Take Germany and Japan, both defeated in the Second World War. Germany has acknowledged its monstrous crimes to a certain extent, has paid reparations and so on. Japan, in contrast, apologizes for nothing and has paid no reparations, with one exception: It pays reparations to the United States, but not to Asia.
Noam ChomskyBoards of directors are allowed to work together, so are banks and investors and corporations in alliances with one another and with powerful states. Thatโs just fine. Itโs just the poor who arenโt supposed to cooperate.
Noam ChomskyA number of analysts have observed that although bin Laden was finally killed, he won some major successes in his war against the U.S.
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