New War on Terrorism

Artist: Noam Chomsky Label: Alternative Tentacle Category: Music Average customer rating: Media: Audio CD Number Of Discs: 1 UPC: 721616029321 EAN: 0721616029321 ASIN: B00006NSH0 Release Date: 2002-11-19

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Tracks:

1. Assumptions, Questions and Goals
2. Afghanistan
3. Attacks On The US
4. Attacks By The West
5. Terrorism And The War On Nicaragua
6. Terrorism Works
7. Freedom Fighters And Terrorists
8. CIA And Terrorism
9. Turning Against The Master
10. Why Do They Hate Us?
11. Combatting Terror
12. International Relations And The Credibility Factor
13. Sensible Solutions
14. Reducing Terror, Enduring Freedom

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Customer Reviews:

Once more from the top.......2004-03-23

As usual: intelligent.......2004-01-16

Dr. Chomsky does just that. He starts with admitting the severity of 9/11. Surely there are some Chomsky critics who'll say that he defends those responsible for 9/11. Nonsense. His underlying premise is that the event was perhaps the worst instant crime outside of war EVER. (He stresses later the word "instant." There are countless other examples of longer term and more devestating terrorist actions. The only example on which he elaborates is the US campaign that destroyed Nicaragua, perhaps beyond repair.)

He attempts to define terrorism, that is something done against US, whoever "US" may be. His example of that "logic" is among the worst mass murderers in history, the Nazis. They weren't terrorists. They were defending their charge from the terrorism of the partisans.

A portion of his presentation that borders on humorous is that, even after a prima facie case that bin Laden was responsible for 9/11, all they had was a prima facie case. He declares that they could probably have done better without intelligence agencies! What's more, what these agencies were looking for should have ben easy to find. After all, the CIA trained bin Laden and various other killers during the Soviet's Afghanistan campain!

It's almost hard not to go on here as this is such a valuable analysis. But I'll finish with Chomsky's important act, of asking why 9/11 and similar acts occur. Conventional wisdom--even that proclaimed confidently by ostensibly left-leaning columnists, is that Al Quaeda and similar groups resent us because we're just the height of liberty, democracy...you know, the type of stuff you'd find in grade school American history texts. But the facts show particularly that there are US troops right by Islam's holiest grounds. That encouraged me to consider how the US would have reacted if Soviet troops had encamped in, say, the Vatican, or Canterbury.

This is an important presentation to get people to think beyond the "norm" which is hopelessly shallow and encourages more jingoist flag waving--and hatred from the rest of the world.

Chomsky's history puts "War On Terrorism" in perspective.......2003-02-18

Music CD:

1. Uncensored ~ Redd Foxx
2. Show Me the Buffet ~ John Pinette
3. Ol' Blue Balls Is Back ~ Red Peters
4. Great Moments of the 20th Century ~ Various Artists
5. Greatest Fables ~ Dickie Goodman
6. Live From Hell ~ Sam Kinison
7. Don't Hold Nothing Back ~ Jay Hickman
8. Voobaha ~ Barnes & Barnes
9. The New York Yankees - Vol. 2-Greatest Hits ~ Various Artists
10. Bulldyke in a Chinashop ~ Lea DeLari

Music CD

Music CD

Music CD

Rey De La Luna ~ Passion D'luna

Guitarras Mexicanas De Coleccion ~ Bohemios De La Guitarra

New War on Terrorism ~ Noam Chomsky

Songs of Home

Mozart: Le Nozze Di Figaro, KV.492

Quiet Fire ~ Roberta Flack

Reunion '95 ~ Little Joe

Tribute to Ray Holman: Steelbands of Trinidad and Tobago ~ Various Artists

Now ~ OBK

Mi Vida Es... Cantar!, Vol. 9 ~ Celia Cruz, Estrellas de la Sonora Matancera