist. The reason is you. The reason is non-muslims. If you know muslims you'll know that there is no "OK, thanks" after yielding to demands of muslims. They want more. Always. Just review their parasitic existence in Western Europe an their attitude.
rayndalrenfrow Says:
May 15, 2012 - 37 dislikes???? Guess those people dislike Steven Hawking as well cause they are disliking Noam Chomsky who is an economic genius
7searchful Says:
May 17, 2012 - 37 NEO-CONS disliked this video.
Cosmored Says:
May 17, 2012 - They're right about imperialism but 9/11 was an inside job.spurstalk (dot) com/forums/showthread (dot) php?t=144746
JagzRevolutionary Says:
May 17, 2012 - you really think you are an engineer expert after reading a article online? besides if they attacked iraq why not blame iraqis? why blame saudis, who were the real attackers. you truthers are fucking idiots as well as the reptiltards, alex jones morons NWO etc and so on. Fuck all of you. You do a service to those really in power- the business community- by distracting people with bullshit. Thats why people like noam work their ass off studying and reading. pick up a book for once in your life.
DeweyZinnChomskyFisk Says:
May 18, 2012 - NOAM CHOMSKY, HOWARD ZINN, JOHN DEWEY, MICHAEL PARENTI, ARUNDHATI ROY, NAOMI KLEIN, ROBERT FISK, VANDANA SHIVA, RALPH NADER, WARD CHURCHILL, NORMAN FINKELSTEIN, DENNIS KUCINICH, CORNEL WEST, GORE VIDAL, JOHN PILGER, GREG PALAST, ROBERT FISK, EDWARD S. HERMAN, JASON BURKE, EDWARD SAID, BERTRAND RUSSELL, ROBIN HAHNEL, ALEXANDER COCHBURN, ANTHONY ARNOVE, CHALMERS JOHNON, WILLIAM BLOOM, MICHAEL ALBERT, CHRISTIAN PARENTI, MUMIA ABU-JAMAL, AMY GOODMAN, DANIEL ELLSBERG, BILL HICKS, GEORGE CARLIN, etc.
Cosmored Says:
May 18, 2012 - "you really think you are an...a book for once in your life."Let's hear you address some specifics. Give us your analysis of this.bcrevolution (dot) ca/911_part_iii (dot) htmThe craft that hit the Pentagon was too small to be a 757.
throwerofturds Says:
May 19, 2012 - there are many forces that "help" romneyget ahead of RP. they include lopsided media coverage, lopsided GOP debating , crooked ballot counting , and super pac support from the banksters . have i missed anything ?
throwerofturds Says:
May 19, 2012 - type is santorums name on youtube and see what you get . then type in romneys name . be sure and check the comments of some of these videos . and look at the subjects of the videos . then type in RPs name . i never checked but santorum is probably the most hated man on youtube . RP the most loved
dooshmaster2k Says:
May 19, 2012 - listen to those paid cows booing... they dont even know why they're booing
1woodsorrel Says:
May 22, 2012 - Americans don't like the truth!!! They like dancing with the stars!!! Pathetic
ProductionMarx Says:
May 23, 2012 - More terrorism means more money
Shareef1375 Says:
May 24, 2012 - Actually, I am an American and I know the truth. What you need to stop doing is drawing your conclusions with one broad stroke. It makes you just as ignorant as those Americans who watch dancing with the stars...
1woodsorrel Says:
May 24, 2012 - Shareef1375 I'm an American so I do apologize it actually just breaks my heart some close their ears. Sorry to offend ; ) oh and I'm proud to say I haven't turned a tv on in a year.
nuno1959 Says:
May 26, 2012 - let's drop the ''Defenders of Democracy'' dellusion for a sec & get real, O.K ?History has taught us, that those who have power WILL exercise it...the US do it simply because they CAN - if Tunisia or Ciprus where as powerful as the US, they would do the EXACT SAME CRAP the US doesso....as they say in this video : if China did to the US the same the US does to others, US citizens WOULD take EVERY possible shot they COULD against China BY WHATEVER MEANS necessary/possible - end of story !!
nuno1959 Says:
May 26, 2012 - those other countries don't hate the US because of their ''freedoms'' : Swiss, Italian, Norvegian, etc... citizens are as free ( if not freer.. ) than US citizens & you don't hear about them being constantly attacked/abused/kidnaped around the world while on vacation/other - what does this tell you ? or do people have their heads buried so deep in the sand they can't tell anymore ?DO stop drinking the Cool-Aid......
CAinfowarrior Says:
May 9, 2012 - yeah but its cool, that classical liberalism overlaps with his progressive liberalism. - There both very smart men, albeit different politics with the end result of their ideas of liberty and freedom.