Shock And Yawn

[Peter K.]

>>Silent Genocide
>>
>>Well we could easily go on ... but all of that ... first of all indicates
>>to us what's happening. Looks like what's happening is some sort of
>>silent genocide. It also gives a good deal of insight into the elite
>>culture, the culture that we are part of. It indicates that
>>whatever, what will happen we don't know, but plans are being made
>>and programs implemented on the assumption that they may lead to the
>>death of several million people in the next few months.

Genocide is a loaded term and in the last
sentence here he says "plans are being made
and programs implemented on the assumption
that they may lead to the death of several million
people in the next few months."

Again: he was accusing the government of planning genocide.
The most likely explanation of why it didn't happen is that
they weren't making plans and implementing programs
for a silent genocide. Seeing as how they trounced the Taliban,
if they had wanted a silent genocide they would have gotten one.
The Secretary of State of a Republican administration and former
cold warrior just admited that the September 11, 1973, US backing
of the coup in Chile was an error and that the US isn't proud of it. Surely
Chomsky can admit a mistaken analysis.

Peter