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Reply To: | The philosophy, work & influences of Noam Chomsky |
Date: | Mon, 29 Mar 1999 20:28:55 -0400 |
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>I'm not convinced that it is wrong to use military action to stop and
>destroy the Serb military capacity. I agree with most of the
>criticism of the US, by Chomsky and others, vis á vis our appalling
>record, but the argument against military action is beginning to sound
>like: The US can't act militarily in Yugoslavia because it has a
>history of doing bad things. Any nation electing to confront military
>action with military action must have an impeccable moral and ethical
>record in all situations, or it is immoral for that nation use
>military action, even if the situation might demand it.
One must understand a fundamental point in the Kosovo crisis. NATO's
involvement was not designed to A) prevent a humanitarian crisis, but to B)
create one.
To believe the rhetoric, or listen to the corp media justify it, is a
foolish act.
Noam doesn't know much about this topic, but Edward Herman sure does. Read
some stuff by him. Go to Zmag.org to get a sample.
Milutin
Sheep tremble and here come tha votes
Thrown from tha throat, new cages and scapegoats
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