Pirates and Emperors, Old and New: International Terrorism in the Real World
Noam Chomsky
Language: English
Pages: 233
ISBN: 1608464016
Format: PDF / Kindle (mobi) / ePub
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first announcement of the new war aims. Patrick Tyler and Elisabeth Bumiller, October 12, quoting Bush; Michael Gordon, New York Times, October 28, 2001, quoting Boyce. 14. Barry Bearak, New York Times, October 25; John Thornhill and Farhan Bokhari, Financial Times, October 25, October 26; John Burns, New York Times, October 26; Indira Laskhmanan, Boston Globe, October 25, 26, 2001. 15. Anatol Lieven, Guardian, November 2, 2001. 16. Colin Nickerson and Indira Lakshmanan, Boston Globe,
understood, but useful for the purposes of humiliation of Palestinians. In contrast, Sharon was designated a “man of peace” by President Bush, who was hailed for arranging the release of Arafat from his dungeon in return for U.S.–UK supervision of the accused assassins of Israeli cabinet minister Rehavam Ze’evi. Ze’evi was killed in the anticipated reaction to Israel’s escalation of the cycle of violence by the first assassination of a political leader, Abu Ali Mustafa, in a missile attack with a
attacks South Vietnam, it is “defense”—defense against “internal aggression,” as Adlai Stevenson proclaimed at the United Nations in 1964; against the “assault from the inside,” in President Kennedy’s words. That the U.S. was engaged in an attack against South Vietnam is not denied; rather, the thought cannot be expressed or even imagined. One will find no hint of such an event as “the U.S. attack against South Vietnam” in mainstream media or scholarship, or even in most of the publications of
that a public challenge of this kind could only delay, rather than accelerate, their release.” They could proceed “to challenge America, to humiliate Americans” because they knew that the supine media would “provide them with unlimited publicity and perhaps even some form of advocacy.” Recall that this is the voice of a respected scholar in a respected journal, a fact that once again yields some insight into the reigning intellectual culture. The editors of the New Republic dismissed the Shi’ite
on terrorism to offer his thoughts on how to counter the plague. His advice, based upon long experience, was straightforward: “The terrorists, and especially their commanders, must be eliminated.” He gave three examples of successful counterterrorist actions: the U.S. bombing of Libya, the Israeli bombing of Tunis, and Israel’s invasion of Lebanon. He recommends more of the same “if the civilized world is to prevail.” The Times editors gave his article the title: “It’s Past Time to Crush the
