I was wondering when we'd here from him ("where's Chomsky when we need him?" http://mailman.lbo-talk.org/pipermail/lbo-talk/Week-of-Mon-20110502/005312.html), as I suspected what I was saying about the prime importance of the violation of international law would be similar to his view. Turns out, it was even more so than I anticipated. The very first line from Chomsky was: "It’s increasingly clear that the operation was a planned assassination, multiply violating elementary norms of international law." Likewise his views on the impact of the assassination on anger at US in Asia and the Muslim world...
Not sure how anyone could pretend otherwise.
Once again, he is right on the money and always is a pleasure to read.
On Sat, May 7, 2011 at 6:58 PM, Joanne Landy <joanne.landy at igc.org> wrote:
> Noam Chomsky: My Reaction to Osama bin Laden’s Death
> May 6, 2011
>
> It’s increasingly clear that the operation was a planned assassination,
> multiply violating elementary norms of international law. There appears
> to have been no attempt to apprehend the unarmed victim, as presumably
> could have been done by 80 commandos facing virtually no
> opposition—except, they claim, from his wife, who lunged towards them.
> In societies that profess some respect for law, suspects are apprehended
> and brought to fair trial.
[...]
> Less is said
> about Pakistani anger that the U.S. invaded their territory to carry out
> a political assassination. Anti-American fervor is already very high in
> Pakistan, and these events are likely to exacerbate it. The decision to
> dump the body at sea is already, predictably, provoking both anger and
> skepticism in much of the Muslim world.
-- Peter Fay http://theclearview.wordpress.com