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Originally Aired: 04/26/2007 - discussion about reasons behind the war, how current foreign and domestic affairs generating more anti-American sentiment, views of American people being ignored by their   more...Federal government, failure of the democratic institutions to function properly in these times, and more.  less

Noam Chomsky goes into detail over the reasons the US Government is pushing for a war against Iran.

Are assumptions about Iran wrong?
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PAUL JAY, SENIOR EDITOR: ElBaradei, is the head of the International Atomic Energy Agency, stated quite definitively there is no evidence of a nuclear weapons   more...program in Iran. The recent resolution—the Kyle-Lieberman amendment—and the recent U.S. sanctions against Iran, which one of the charges is that Iran has been helping what they call insurgents in Iraq. There's practically no evidence of that either. Based on what we know as evidence, there's not a lot of reasons for U.S. policy to be as aggressive right now towards Iran as it is, certainly not for the stated reason. What really does motivate U.S. policy towards Iran?

NOAM CHOMSKY, PROFESSOR OF LINGUISTICS, MIT: Well, if I can make a comment about the stated reasons, the very fact that we're discussing them tells us a lot about the sort of intellectual culture and moral culture in the United States. I mean, suppose it was true that Iran is helping insurgents in Iraq. I mean, wasn’t the United States helping insurgents when the Russians invaded Afghanistan? Did we think there was anything wrong with that? I mean, Iraq's a country that was invaded and is under military occupation. You can't have a serious discussion about whether someone else is interfering in it. The basic assumption underlying the discussion is that we own the world. So if we invade and occupy another country, then it's a criminal act for anyone to interfere with it. What about the nuclear weapons? I mean, are there countries with nuclear weapons in the region? Israel has a couple of hundred nuclear weapons. The United States gives more support to it than any other country in the world. The Bush administration is trying very hard to push through an agreement that not only authorizes India's illegal acquisition of nuclear weapons but assists it. That's what the U.S.-Indo Nuclear Pact is about. And, furthermore, there happens to be an obligation of the states in the Security Council and elsewhere to move towards establishing a nuclear weapons-free zone in the region. Now that would include Iran and Israel and any U.S. forces deployed there. That's part of Resolution 687. Now to your question. The real reasons for the attack on Iran, the sanctions, and so on go back into history. I mean, we like to forget the history; Iranians don't. In 1953, the United States and Britain overthrew the parliamentary government and installed a brutal dictator, the Shah, who ruled until 1979. And during his rule, incidentally, the United States was strongly supporting the same programs they're objecting to today. In 1979, the population overthrew the dictator, and since then the United States has been essentially torturing Iran. First it tried a military coup. Then it supported Saddam Hussein during Iraq's invasion of Iran, which killed hundreds of thousands of people. Then, after that was over, the United States started imposing harsh sanctions on Iran. And now it's escalating that. The point is: Iran is out of control. You know, it's supposed to be a U.S.-client state, as it was under the Shah, and it's refusing to play that role.

JAY: The sanctions that were just issued recently [are] the beginnings of a kind of act of war, this ratcheting up of the rhetoric right at a time when the IAEA is saying, in fact, Iran's cooperating in the process. But it's all coming down to this question of does Iran even have its right to enrich uranium for civilian nuclear, which in fact it has, under the non-proliferation treaty. But Bush in his last press conference, where he had his famous World War III warning, has said even the knowledge of having nuclear weapons we won't permit, never mind a civilian program. This puts U.S. policy on a collision course with the IAEA, with international law.

CHOMSKY: Just a couple of years ago, from 2004 through 2006, Iran did agree to suspend all uranium enrichment, halt even what everyone agrees they're legally entitled to. That was an agreement  less

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The first of a long series I hope, from a few authors I admire and respect

This is from the documentary "Manufacturing Consent". I saw it about 6 months ago and in conjunction with a few others it has led me to a real epiphany. I highly recommend everyone that can   more...see the whole of this move.
A short but Powerful Message from Noam Chomsky  less

<strong>Link to part 4 of 4 below</strong>
Noam Chomsky takes a hard look at US Foreign Policy and Interntaional Relations shortly after GW2 began: the impact and strain the current US administration   more...has had on relationships with other nation states, international communities and the population at large; the disinformation campaigns generated by the US government and distributed by mainstream media; domestic security being increased profoundly and impinging on individual rights and freedoms; etc.

<a href="/video/Drachnid/FB07740C633E474295D8891F8E42AC8B/chomsky-world-after-iraq-4.aspx"><strong>Click here to watch part 4 of 4</strong></a>

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<strong>Link to part 1 of 4 below</strong>
Noam Chomsky takes a hard look at US Foreign Policy and International Relations shortly after GW2 began: the impact and strain the current US administration   more...has had on relationships with other nation states, international communities and the population at large; the disinformation campaigns generated by the US government and distributed by mainstream media; domestic security being increased profoundly and impinging on individual rights and freedoms; etc.

<a href="/video/Drachnid/35008DF88DA5444CA2E064DA24B1C241/chomsky-world-after-iraq-1.aspx"><strong>Click here to watch part 1 of 4</strong></a>

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CBC Hot Type, Evan Solomon interviews Noam Chomsky on his book 9-11

http://topdocumentaryfilms.com/manufacturing-consent-noam-chomsky-and-the-media/
Trailer for the documentary film "Manufacturing Consent - Noam Chomsky and the Media"

The War on Democracy, For "the land of the free" we certainly have a
lot of censorship. "The point of public relations slogans like "Support our
troops" is that they don't mean   more...anything... That's the whole point of
good propaganda. You want to create a slogan that nobody's going to
be against, and everybody's going to be for. Nobody knows what it
means, because it doesn't mean anything. Its crucial value is that it
diverts your attention from a question that does mean something: Do
you support our policy?
That's the one you're not allowed to talk about."

Noam Chomsky

"The twentieth century has been characterized by three developments of
great political importance: the growth of democracy, the growth of
corporate power, and the growth of corporate propaganda as a means of
protecting corporate power against democracy."

Alex Carey

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Noam discusses this topic.

Noam discusses this topic.

Noam discusses this topic.

Noam discusses this topic.

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An absolutely brilliant analysis of the ways in which individuals and organizations of the media are influenced to shape the social agendas of knowledge   more...and, therefore, belief. Contrary to the popular conception of members of the press as hard-bitten realists doggedly pursuing unpopular truths, Herman and Chomsky prove conclusively that the free-market economics model of media leads inevitably to normative and narrow reporting. Whether or not you've seen the eye-opening movie, buy this book, and you will be a far more knowledgeable person and much less prone to having your beliefs manipulated as easily as the press.
<a href="http://www.livevideo.com/video/ConspiracyCentral/DA74DD683A1D4041BCCCFE1FF154AB69/noam-chomsky-manufacturing-c.aspx">Click Here for pt 1</a>  less

<b>Read Description for a link to part 6</b>
An absolutely brilliant analysis of the ways in which individuals and organizations of the media are influenced to shape the social agendas of knowledge   more...and, therefore, belief. Contrary to the popular conception of members of the press as hard-bitten realists doggedly pursuing unpopular truths, Herman and Chomsky prove conclusively that the free-market economics model of media leads inevitably to normative and narrow reporting. Whether or not you've seen the eye-opening movie, buy this book, and you will be a far more knowledgeable person and much less prone to having your beliefs manipulated as easily as the press.
<a href="http://www.livevideo.com/video/ConspiracyCentral/E38F043B1A764556AFA27CDA408E8DF2/noam-chompsky-manufacturing-.aspx">Click Here for pt 6</a>  less