If something is right (or wrong) for us, itโs right (or wrong) for others. It follows that if itโs wrong for Cuba, Nicaragua, Haiti, and a long list of others to bomb Washington and New York, then itโs wrong for Rumsfeld to bomb Afghanistan (on much flimsier pretexts), and he should be brought before war crimes trials.
Noam ChomskyIn the Munich agreement in late 1938 [Franklin] Roosevelt sent his chief adviser Sumner Welles, who came back with a very supportive statement saying that Hitler was someone we could really do business with and so on.
Noam ChomskyClinton, Kennedy, they all carried out mass murder, but they didn't think that that was what they were doing - nor does Bush. You know, they were defending justice and democracy from greater evils.
Noam ChomskyThereโs no more morality in world affairs, fundamentally, than there was at the time of Genghis Khan.
Noam Chomsky