[lbo-talk] more on lunatic state

[Mark Bennett]

I don't know where Finkelstein may have found the particulars relating to
his statement, but Chomsky has been employing this trope for decades, t
claiming that the U.S. has cultivated an unpredictable, "madman" image to
unnerve its enemies.  I don't have a specific source at hand, but I'm sure
that it can be found in virtually any of Noam's many volumes.

On Mon, Jun 7, 2010 at 6:27 PM, Dennis Claxton <ddclaxton at earthlink.net>wrote:


> I just watched the Finkelstein RT interview and don't know if this has come
> up here but he appears to be taking the term "lunatic state" from Israeli
> policymakers themselves.  Does anyone know where he got this?
>
> http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=128748&sectionid=3510302
>
> [...]
>
> Of course, Israel in part wants to convey the fact that it is out of
> control. For example after the Gaza massacre, several Israeli officials said
> that the reason they carried on the way they did in Gaza was because they
> wanted to show that they are capable of acting like a mad dog and capable of
> acting like a lunatic state. But the question now is... are they only
> "acting" like a mad dog and a lunatic or have they really "become" a
> lunatic?
>
> [...]
>
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