Naom Chomsky:How NATO became a US-run Intervention Force

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Naom Chomsky: NATO became a US-run intervention force

Published on Nov 7, 2014
How did Russia and the West slip back into what seems like the Cold War all over again? How dangerous is the current confrontation? Should the world be ready to face a nuclear war? World-famous academic, linguist, philosopher and political commentator Noam Chomsky is on Sophie&Co.

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How did Russia and the West slip back into what seems like the Cold War all over again? How dangerous is the current confrontation? Should the world be ready to face a nuclear war? We ask somebody who’s renowned for his insights. World-famous academic, linguist, philosopher and political commentator Noam Chomsky is on Sophie&Co today.

Sophie Shevardnadze: World-renowned academic Noam Chomsky, Professor Noam Chomsky, welcome to the show, it’s a great pleasure to have you with us today. Now, today U.S.-Russia relations are at a Cold War low. Rhetoric resembles what we heard in the 80-s. What is the worst-case scenario we could see this turn into? Can the Cold War turn hot? Does U.S. want war?

Noam Chomsky: The worst-case scenario, of course, would be a nuclear war, which would be terrible. Both states that initiate it will be wiped out by the consequences. That’s the worst-case. And it’s come ominously close several times in the past, dramatically close. And it could happen again, but not planned, but just by the accidental interactions that take place - that has almost happened. It’s worth remembering that just one century ago, the First World War broke out through a series of such accidental interchanges. The First World War was horrifying enough, but the current reenactment of it means the end of the human race.

SS: President Obama came to power promising to work towards complete global nuclear disarmament. Well, now there are plans to spend one trillion dollars on nuclear arms in the next 30 years.With major powers only acquiring more nukes, it’s only obvious that others will want to as well, so could we see the nuclear non-proliferation regime crumble in the near future?

NC: We can think back as far as 1955, when Bertrand Russell and Albert Einstein produced an appeal, a joint appeal to the people of the world, in which they said to all of us, you have a choice that is stark, unavoidable, the question is, will you eliminate war or will you eliminate human race? These are your choices. And we’ve come awfully close, several times since: the missile crisis in 1962 was described by Kennedy’s close associate, historian Arthur Schlesinger, as “the most dangerous moment in human history”, and he was quite right, we came very close to a nuclear war. There have been many cases, not that serious, but pretty close, where human intervention with a few-minutes choice has prevented a nuclear war. You can’t guarantee that’s going to continue. It may not be a high probability each time, but when you play a game like that, with low probability risks of disaster over and over again, you’re going to lose. And now, especially in the crisis over Ukraine, and so-called missile-defense systems near the borders of Russia, it’s a threatening situation.

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1. To bad this isn't required reading

Of course it isn't and folks like McCain drool at the thought of war!

[L0oniX]

2. Enjoy him and learn from him while you can. Zinn is gone and Noam isn't far behind.

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3. Yep. It sure looks that way. More glad I am old every day.

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4. Chomsky is right and NATO is not the only thing the US controls

http://isaacbrocksociety.ca/2014/10/29/approaching-gatca-foreigners-and-not-just-u-s-foreigners-in-israel-finding-themselves-ensnared/#comments

comment on Nov 7th from Japan T

Here is a summary I came up with from memory. My notes are unavailable to me while on the trains and subways of Tokyo, when I have time post.

Tear it apart! Any inaccuracies correct. I need this as spot on as possible.

Some time ago American bankers constructed a money transfer system that functions well enough and is secure enough that it is reported to be the most commonly used route to transfer money across borders. It functioned so well that it was cheaper for bankers in other countries to pay to use this system to move money than to build their own. If I want to send money from my bank here in Japan to someone in Germany, it will most likely pass through the US on its way. Buy something online from Spain, the credit card payment goes through this system. Vacationing in Thailand or Europe and go to an ATM to pull out cash, your money most likely passes through this network set up by American banks somewhere along its way to you. The US government has hijacked this system.

By signing IGAs with the US, all signatory nations also agreed to exchange information amongst themselves. So, the UK agreed to also exchange all financial data of not only Japanese citizens who have accounts in the UK but of all Japanese residents. And so too did Japan agree to report to the UK all British nationals and UK residents who have accounts in Japan. And thus it is for all nations that have signed IGAs with the US.

This is how a friend of mine living just outside Tokyo, Japan, a British national has had his accounts in the UK closed. His now former banks have to report to the Japanese government and the reporting is too cumbersome to be bothered with. Likewise, he is experiencing great difficulty with his accounts in Japan as they have to report to the UK.

ARE YOU prepared for life without a bank account, insurance and pension

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5. Sad that Noam lets himself be used like this

he's been a hero of mine but he tarnishes himself by going on Putin's official state media propaganda channel