Chomsky on Iraq [fwd]

[Jim Rovira]

Ha :).  Harder to believe is the expectation of uniformity of opinion :).  Guess
there's still some sense of Marxist orthodoxy hanging about...

It's a mistake -- a simple, logistical mistake -- to ascribe agency in
international affairs only to the US.  Chomsky does this regularly.  He's like an
inverted rah rah patriotic military dude -- both think that only America acts in
this world, the military guy thinks we only act for good, Chomsky thinks we only
act for evil.  Both are very cartoonish and paralyze us from facing the realities
of the international situation.

Jim

PS Marcuse worked for the Feds too, didn't he? :).

grok wrote:

Lawdy, lawdy, lawdy... hard to believe that this is posted to a Listserv

> pertaining to the Frankfurt School.
>
> But, if they can force a Vietnam war criminal on the NYC New School as
> its president, and Adorno could transform himself into a fingerman for
> the pigs, I suppose the above could be naturally predicted (given
> today's climate of fear, ignorance and loathing...)
>
> --- grok.