Noam Chomsky on WikiLeaks

[asdjrocky]

Noam Chomsky: WikiLeaks Cables Reveal "Profound Hatred for Democracy on the Part of Our Political Leadership"

In a national broadcast exclusive interview, we speak with world-renowned political dissident and linguist Noam Chomsky about the release of more than 250,000 secret U.S. State Department cables by WikiLeaks. In 1971, Chomsky helped government whistleblower Daniel Ellsberg release the Pentagon Papers, a top-secret internal U.S. account of the Vietnam War. Commenting on the revelations that several Arab leaders are urging the United States to attack Iran, Chomsky says, "latest polls show] Arab opinion holds that the major threat in the region is Israel, that’s 80 percent; the second threat is the United States, that’s 77 percent. Iran is listed as a threat by 10 percent," Chomsky says. "This may not be reported in the newspapers, but it’s certainly familiar to the Israeli and U.S. governments and the ambassadors. What this reveals is the profound hatred for democracy on the part of our political leadership."

See video at link-
http://www.alternet.org/rights/149032/noam_chomsky:_wikileaks_cables_reveal_%22profound_hatred_for_democracy_on_the_part_of_our_political_leadership%22

[Uncle Joe]

1. This is a prime example of a lack of critical information that prevents the American People from

self-governing them selves in a competent manner.

Thanks for the thread, asdjrocky.

[asdjrocky]

2. Thanks Uncle Joe.

We can hope the people take the time to listen.

[gratuitous]

3. What? Our political leaders don't hate democracy!

That silly Chompsky! What's he talking about? Anyway? All our political leaders just lurve them some democracy. They all say it, all the time. That's why we have to plunge another $700 billion in debt, so that the ultra rich don't have to pay three more cents in taxes for each dollar they "earn" over a quarter million. Everyone says that's just the height of unfairness, so like a true democracy, the millionaires on teevee and the millionaires in government and the millionaires in the rest of the country all agreed. It's practically a consensus of all the rich guys, and if that isn't democracy, then we don't know what democracy is.

[asdjrocky]

4. Kick form Noam.

[Swamp Rat]

5. k&r