Alterman on Chomsky

[Brad DeLong]

>Noam isn't perfect. Gosh, what a revelation. But the main reason 
>people dredge up his imperfections is to discredit him (meaning his 
>critique of U.S. imperialism). There's no other good reason to harp 
>on what he did or said about Faurisson or the Khmer Rouge. As 
>Christopher Hitchens himself once argued (and quite well).
>
>Doug

And what he said in the mid-1990s about the pivotal geostrategic 
position held by the Bosnian Muslims? And the claim in the fall of 
2001 "'Western Civilization' was basing its plans on the assumption 
that they might lead to the death of several million innocent 
civilians"? And the claim that the Taliban forces displayed 
"astonishing endurance" in their fight against the U.S., its allies, 
and the Northern Alliance?

Brad DeLong