Noam Chomsky - U.S. Policy in Arab Word

[Shireling]

Noam Chomsky: "The U.S. and Its Allies Will Do Anything to Prevent Democracy in the Arab World"

(Democracy Now!)

Speaking at the 25th anniversary celebration of the national media watch group Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting, world-renowned political dissident and linguist Noam Chomsky analyzes the U.S. response to the popular uprisings sweeping the Middle East and North Africa. "Across the Middle East, an overwhelming majority of the population regards the United States as the main threat to their interests," Chomsky says. "The reason is very simple... Plainly, the U.S. and its allies are not going to want governments which are responsive to the will of the people. If that happens, not only will the U.S. not control the region, but it will be thrown out."

snip:

In the case of WikiLeaks, there was an interesting aside on this. The revelations from WikiLeaks that got the most publicity—headlines, euphoric commentary and so on—were that the Arabs support U.S. policy on Iran. They were quoting comments of Arab dictators. Yes, they claim to support U.S. policy on Iran. There was no mention of the Arab—of the Arab population, because it doesn’t matter. If the dictators support us, and the population is under control, then what’s the problem? This is like imperialism. What’s the problem if it works? As long as they can control their populations, fine. They can have campaigns of hatred; our friendly dictators will keep them under control. That’s the reaction not just of the diplomatic service in the State Department or of the media who reported this, but also of the general intellectual community. There is no comment on this. In fact, coverage of these polls is precisely zero in the United States, literally. There’s a few comments in England, but very little. It just doesn’t matter what the population thinks, as long as they’re under control


http://www.democracynow.org/2011/5/11/noam_chomsky_the_us_and_its

[intheflow]

1. K&R - love me some Chomsky! n/t

[Jefferson23]

2. From the OP:

"...not only will the U.S. not control the region, but it will be thrown out."



Yea, and we're weak after so much war, so many resources wasted for such a long time now, China knows this too.

[classysassy]

3. Is there a dictator in out future?

Are we ripe for a take over by a right wing regime who will select a leader (dictator) to rule over this divided country? Let us say white fright become so strong that the republican party take to the streets and there is a hostile take over and The Donald is selected as leader,with a hostile supreme court and the impeachment of the current president assured with the majority of the court in right wing hands.The middle class would be doomed,just the supreme leader with his serfs serving the wealthy at cut rates AKA slave wages,don't say it can't happen here,beware of the criminals in out midst.

[classysassy]

4. Is there a Dictator in our future?