What If Iran Had Invaded Mexico?

Putting the Iran Crisis in Context
By Noam Chomsky
(Posted with permission from TomDispatch.com

Unsurprisingly, George W. Bush's announcement of a "surge" in Iraq came despite the firm opposition to any such move of Americans and the even stronger opposition of the (thoroughly irrelevant) Iraqis. It was accompanied by ominous official leaks and statements -- from Washington and Baghdad -- about how Iranian intervention in Iraq was aimed at disrupting our mission to gain victory, an aim which is (by definition) noble. What then followed was a solemn debate about whether serial numbers on advanced roadside bombs (IEDs) were really traceable to Iraq; and, if so, to that country's Revolutionary Guards or to some even higher authority.

This "debate" is a typical illustration of a primary principle of sophisticated propaganda. In crude and brutal societies, the Party Line is publicly proclaimed and must be obeyed -- or else. What you actually believe is your own business and of far less concern. In societies where the state has lost the capacity to control by force, the Party Line is simply presupposed; then, vigorous debate is encouraged within the limits imposed by unstated doctrinal orthodoxy. The cruder of the two systems leads, naturally enough, to disbelief; the sophisticated variant gives an impression of openness and freedom, and so far more effectively serves to instill the Party Line. It becomes beyond question, beyond thought itself, like the air we breathe.

the source:
http://aep.typepad.com/american_empire_project/2007/04/what_if_iran_ha.h...

Posted in Submitted by Truth Seeker07 on Sun, 2007-04-15 22:54.

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Chompers Chompers I sure am enjoying the Lame ass show you have. Does anyone Still think he is not a Zionist?

Lame.

First you take D.C. Then you take New York.

Masher1 | Sun, 2007-04-15 23:08

Truth Seeker-- I think he is a zionist. I read that some where. He was invited to debate someone about his zionism and has refused every time..

Truth Seeker07 | Mon, 2007-04-16 00:09

Would be "Look to the things that he will not mention"
Or "Look at the topics he will not touch"

Gold is in this sort of inquiry.

I never listen to Chompers now i have seen the way if his evil meanderings and i will not follow. He is a very good time waster like DBS too. he does the same sort of Flock tending as DBS and Eric as well.

If you look at the topics that Chomsky refuses even on the record to talk about on any scale you would have to be a retard to follow after seeing the things that he is responsible for projecting into this mess.

First you take D.C. Then you take New York.

Masher1 | Mon, 2007-04-16 00:33

He is an "energy sink". His mission is to attract as many as elites around him and render them absolutely useless. And he is relatively successful. His followers are well educated but navigationally paralyzed.

Kats | Mon, 2007-04-16 09:02

The whole (Very short) time that i was willing to hear any of the croaking for sustained periods i soon realized his Whole game was to talk in HIS own little circles. If anyone happened to want to drive the bus he would slap there wrist with a whole series of rambling monologues and descriptives that would tend to assault all further attempts to drive the bus. Ergo he was a piper. A crooked stick wielding sheep herder of old geeks.

After i had seen Mr Chompsky as this i happened across a blog with the author name of Benjamin Merhav. This cat has a bead on him like i have never seen. After a clickfest of 46 or so parts i will not even keep a mp3 if he is present. I wish i could say the same with Video. It seem they always tap Chompers for the Video gigs they so often spew for the masses to lap up. He is like a cockroach and nuclear winter around the edges of 9/11 even the best sprays are useless if your being pushed through life as a Rich nerd Wrangler in a looting gallery.

First you take D.C. Then you take New York.

Masher1 | Mon, 2007-04-16 10:51

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