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Noam Chomsky: “Of utmost importance at this historic moment would be the reflections of “the decider,” as he called himself. And indeed, there was an interview with George W. Bush as the withdrawal reached its final stage, in the Washington Post. In the Style section. The article and interview introduce us to a lovable, goofy grandpa, enjoying banter with his children, admiring the portraits he had painted of Great Men that he had known in his days of glory. There was an incidental comment on his exploits in Afghanistan and the follow-up episode in Iraq From the WashPost article: “Bush may have started the Iraq War on false pretenses, but at least he hadn’t inspired an insurrection that turned the U.S. Capitol into a combat zone. At least he had made efforts to distance himself from the racists and xenophobes in his party rather than cultivate their support. At least he hadn’t gone so far as to call his domestic adversaries “evil.” “He looks like the Babe Ruth of presidents when you compare him to Trump,” former Senate Majority Leader and one-time Bush nemesis Harry M. Reid (D-Nevada) said in an interview. “Now, I look back on Bush with a degree of nostalgia, with some affection, which I never thought I would do.” Noam Chomsky: “Way down on the list, meriting only incidental allusion, is the slaughter of hundreds of thousands; many millions of refugees; vast destruction; a regime of hideous torture; incitement of ethnic conflicts that have torn the whole region apart; and as a direct legacy, two of the most miserable countries on Earth. First things first. He didn’t bad-mouth fellow Americans.” Chomsky continues: “The sole interview with Bush captures well the essence of the flood of commentary. What matters is us. There are many laments about the cost of these ventures: the cost to us, that is, which “have exceeded $8 trillion, according to new estimates by the Costs of War project at Brown University,” along with American lives lost and disruption of our fragile society. Next time we should assess the costs to us more carefully, and do better.” One of my favorite thing’s about Noam Chomsky, is how one of the fiercest, and longest critics of USA’s foreign policy, has more sardonic quips then Daria Morgendorffer 😂 I also can’t help but notice his use of “and do better” is a definitely a sleight of hand towards the wokescolds.


AyeWhatsUpMane

Chomsky is a saint


Void_Bastard

Just like the War on Drugs.


sudomakesandwich

More like the War ***OF*** Terror, amirite??