> I think that Chomsky
> wants to please his liberal left audience and sells his radical comrades
> short with these waffling positions. It's like Chomsky wants to be
> respected by the mainstream and is uncomfortable with radicals. Given
> his fame and appreciation around the world, I just don't understand why
> Chomsky isn't more outspokenly radical.
Isn't it possible he just doesn't share the radical left's views on everything? I don't always agree with him either, but I don't see any reason to accuse him of pandering to the mainstream.