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I would like to salute to my glorious professor for such a great suggestion: Nobel for Malalai Joya and not Obama! Yes the Nobel Peace Prize Committee might have proved its dignity if it has awarded the prize to the bravest woman in Afghanistan.
However, it pains me to recall Professor Chomsky’s endorsement of Obama. The Americans and the people of the world over were in dire need to hear a different voice a wise voice that Obama CANNOT and will NOT change the present dominant system in the US. Unfortunately Professr Chomsky could not save himself from sinking in the “popular stream”. Will history record it as one of his strange blunders?
Posted by rose fran on Nov 6, 2009 at 2:16 PM
Obama didn’t deserve the Nobel prize, that’s for sure, even given his return from Cheney/Bush to valuing more rational cooperation as any sane, non-neocon does. However, he’s a neo-LIBERAL, all the way, as orthodox and establishment in his American imperalism and “exceptionalism” as any Democrat has been.
Posted by racetoinfinity on Nov 8, 2009 at 4:10 AM
rose fran, to my knowledge, Chomsky never endorsed Obama; in fact, he did pretty much as you wanted: encouraged realism and so on. Take a look at this from just before the election: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kNpNzDoH1II
So I don’t know where you’re getting your claim from. He was well ahead of the progressive mainstream, who only turned against Obama after a couple of months in office.
Posted by James Nolan on Nov 8, 2009 at 4:16 AM
Iran will not be vaporized during regime change operations. On the contrary, only the Islamist regime will be deposed.
Posted by whatsso4me on Nov 29, 2009 at 7:20 PM
There is surely a reason why someone will be given a Nobel Prize. If Obama was one of them, if probably deserves it.
Posted by Amanda Grey on Dec 7, 2009 at 8:00 AM
Chomsky has said many great things in his lifetime and lot of good stuff in the above article as well; however, stating that India invaded Kashmir is a blatant lie.
You can get a fair understanding of the story that is Kashmir by reading the many books on the topic at the library.
Though you might end up feeling sad and confused about Kashmir, you certainly will not arrive at the conclusion that India invaded Kashmir.
What a pitiful attempt to sneak in a lie by the learned man Chomsky. India, in fact, has never invaded ANY country.
Posted by world citizen on Jan 3, 2010 at 12:47 PM
The Nobel Peace Prize is not all that important in the big scheme of things, regardless of the importance some try to give it, as if it represents the pinnacle of an Olympics-like “world individual peacemaking gold medal”.
How about a few of the notable American leaders who won it in the last century?
Teddy Roosevelt:(1906) For being the “peace broker” between the Japanese and the Russians after their 1904/5 war.
He played the Empire Game for the U.S.-especially with his hand in everything related to the Spanish-American War and the horrible aftermath of our fighting in the Philippines against the native forces when we didn’t give them their freedom-yet he somehow deserved special recognition for controlling how much the Japanese got in East Asia after defeating the Russians.
Woodrow Wilson: (1919) For the League of Nations- Reelected on the campaign promise of keeping the U.S. out of World War I, he set about doing his best to screw up the world in Versailles and with a League of Nations that even our own Senate wouldn’t ratify, and with good reason.
Frank Kellogg in 1929 for the Kellogg-Briand Pact: Yeah, let’s try to outlaw war. That’ll work.
Henry Kissinger in 1973 for bringing so-called peace with honor in Indochina. Three decades of American failures in Indochina culminating in a special international award for one of those who facilitated the later years of death and destruction in that part of the world. Yeah, a well-deserved prize, Mr. Kissinger.
Posted by patrick hattman on Jan 5, 2010 at 1:01 PM
I agree with world citizen. Chomsky does not speak the truth when he said that India invaded Kashmir. It either shows his ignorance or is a blatant attempt to appease Pakistan.
KP Road
Posted by kproad on Jan 10, 2010 at 7:40 PM
In this post Chomsky says “Iran hasn
Posted by Augusto Pinochet on Jan 11, 2010 at 6:36 AM
Professor Chomsky,,, how often do you base your judgments on the biased media information?
It is embarrassing to know that your nominee for the noble prize is Malalai Joya…how come? Because she survived Russian invasion, the Jihad and the Taliban? Everyone did it in Afghanistan. If your reasons are so, why not the Afghan population as a whole, but Malalai Joya alone? Just because she curses the warlords and gets money and protection and popularity in return?
Apart from this, lets research together what has Malalai Joya done for the Afghan women? Nothing that you would compare it with what most Afghan women have done , i believe. Talking the language of human rights is fasionable especially if you hear it from some countries like Afghanistan, but talk to Malalai and you will know that she is just the words she has learnt to speak to the western media. Apart from this, she has done nothing that some serious person would regard that as a service to humankind.
I am afraid that people in the west have only heard that there is a woman who dares to be ‘human rights activist’ in ‘Afghanistan’. I should inform that there are many and they all struggle for their rights. The fact that their names are not printed on western journals does not mean that they do not exist.
this does not mean that Obama deserves the prize by all criteria, but he certainly does it if our nominee is Malalai Joya.
Posted by thinking man on Jan 26, 2010 at 4:32 AM
Thank you Dear Prof. Chomsky for nominating Malalai Joya for the Nobel. She is such a great and courageous Afghan woman. Unfortunately we can’t see any other such woman in Afghanistan. She puts her life in big danger to expose the crimes and brutality of the warlords and the US puppet regime.
Joya is not a fissionable “human rights activist” but she fights for a great cause and tries to inform the world about the drama of “war on terror” in Afghanistan.
“Thinking man” is right that “there are many and they struggle for their rights”, but Joya is unique person in Afghanistan and she is truly called “the bravest Afghan woman”, she does not only “struggle for her rights”, but for the rights of millions of voice-less Afghan people and today she is a voice of true democracy in Afghanistan tears apart the nature of the US donated fake and bloody democracy, which is supported by some US-sponsored men and women in Afghanistan.
There are other Afghan women portrayed by Western media as champions of democracy, some of them are received in the white house and even one was awarded the “courage award” by the State Department of the US, but we in Afghanistan know well that Joya’s courage and fight for justice is extra-ordinary, but she as stands against the US occupation and its wrong-doings, she is never received warmly by US officials and mainstream media.
We are proud of Joya, she is a shining side of humanity. She deserves any award.
Thanks again for your exact pick.
Posted by Peace_lover on Feb 13, 2010 at 5:07 PM
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I would like to salute to my glorious professor for such a great suggestion: Nobel for Malalai Joya and not Obama! Yes the Nobel Peace Prize Committee might have proved its dignity if it has awarded the prize to the bravest woman in Afghanistan.
However, it pains me to recall Professor Chomsky’s endorsement of Obama. The Americans and the people of the world over were in dire need to hear a different voice a wise voice that Obama CANNOT and will NOT change the present dominant system in the US. Unfortunately Professr Chomsky could not save himself from sinking in the “popular stream”. Will history record it as one of his strange blunders?
Obama didn’t deserve the Nobel prize, that’s for sure, even given his return from Cheney/Bush to valuing more rational cooperation as any sane, non-neocon does. However, he’s a neo-LIBERAL, all the way, as orthodox and establishment in his American imperalism and “exceptionalism” as any Democrat has been.
rose fran, to my knowledge, Chomsky never endorsed Obama; in fact, he did pretty much as you wanted: encouraged realism and so on. Take a look at this from just before the election: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kNpNzDoH1II
So I don’t know where you’re getting your claim from. He was well ahead of the progressive mainstream, who only turned against Obama after a couple of months in office.
Iran will not be vaporized during regime change operations. On the contrary, only the Islamist regime will be deposed.
There is surely a reason why someone will be given a Nobel Prize. If Obama was one of them, if probably deserves it.
Chomsky has said many great things in his lifetime and lot of good stuff in the above article as well; however, stating that India invaded Kashmir is a blatant lie.
You can get a fair understanding of the story that is Kashmir by reading the many books on the topic at the library.
Though you might end up feeling sad and confused about Kashmir, you certainly will not arrive at the conclusion that India invaded Kashmir.
What a pitiful attempt to sneak in a lie by the learned man Chomsky. India, in fact, has never invaded ANY country.
The Nobel Peace Prize is not all that important in the big scheme of things, regardless of the importance some try to give it, as if it represents the pinnacle of an Olympics-like “world individual peacemaking gold medal”.
How about a few of the notable American leaders who won it in the last century?
Teddy Roosevelt:(1906) For being the “peace broker” between the Japanese and the Russians after their 1904/5 war.
He played the Empire Game for the U.S.-especially with his hand in everything related to the Spanish-American War and the horrible aftermath of our fighting in the Philippines against the native forces when we didn’t give them their freedom-yet he somehow deserved special recognition for controlling how much the Japanese got in East Asia after defeating the Russians.
Woodrow Wilson: (1919) For the League of Nations- Reelected on the campaign promise of keeping the U.S. out of World War I, he set about doing his best to screw up the world in Versailles and with a League of Nations that even our own Senate wouldn’t ratify, and with good reason.
Frank Kellogg in 1929 for the Kellogg-Briand Pact: Yeah, let’s try to outlaw war. That’ll work.
Henry Kissinger in 1973 for bringing so-called peace with honor in Indochina. Three decades of American failures in Indochina culminating in a special international award for one of those who facilitated the later years of death and destruction in that part of the world. Yeah, a well-deserved prize, Mr. Kissinger.
I agree with world citizen. Chomsky does not speak the truth when he said that India invaded Kashmir. It either shows his ignorance or is a blatant attempt to appease Pakistan.
KP Road
In this post Chomsky says “Iran hasn
Professor Chomsky,,, how often do you base your judgments on the biased media information?
It is embarrassing to know that your nominee for the noble prize is Malalai Joya…how come? Because she survived Russian invasion, the Jihad and the Taliban? Everyone did it in Afghanistan. If your reasons are so, why not the Afghan population as a whole, but Malalai Joya alone? Just because she curses the warlords and gets money and protection and popularity in return?
Apart from this, lets research together what has Malalai Joya done for the Afghan women? Nothing that you would compare it with what most Afghan women have done , i believe. Talking the language of human rights is fasionable especially if you hear it from some countries like Afghanistan, but talk to Malalai and you will know that she is just the words she has learnt to speak to the western media. Apart from this, she has done nothing that some serious person would regard that as a service to humankind.
I am afraid that people in the west have only heard that there is a woman who dares to be ‘human rights activist’ in ‘Afghanistan’. I should inform that there are many and they all struggle for their rights. The fact that their names are not printed on western journals does not mean that they do not exist.
this does not mean that Obama deserves the prize by all criteria, but he certainly does it if our nominee is Malalai Joya.
Thank you Dear Prof. Chomsky for nominating Malalai Joya for the Nobel. She is such a great and courageous Afghan woman. Unfortunately we can’t see any other such woman in Afghanistan. She puts her life in big danger to expose the crimes and brutality of the warlords and the US puppet regime.
Joya is not a fissionable “human rights activist” but she fights for a great cause and tries to inform the world about the drama of “war on terror” in Afghanistan.
“Thinking man” is right that “there are many and they struggle for their rights”, but Joya is unique person in Afghanistan and she is truly called “the bravest Afghan woman”, she does not only “struggle for her rights”, but for the rights of millions of voice-less Afghan people and today she is a voice of true democracy in Afghanistan tears apart the nature of the US donated fake and bloody democracy, which is supported by some US-sponsored men and women in Afghanistan.
There are other Afghan women portrayed by Western media as champions of democracy, some of them are received in the white house and even one was awarded the “courage award” by the State Department of the US, but we in Afghanistan know well that Joya’s courage and fight for justice is extra-ordinary, but she as stands against the US occupation and its wrong-doings, she is never received warmly by US officials and mainstream media.
We are proud of Joya, she is a shining side of humanity. She deserves any award.
Thanks again for your exact pick.
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