Noam Chomsky: Is This the End of American Empire?

Professor Noam Chomsky discusses whether the withdrawal of US troops from Afghanistan marks the end—or a new stage—of American empire.

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[jerryjones]

I served in the Vietnam era and have opposed every military intervention since that time. War is a racket.

[donalain]

My respect for Naom Chomskey for still being able to see things more clear then everyone else, despite his age.

[pedrorafaelcastro]

A masterclass by a genius !! Thanks profesor Chomsky

[mirzaalam]

At first I wasn't digging the beard but now he looks like the old school great philosophers for real

[VFDemon]

Whenever one thinks they've heard every thing there's to hear from Chomsky he's always got something new to teach! He's the greatest public intellectual to consistently speak truth to power even if some of his views feel a little jaded. Throughout his career nobody has been able to debate Chomsky head on! He's 94 & I hope he lives well into his 100s! 👍

[richardjarrell]

Congrats and thanks from an oldtime draftcardburner

[garyp]

Same with concentration and torture camps. Inhuman if anyone around the world does it justified if America does it

[ewalker]

Mr. Chomsky is saying the empire mindset will not end. Will the empire be able to carry it out, continue to make it come to fruitition?

[ricky]

yeah the USA will still be around just like how the British empire was after it got its ass beat by the afghans, the whole empire didn't really go away till after WW2

[Angelito_Noreaga]

I certainly hope so. Even if you're neutral on empire building, it hasn't been used to help normal people. That's for damn sure.

[clarissamarie]

This whole Afghanistan disaster has broken my heart, and nobody around me, none of my fellow Americans give a shit, my husband doesnt care, my liberal grandparents are standing behind biden.

[hammedmousavi]

Cruel world, don't let Chomsky age.

[go]

The American politicians and oil corporations had no business, no business sticking their noses in Saudi Arabia, way before 20 years ago actually, in fact it was in the 50’s that this started. When this oil company made base in Sauddia Arabia, the Saudi’s Arabians loved it because it was making them very rich and very very wealthy. But among all that, the US asked if they can put just a tiny “little” military base there, just for “ yours and their” protection. While several other Middle East counties around them, where like, “dudes, what the fuck”, what are you doing mingling with the US like this? And taking away our religious values and moral values, like this? More later.

[flagreport]

What are you crazy? You're not comparing US to Zambia with nuklear missiles and no bread called USSR are ya?

[annieyousif]

Please revive all those innocent people behind bars till this day.
Please speak up about Aafia Siddiqui who was kidnapped, separated from her children, put behind bars for 80+ years for crimes she did not commit.

USA chased after the wrong people, it never went after Saudia Arabia or Osama bin Laden's family. They captured innocent people, tortured them, killed thousands, the crime list goes on.

[saimbhat]

Where is west is ingenious is while it describes any crime/violence committed by a anyone with a muslim name as "islamic voilence", why would it be wrong to describe any crime/violence committed by west as "christian voilence" ????
Iraq invasion alone killed little less than a million iraqi civilians and the violence was committed by west. More particularly so in vietnam, because vietnam war was an ideological war for the west, the people who were killed were killed for triumph of western values over communist values. Why will it not be called "christian violence" ?

[MohammadKhan-kksb]

It's was not about showing muscles. They had a problem with talibans ideology there was no way they would allow an Islamist group to form a successfull government. Talibans success was contagious and many others were inspired by them and wanted Sharia in thier country. If taliban had somehow managed to run the country successfully which was unlikely then you would see many more Islamists taking it as a model and trying it in thier own country which would challenge the status quo.

[kenisheretosay]

Noam is one of the very Few reliable sources for news analysis in the USA.
Most of the rest of what is available is pretty pathetic

[thecatsbackyard]

Hopefully it is. It would do us a lot of good and I say, "good riddance".

[rezakarampour]

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