Noam Chomsky On The Russia-Ukraine War.

Noam Chomsky shares his 2023 perspective on the ongoing war between Russia and Ukraine, and where does he think this conflict is heading in the future.

[marybrown]

Bless you good man in mid nineties and still fighting for truth, justice, compassion… unbelievable right and how few to speak the truth ❤

[dashriprock]

Isn't is great to live in a country that enables you to say what you believe, or just troll, without being arrested.

[dudafox]

Why do you call it a conflict when it's the full scale war.

[GlassesAndCoffeeMugs]

People in comments saying Chomsky is some kind of Putin apologist. Did we watch the same video? He explicitly condemns "Putin's war of aggression", says there's no justification for it, and that the US should be helping Ukraine defend itself. He's repeatedly called Putin a brutal dictator.

[justaplainspokengirl]

It's not a conflict. It's an Invasion, a War. Mister host.

[TvkV]

Someone is paying attention. Yes it is the most dangerous time in human history

[brodies]

As old as he is, this man may live to see the end of humanity.

[witoldszpejda]

I have hard time finding out who attacked whom ?

[timothyjamesmatheson]

He's omitting a key point. There is one party that could end the war straight away. And return to their borders. Inconvenient truth.

[traviscutler]

One of the major differences I have with Chomsky is he fundamentally believes people are intelligent, I don't. They traded it all for just a little bit

[Afghamistam]

"Western apologists like to use the word "whataboutism" to deflect from their hypocrisy over stuff and ting. But to answer your question, what's happening in Ukraine is very bad. People are dying, it's terrible. But whatabout Iraq?"

I'm out.

[stuartwiner]

Strange how there's no blame or wariness of Vlad Putin in Noam's views.

[rdCoastAlliance]

If the fear of nuclear war prevents the U.S. from taking necessary action, then you've incentivized every aggressor to become nuclear capable.

[gertjanalkemade]

'Its the most dangerous time in human history' - sips coffee

[pellecarlsson]

I strongly oposed the iraqi war. Same thing goes for the russian aggression in Ukraine. Hundreds of thousands russian soldiers on ukranianan soil. That’s escalation for you, mr Choamsky....

[chrisdale]

I am watching this and agree with some of the things he says, But so far I haven't heard hin say how this can be resolved.

[jasenjahn]

To compare Ukraine and Russia war vs Iraq and USA war is beyond me. Iraq was attacking Kuwait. Ukraine did nothing wrong. They are a sovereign nation with their own independence.

[rockykoast]

The only winners in any war are those who remain alive and in reasonable health at the end. The losers are the thousands or millions whose lives are lost or otherwise destroyed due injury, displacement, destruction of homes, means of earning a living and just the sheer trauma of war and it's effects on people. My parents both went through the second world war. Both were very deaf in old age; my mother perhaps from the bombing of her hometown...my father perhaps from being transported around the world in noisy ships/perhaps sometimes being close to artillery too( he was in Royal Signals, so didn't actually participate in the fighting, but was at times fairly close to front lines.). My father informed me that disease (through living in unsanitary conditions, unfamiliar tropical diseases..much dysentery) killed as many as those lost on the battlefield.
This is the human cost of gaining a temporary economic advantage of resources/territory. Meantime, humans are ultimately destrying their own ecological niche and heading for self-extinction.

[sagani]

Iraq used to be blood hungry country, involved in many war crimes. Yugoslavia was a country that practiced genocide. Ukraine, at another hand, peaceful, friendly country, did no harm to anyone. How can u put these countries in the same shelf. Are u OK?

[AA-snlz]

Uhm... this is an old video. Why is it uploaded for a second time?