Armed attack has a definition in international law. It means sudden, overwhelming, instantaneous ongoing attack.Noam Chomsky
Colombia has been the leading western recipient of U.S. arms and training as violence has grown through the '90s.Noam Chomsky
In the 1960s, there was a point, 1968, '69, when there was a very strong antiwar movement against the war in Vietnam. But it's worth remembering that the war in Vietnam started - an outright war started in 1962.Noam Chomsky
There was unprecedented elite condemnation of the plans to invade Iraq. Sensible analysts were able to perceive that the enterprise carried significant risks for U.S. interests, however conceived.Noam Chomsky
Public opinion in Egypt is very antagonistic to the way the dictatorship, Mubarak dictatorship, interpreted relations with Israel. Very antagonistic.Noam Chomsky
On October 15, 1965, an estimated 70,000 people took part in large-scale anti-war demonstrations.Noam Chomsky
A large majority of Americans believe that the U.N., not the U.S., should take the lead in working with Iraqis to transfer authentic sovereignty as well as in economic reconstruction and maintaining civic order.Noam Chomsky
Civil disobedience's main goal typically is to try to arouse and inspire others to join and do something. Well, sometimes that is a good tactic, sometimes not.Noam Chomsky
There has been a huge attack against private sector unions. Actually, that's been going on since the Second World War.Noam Chomsky
