Noam Chomsky on borders

[WoodPeckr]

I'm a bit surprised that nobody seems pissed at the domestic surveillance program that the NSA has.

Why???

They are just using the tools Dubya & his DICK created, then left for them to use.....

Remember 9/11 Changed Everything!.....:eyebrows:

 

[yung_dood]

Very weak arguments. Logic, facts and reason don't seem to mean much to the Chomsky cult members. Reminds me of Clinton saying "It depends upon what the meaning of the word 'is' is. If the—if he—if 'is' means is and never has been, that is not—that is one thing. If it means there is none, that was a completely true statement".

Here is another author detailing Chomsky's errors.

http://balkanwitness.glypx.com/chomskydenial.htm

http://balkanwitness.glypx.com/Chomsky-Hedges.htm

LOL what school did you get your degree from?

 

[yung_dood]

So what is he saying? The present Middle East frontiers were imposed on the region in the 1900s by the occupying powers, (Britain and France). No-one paid any attention to the wishes/needs of the resident population. Can't argue with that.

It would be so nice if we could wander all over the earth, without regard to frontiers, and if everyone could just be friends. Can't argue with that, either.

So, what does his great mind offer as a way out of the never-ending awful conflicts that have arisen from these imposed frontiers? Well, we can't argue with his proposals, because he doesn't make any.

Just how should the world respond to the problems that arise when an arbitrary and artificial frontier provokes hostilities between two sides? How should frontiers be set? What do we really need to do, to secure peace in the Middle East?

All Noam Chomsky -- one of the "great intellects" -- can come up with is "Wouldn't it be nice if frontier problems didn't exist?"

Wanker!

Which of his books have you read?

 

[buttercup]

Which of his books have you read?

The thread is about his 15-minute speech.

Everybody is praising him for brilliantly recognizing, in his speech, that many of the middle east problems are the result of arbitrary and artificial frontiers. It is indisputable that bad frontiers are a major cause of the problems. But Winston Churchill recognized that, right as they were doing it.

Anyway, the UN, in 1946, froze all borders and frontiers, and declared it a war-crime to cross another country's frontier by force.

Which one of NC's books contains a proposal for a solution to the problem of mid-east frontiers being in the wrong place?