Noam Chomsky on Democracy Now today

[ellenrr]

http://www.democracynow.org/

"The core principle of the UN is that the threat or use of war is forbidden. So this whole
episode is an episode of illegality."

a Harvard grad doesn't know this?

[Enrique]

1. he makes a good pont

http://www.un.org/en/documents/charter/chapter1.shtml

(...)

All Members shall refrain in their international relations from the threat or use of force against the territorial integrity or political independence of any state, or in any other manner inconsistent with the Purposes of the United Nations.

(...)

[Azathoth]

2. As ususal Noam stopped reading the Charter right after he reached a sentence that suited his purpose

Had he reached Chapter 7, he would realize the UN is perfectly OK with the use of military force so long as it is the one using it.

[Jeff In Milwaukee]

3. Chomsky is full of crap...

I get really bored with his bloviating, and with the fact that some people think he's the Oracle of Fucking Delphi.

[ellenrr]

4. he is well-hated by the right, and ignored by the mainstream media like NYTimes

[ellenrr]

5. i love comments like this, they elevate the conversation and add so much

[Jeff In Milwaukee]

7. Right back at you (nt)

[ellenrr]

6. Chomsky on use of military force

"The United States is a violent military state. It’s been involved in military action all over the place. It invaded South Vietnam, practically destroyed Indochina, invaded Iraq, elicited a Sunni-Shia conflict, which is now tearing the region to shreds. I don’t have to run through the rest of the record. But the United States moves very quickly to military action, unilaterally. It can—sometimes can get some allies to go along. In this case, it can’t even do that. And it’s just a routine. The United States is self-immunized from international law, which bans the threat or use of force. And this is taken for granted here. So, for example, when President Obama repeatedly says all options are open with regard to Iran, that’s a violation of fundamental international law. It says we are using the threat of force, in violation of international law, to which we are self-immunized. There’s nothing new about this. Can you think of any other country that’s used military force internationally on anything remotely like the scale of the United States during these seven decades when, according to Obama, we’ve been the anchor of global security?"

read the entire interview: http://www.democracynow.org/2013/9/11/chomsky_instead_of_illegal_threat_to