Leave it to the brilliant Noam Chomsky to peer deep inside the brain of the Anglosphere and expose our fascist ways:
Political leaders in both Washington and London, which assisted in last year’s American-led invasion, insist that what they want to establish in Iraq is a government that answers to the wants, needs and goals of its own people.
Chomsky doesn’t believe it.
“Is there any evidence that the U.S. or Britain has tried to do that anywhere?” he asked.
“They’re imperial powers.”
So there, mes amis. And you know he’s right about the US and the UK’s historical failure to support even a single democratic state — if you ignore India, Canada, Mexico, all of South America, most of Africa, Europe, the rest of Asia, and Australia/New Zealand.
Who does this deranged bastard think he’s kidding?
“They’re imperial powers.”
Spoken like a true son of the pampered West. You know, there’s an almost charming naivet? in his blatant attempts to pass off lies as truth, in that “change the definition of the word” postmodern way he has. Until you see the effect it has on his sycophants — then the charm is no longer so apparent. Nor is the naivet? — there is plenty of money to be made off treachery these days, as always.
Nobody. He really believes this stuff.
from the same article:
“As for Iraq and its prospects of genuine self-rule, Chomsky said the future depends partly on Iraqis themselves and their determination to shape their own future and partly on ordinary people in the West, who have the voices and the votes to hold their own governments to account.”
which is exactly right, IMO, and I challenge anyone to disagree with that. There should be a limit to how long the US has to babysit the damn place.
taken out of context, everyone can sound wrong.