The USA belligerence in the Middle East and Stans/India is really a thrust against Russia.
On Oct 4, 3:35�am, Frank <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Most people are against US belligerence against Iraq. Who is going to > stop the US, not a capitalist apologist like Chomsky? Liberals are > good for talking about what should be done, and then do nothing > > mike532 [ Republicans for Obama ] wrote: > > > > > Chomsky: "The Majority of the World Supports Iran" > > > In an exclusive and wide-ranging interview, Chomsky discusses the > > global politics of Iran's and India's attempts to become nuclear > > powers. > > On Wednesday night, in a vote of 86 to 13, the U.S. Senate passed a > > historic nuclear deal with that will allow the United States to trade > > with India in nuclear equipment and technology, and to supply India > > with nuclear fuel for its power reactors. The deal is considered > > hugely consequential by its supporters and opponents alike -- and a > > significant victory for the Bush administration. > > > Last month, Subrata Ghoshroy, a researcher in the Science, Technology > > and Global Security Working Group at the Massachusetts Institute of > > Technology, met with Noam Chomsky in his office at MIT, where he is > > the institute professor of linguistics. "Before we started our > > discussion," Ghoshroy writes, "Professor Chomsky asked me to give him > > a little background information. I told him that I was researching > > missile defense, space weapons and the U.S.-India nuclear deal." > > Ghoshroy is a longtime critic of the U.S. missile defense program and > > a former analyst at the Government Accountability Office who in 2006 > > blew the whistle on the failure -- and attempted cover-up -- of a key > > component of the program: a $26 billion weapon system that was the > > "centerpiece" of the Bush administration's antimissile plan. > > > Ghoshroy and Chomsky discussed the then-pending nuclear deal, which > > would sanction trade hitherto prohibited by U.S. and international > > laws because of India's refusal to sign the Nuclear Non-Proliferation > > Treaty and the nuclear tests it conducted in 1998. Ghoshroy has > > written several articles criticizing the U.S.-India deal as a triumph > > of the business lobby -- an assessment Chomsky agreed with. He said > > that Condoleezza Rice is actually on record admitting what is truly > > behind this deal, which he characterized as a "non-proliferation > > disaster." > > > Ghoshroy's subsequent conversation with Chomsky touched on a number of > > interweaving topics, including: India and the importance of the non- > > aligned movement; the myths of free trade and the so-called "success" > > of neoliberalism; Washington's historic opposition to promote new > > world economic and information orders; Latin America's growing > > independence; the West's hypocrisy over Iran's nuclear program -- and > > MIT's ironic role in it during the shah's regime; and, finally, U.S. > > elections and the prospects for change. > > > The result is a two-part interview, the second of which will run on > > AlterNet tomorrow. Part One begins with India, the Non-Aligned > > Movement, and why a "majority of the world supports Iran." (The Non- > > Aligned Movement, which consists of some 115 or more representatives > > of "developing countries," originated at the Asia-Africa Conference in > > Bandung, Indonesia, in 1955, which was convened mainly by newly > > independent former colonies from Africa and Asia to develop joint > > policies in international relations. Jawaharlal Nehru, then India's > > prime minister, led the conference. There, "Third World" leaders > > shared their similar problems of resisting the pressures of the major > > powers, maintaining their independence and opposing colonialism and > > neo-colonialism, especially Western domination. India continued its > > vigorous participation and leadership role in NAM until the end of the > > Cold War. For further reading, visit the NAM Web site.) > > > ***- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more. -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
