Chomsky/Hitchens/Milosevic/Bush

[Robin Landseadel]

On Mar 22, 2009, at 8:59 AM, Otto wrote:

> Why Mugabe is still in power I don't know. In this I agree to Chomsky.
> The decision which dictator to stop in producing humanitarian
> catastrophes isn't based upon humanitarian reasons but on the
> "interests" of the USA and the wealthy European nations.

One can be right about a lot of things and be wrong on others. Chomsky  
usually is pointing to the overwhelming power of the Military- 
industrial complex and its propaganda wings and concerning those  
subjects the man is by and large right. Those concerns are  also  
echoed in Pynchon's writings.—Vineland, anyone? As regards Bosnia and  
the Serbs, I have no opinion as I don't know enough about that  
subject. Concerning folks like Prescott Bush or Lyle Bland and  
operations like I.G. Farben and MKULTRA I know a thing or two and so  
does Chomsky. At least the little I've seen/read of Chomsky. Never was  
all that attracted to his writing, though he does have valuable things  
to say about propaganda.  But his mode of speech is quite Thanatoid,  
ruling out any chance of me paying all that much attention to talks on  
KPFA or the videos that pop up from time to time.  Have to wonder  
about possible associations between the fictional Weed Atman and the  
real [?] Noam Chomsky.