By Noam Chomsky
"...The factor is whether or not we wish to dwell in a loose society or no matter if we wish to reside less than what quantities to a sort of self-imposed totalitarianism, with the bewildered herd marginalized, directed somewhere else, terrified, screaming patriotic slogans, fearing for his or her lives and admiring with awe the chief who kept them from destruction, whereas the knowledgeable plenty goose-step on command and repeat the slogans they're alleged to repeat and the society deteriorates at domestic. We turn out serving as a mercenary enforcer kingdom, hoping that others are going to pay us to destroy up the world..."
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After all, that's illegal occupation and severe human rights abuses. That's just one case. There are much worse ones. The Indonesian invasion of East Timor knocked off about 200,000 people. They all look minor by that one. That was strongly backed by the United States and is still going on with major United States diplomatic and military support. We can go on and on. THE GULF W A R That tells you how a well-functioning propaganda system works. People can believe that when we use force against Iraq and Kuwait it's because we really observe the principle that illegal occupation and human rights abuses should be met by force.
The most major international terrorism organized yet has been the Kennedy administration's Operation Mongoose, then the things that followed along, against Cuba. There's been nothing remotely comparable to it except perhaps the war against Nicaragua, if you call that terrorism. The World Court classified it as something more like aggression. There's always an ideological offensive that builds up a chimerical monster, then campaigns to have it crushed. You can't go in if they can fight back. That's much too dangerous.
But nobody did it—that's what's important. And nobody bothered to point out the conclusion that follows: No reason was given for going to war. None. No reason was given for going to war that could not be refuted by a literate teenager in about two minutes. That again is the hallmark of a totalitarian culture. It ought to frighten us, that we are so deeply totalitarian that we can be driven to war without any reason being given for it and without anybody noticing Lebanon's request or caring. It's a very striking fact.
