NP Another Left academic describes Chomsky's responses to 11/9 as "misguided"

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                       'Stuck in Noam-man's land'
                                  by
                            David McKnight

Liberal-Left critics such as Noam Chomsky and John Pilger believe everything
awful in the world is created by the US, writes David McKnight. Their attack
on America's "war against terrorism" is as misguided as it is out of date.

[...]

In central Asia we have watched the bombing of civilians, the mass exodus of
refugees and a sky-high tech war resulting in blood and bodies 10,000 metres
below. In Britain, the US and Australia civil liberties are being reduced as
social conservatism undergoes a resurgence.

For some of the liberal-Left all this seems to fall into a familiar pattern
and has therefore provoked a familiar response: the "war on terrorism"
should be opposed just as the Vietnam War was, and millions of people should
be mobilised to oppose US foreign policy.

But there are significant differences from previous situations and the
liberal-Left is in danger of mechanically applying political formulas
crafted in a different period rather than responses based on a concrete
examination of current circumstances.

[...]

Continues at

http://www.smh.com.au/news/0112/29/spectrum/spectrum5.html

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