Chomsky on the War on Terror
Monday, January 16th, 2006
AlterNet: Chomsky: ‘There Is No War On Terror’
…the obvious metric, the number of terrorist attacks, yeah, they’ve succeeded in increasing terror.The fact of the matter is that there is no War on Terror. It’s a minor consideration. So invading Iraq and taking control of the world’s energy resources was way more important than the threat of terror.
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There’s basically two principles that define the Bush administration policies: stuff the pockets of your rich friends with dollars, and increase your control over the world. Almost everything follows from that. If you happen to blow up the world, well, you know, it’s somebody else’s business. Stuff happens, as Rumsfeld said.
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Iraq is the first war I think in the history of European imperialism, including the U.S., where there was massive protest before the war was officially launched.
He also discusses the main problem of the Democratic party, the unguarded WMD stockpiles right after the invasion, the lack of Iraq withdrawal discussion, and the most likely result of a democratic Iraq - closer economic and political ties with Iran and southern Saudi Arabia, both Shiite majorities. An interesting read.
