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Noam Chomsky: U.S. Might Face "Ultimate Nightmare"
in Middle East Where Shiites Control Most of World's Oil
Noam Chomsky: U.S. Might Face "Ultimate Nightmare"
in Middle East Where Shiites Control Most of World's Oil
One of the country's leading dissidents, MIT Professor Noam
Chomsky, gives a major new address on the Iraq war, the re-election
of President Bush and imperialism. On Iraq's elections, Chomsky
predicts what a Shiite-controlled Iraq may look like: "The
first thing they'll do is reestablish relations with Iran...The
next thing that might happen is that a Shiite-controlled,
more or less democratic Iraq might stir up feelings in the
Shiite areas of Saudi Arabia, which happen to be right nearby
and which happen to be where all the oil is. So you might
find what in Washington must be the ultimate nightmare-a Shiite
region which controls most of the world's oil and is independent."
In her first major foreign policy address as Secretray of
State, Condoleezza Rice called for a new chapter in transatlantic
relations to repair a growing rift with Europe over the Iraq
war. Rice deliberatedly chose to deliver the address in France,
one of the most vocal opponents of the Iraq invasion Speaking
at the renowned Paris university Science Politique, Rice continued
President Bush's inaugural and State of the Union themes of
spreading freedom and democracy around the world.
- Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice speaking at the Sciences
Politiques University
Two weeks earlier, another leading figure in American politics
gave his first major speech of President Bush's second term:
and that is Noam Chomsky. A professor of linguistics at the
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Chomsky is the author
of "Hegemony or Survival: America's Quest For Global
Dominance", "9-11", "Power and Terror"
and dozens of other books. He is regarded as one of the leading
dissidents and scholars in the United States. On January 26th,
he spoke at a forum sponsored by the Lannan Foundation in
Santa Fe, New Mexico. The forum was held to celebrate the
25th anniversary of the International Relations Center, of
which Chomsky is a board member. Today we spend the hour hearing
his address. He spoke about imperialism, the elections in
Iraq and much more. This is Noam Chomsky.
- MIT professor Noam Chomsky speaking in Santa Fe, New
Mexico on January 26.
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