Noam Chomsky Quotes (Year 534)

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@GovPressOffice What a despicable post. Hello Dumbass Newsom Press Office—do you know how many people were killed as a result of the illegal Iraq War?

Smartest Republican President of the new millennium

Latest on the spiral of chaos —Emirates Aluminium Says Output Recovery Might Take Up to 12 Months —Abu Dhabi Halts Operations at Gas Facility —Pentagon: 365 Service Members Wounded Since Start of Operation Epic Fury —Iranian Strike on US Embassy Caused More Damage Than Disclosed

Trump made this proposal while back, but it's clearer now how the US is going to pay for it. Cuts in social spending and ever increasing deficits. How long can this go on without collapse?

@shazcodes This is not surprising within the capitalist system of private enterprise. Most of us sign an "at-will" employment contract. That doesn't make it right, but it does make the above situation inevitable—any kind of naivete around this basic feature of the private workplace is fatal

Just got off a call with a friend who got laid off from Oracle yesterday. His package was 48 LPA. Principal Software Engineer. 14 years at Oracle. He shifted his aging parents to live with him in Bangalore last year. Took a bigger house on rent. 85k per month. Two weeks ago, his VP gave him a spot bonus for exceptional leadership. Yesterday morning. No call. No warning. Just an automated HR email. He has two kids. One in college. One preparing for JEE next year. He didn't cry. He just sat silent for 5 minutes. Then said What do I tell my father? 14 years of loyalty. 48 LPA to zero in one email. And they still put People First in their job postings. Hypocrites.

@s_m_marandi The US murdered 170+ schoolgirls on the first day of the war to stop them from being recruited. /s

Their fake news smells of desperation.

Another "might as well be a Chomsky quote" quote.

WSJ adamant that F-15Es doing everything over Iran except committing war crimes. E is for explicit.

@Nostre_damus Can barely keep up..."Abu Dhabi Halts Operations at Gas Facility"

Emergency meeting at the White House Buckle up

The news keeps trickling in. 😯

@sissenberg @nytimes The ironic part is that North American Treaty Organization is not that far from the truth. No US, no NATO. NATO is a global intervention force under US command. The rest are vassal states.

Does the @nytimes know what NATO stands for?

@Aunindyo2023 "Keep your friends close, but your enemies closer."

It has always been a mystery to me as to why people in the global south read The Economist. What kind of deep seated inferiority complex can make one feel elevated by digesting the bilge produced by that imperialist rag?

@citrinowicz You could just as well say, "The United States regime has become more ideologically rigid, more internally fragmented, and less capable of producing coherent, unified decision-making." Why insist in framing the US as a rational actor that doesn't resort to force unilaterally?

The Iranian regime has become more ideologically rigid, more internally fragmented, and less capable of producing coherent, unified decision-making. These structural characteristics significantly complicate any negotiating framework with Tehran. When coupled with Iran’s growing perception of strategic gains, the likelihood of securing a durable and enforceable agreement is exceedingly low. This is, in part, a consequence of policy that sought to weaken or destabilize the regime while simultaneously attempting engagement. The removal of key figures who once functioned as central nodes of authority has further diffused decision-making, making it harder to identify reliable counterparts or ensure compliance. Under these conditions, U.S. policymakers, particularly under the Trump administration, face two highly unfavorable strategic options. The first is to sustain a protracted conflict with no clear end-state, imposing significant economic and security costs on the international system while offering no guarantee of regime capitulation. The second is to move toward a unilateral de-escalation, potentially anchored in limited understandings around critical chokepoints such as the Strait of Hormuz, or to disengage altogether, accepting the risks associated with an emboldened Iran. This further underscores that what has taken place in Iran is not regime moderation, but regime transformation, one that has made it more radical, not less. Iran today is more ideologically entrenched and strategically assertive than in the past. Iran is not Venezuela. Any policy framework that draws parallels between the two reflects a fundamental misunderstanding of the nature of the Iranian regime, its ideological foundations, its regional posture, and its strategic calculus. Policymakers who continue to operate under such assumptions risk misreading both Iran’s intentions and its thresholds, leading to flawed policy design and ineffective outcomes. Neither option offers a clear pathway to achieving long-term U.S. strategic objectives in the region. #IranWar‌

@thesiriusreport Are there any skilled diplomats left in this US administration to hold serious negotiations? This dearth of diplomatic skills by itself indicates how unlikely a permanent settlement is.

Well what a surprise: Iran has rejected all U.S. demands, and is refusing to meet with American officials in Islamabad.

@MarkSeddon1962 "Running dogs of imperialism" explanation usually works in understanding these kinds of inane utterances.

You almost have to marvel at the fact that Cooper never stoops to criticise the 'recklessness' of the US and Israel in attacking Iran. Nor the fact that Trump has threatened: Canada, Greenland & Mexico and is recklessly strangling Cuba. Pathetic.

“The investment thesis gets stronger as [the war] goes along,” said Dan Pickering, founder of Pickering Energy Partners, a financial firm. “If the U.S. just leaves, Iran is in charge of the strait. They can turn it off whenever they want.” ~WSJ

Source: (On Hegemony or Survival, Noam Chomsky, Delivered at Illinois State University, October 7, 2003) chomsky.info/20031007/

The invasion of Iraq was understood correctly to be a test case, a demonstration case of the doctrine that the U.S. government arrogates to itself the right to attack any country it wants without credible pretext or without any international authorization. (2/2)

[The declaration of the National Securities Strategy in September, 2002] announced very clearly and explicitly that the United States, at least [the Bush II] administration, intends to dominate the world permanently, if necessary, through the use of force. (1/2)

@MyDinnerWAndrei @policytensor SOH cannot be opened by force. What Trump essentially said in his April 1st ramble is that nations have to negotiate with Iran to pass. For the next several weeks, the US wounded beast intends to heap death and destruction on Iran out of revenge—nihilistic and barbaric.

@chomsky_quotes @policytensor def not the modal outcome in case of unilateral us withdrawal is codified iran control over soh, and europe and asia simply making deals with iran to traverse it, probably in yuan which is why the us will not withdraw

I doubt Zarif is anywhere close to the center of elite opinion in Tehran. Instead, they're thinking: — Never let go of the Hormuz weapon — Impose the toll booth — Get the bomb — Rebuilt the missile arsenal — Petroyuan standard

@SusaHatchRedux @policytensor Asking the toughest questions 😅 — No one knows when it turns.

@chomsky_quotes @policytensor True, they might, but at the moment, they're fully on board w/ ISR's goal of destroying Iran because they believe the US can win. At what point do they realize this is a lost cause, if it is a lost cause? x.com/infopank/statu… x.com/overton_news/s…