noam chomsky supports children in miiltary too i understand

[DoreneFC at aol.com]

In a message dated 2/11/2003 11:37:24 AM Pacific Standard Time, 
philion at hawaii.edu writes:
> 
> --actually, Noam Chomsky made a speech in Pakistan this year in which he
> defended the use of children as soldiers in a socialist state, said it is
> actually one of the central goals of a liberated state. He said that
> children should be used by adults for the state's military ends.  I
> understand that Aijaz Ahmad was by his side nodding his head in approval.
> 
> Steve
> 

Ah geeeees! How about a url or two reporting on this speech at least? This 
sounds so patently inflammatory and, speaking plainly, stupid that I at least 
want to double and triple check that it was actually said before I run amuck 
all over Chomsky.

If he actually said it, I would find it humorous that he at least agrees with 
the US government in one respect.  The US Government is unwilling to sign 
onto conventions outlawing child soldiers because they want to continue their 
practice of recruiting 17-year-olds into the supposedly "volunteer" military. 
So both Chomksy and the USG support the right of some state forms, theirs, to 
involve child soldiers. 

That would be one reason I love to listen to Chomsky describe what's wrong 
with the world, but I find him much less that either sensible or inspiring 
about what to do about the the problems he enumerates.

DoreneC
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