Noam Chomsky: Trump could stage a "false flag" terror attack and "change the country instantly"

[Miles Archer]

Noam Chomsky: Trump could stage a ‘false flag’ terror attack and ‘change the country instantly’

http://www.rawstory.com/2017/03/noam-chomsky-trump-could-stage-a-false-flag-terror-attack-and-change-the-country-instantly/

Author and political philosopher Noam Chomsky sounded a dire warning on Monday in an interview with AlterNet’s Jan Frel, saying that President Donald Trump could stage a “false flag” terror attack in an effort to consolidate his power and strip Americans of their constitutional rights.

Chomsky warned that eventually the people who voted for Trump will realize that his “promises are built on sand” and begin to lose faith in his presidency, at which point Trump will need someone to scapegoat, so he will say, “‘Well, I’m sorry, I can’t bring your jobs back because these bad people are preventing it.’ And the typical scapegoating goes to vulnerable people: immigrants, terrorists, Muslims and elitists, whoever it may be. And that can turn out to be very ugly.”

“I think that we shouldn’t put aside the possibility that there would be some kind of staged or alleged terrorist act, which can change the country instantly,” Chomsky said.

Chomsky — who has called Trump a “con man” who will drag civilization “down to the utter depths of barbarism” — also said that much of the world is amused at the outrage many Americans feel about Russian meddling in the 2016 election.

[L. Coyote]

1. That's not what he said. The interviewer said something like that, but no that. Hearsay.

Jan Frel says "What we need to worry about, Chomsky says, is the potential for the Trump administration to capitalize on a "staged or alleged" terrorist attack."

Chomsky is brilliant, and would not say the words people have put in his mouth.

[gordianot]

6. Any attack will be an opportunity for Trump self promotion.

By now many people expect it, Trump credibility as a brand or politics should never be trusted.

[L. Coyote]

9. Any attack will be a failure by trump.

When did down become up?

[Miles Archer]

7. Here's David Ferguson's tweet

Link to tweet

You could challenge the author's chosen headline, if you choose, by replying to it.

I copied and pasted this from Raw Story. It's generally viewed as a reputable source here.

If the article is misleading, I had no way of knowing that.

[L. Coyote]

10. He said he said is hearsay. What did Chomsky actually say isn't said. Simple enough.

"the general population dosen't know whats happening and it doesn't even know that it doesn't know" Noam Chomsky

https://twitter.com/noamchomskyT

I assume this is his account, albeit it does not say "verified account"

It is wrong that journalists are click-baiting with inference he said something he did not actually say.

[Miles Archer]

14. And my simple response is that if you think the author posted click bait...

...I gave you the means to contact the author and tell him so.

That's all I can say on the subject.

[captain queeg]

3. Well, don't give the orange orangutan any ideas

He's probably too stupid to have thought of it himself, but surely his handlers would know how to capitalize. Just like after 9/11 when the Heritage Foundation was jumping in glee.

[brooklynite]

4. Conspiracy theories are still conspiracy theories, even if Chomsky thinks them up

[L. Coyote]

11. In this case, if someone infers he might have said it but he did not.

[doc03]

5. True and I think he will. nt

[MineralMan]

8. I wouldn't put it past Trump, but this is sort of a no-brainer

conclusion. That something like that is a possibility has been suggested many times on DU and pretty much everywhere else. This doesn't sound like something Chomsky would say as an original statement.

Further, I do not believe that Noam Chomsky is necessarily a progressive, really, based on things he said in 2016.

[ronnie624]

18. He's an anarchist,

meaning power is obligated to justify itself to the people. If it cannot do so, he believes it has no right to exist. There is no doubt that his views on social and economic justice are progressive. Many posters here, are not what I would consider progressive.

[MineralMan]

23. Actually, he's not an anarchist.

His political philosophy isn't simple enough for one-word descriptions. I'm quite sure he could expound on that at length, but I doubt many would take the time to read it for understanding.

As a political thinker, he's a great linguist, although I have disagreed with his linguistic theories, too.

[ronnie624]

24. Noam Chomsky:

The Kind of Anarchism I Believe in, and What's Wrong with Libertarians

http://www.alternet.org/civil-liberties/noam-chomsky-kind-anarchism-i-believe-and-whats-wrong-libertarians

[ChoppinBroccoli]

12. That's Why I've Been Getting Out In Front Of It

Every time I make political posts on Facebook, or in any forum where a lot of people will see it, I always make sure to warn people to keep their eyes open for a modern-day Reichstag Fire, because I know that Trump is looking for one (and would likely be willing to stage one). It's right out of Steve Bannon's playbook. If you plant the idea in people's heads NOW, then rather than getting swept up in the "we have to unite behind fearless leader" fervor immediately thereafter (like what happened immediately after 9/11), they'll be like, "Wait a minute. This is playing out EXACTLY like I was told it would. I'm not buying it."

I think it will happen (or, more correctly, will be ALLOWED to happen) either leading up to the 2018 election or the 2020 election. If the polls show that Republicans are going to get swept out of office in 2018, and there's a real risk of Democrats retaking the House and/or Senate (and thereby increasing the probability of impeachment), then it will happen in the late summer/early fall of 2018. If the Republicans think they're safe in 2018, they'll wait until 2020 to try to increase their chances of getting Trump re-elected.

Make no mistake, Bannon is all over this. Don't think we don't all remember about what happened after 9/11, and how, just when Bush looked like he was doomed, right on cue, we get a videotape from Osama Bin Laden days before the 2004 election to pull him out of the fire. Every time Democrats start looking like they're going to thwart the Republicans' plans, there's always some, "remember to be afraid, be very, very afraid" act that happens, quite coincidentally, I'm sure, to rescue the failing Republican party.

So get out in front of this. Warn people that Bannon is planning his Reichstag Fire as we speak (because he is--it's right in his blueprint). Then when it happens, people will be suspicious rather than shocked.

[Mme. Defarge]

13. At this point,

I think this kind of maneuver is becoming less and less likely given that the Republican president is a known liar and fool, not to mention a loser. Such a move would be seen by most for what it was, and Trump doesn't have the credibility or political capital to pull it off.

[librechik]

15. Jesus, Chomsky, don't give him any ideas!

[Demsrule86]

16. I don't agree...the Bush thing would never work again.

There would be no holding hands and singing God Bless America but investigations and impeachment.

[dalton99a]

19. The trust factor is severely lacking. Trump is a congenital liar with a long well-documented history

W was a relative newcomer and people thought he was just an idiot.

[Demsrule86]

21. There was not the suspicion there is now...

And we know that it was Bush's fault... Now Trumpie doesn't even listen to intel briefings...the Army is in control of the stupid wars and the new one in Syria Trump is trying to start.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

17. It is as likely folks would attribute an attack to his incompetence.

[Johnny2X2X]

20. Already planned

If you don't think they already have the plans in place for a false flag terror attack you are in denial. There are literal sociopaths in charge. They would even go as far as a nuclear attack on a US city if it furthered their agenda one iota. And they'll blame it on obama.

This group is depraved and do not hide the fact that they want to destroy the American way of life.

[Demsrule86]

22. I doubt that very much.

I do not believe that will happen...and we are on to them.