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“Also in the background is a long-standing US hatred of the European social system, which provides decent wages, working conditions, and benefits. The United States doesn't want that model to exist, because it is a dangerous one. People may get funny ideas.”
― David Barsamian, Imperial Ambitions: Conversations on the Post-9/11 World

tags: noam-chomsky

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“Reagan was an incredible coward. Somebody who could believe that an air base in Grenada could be used to attack the United States does not even reach the level of a laughingstock.”
― David Barsamian, Imperial Ambitions: Conversations on the Post-9/11 World

tags: noam-chomsky

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“President Kennedy was trying to organize the hemisphere to support his terrorist attacks against Cuba, which were very severe. ... the Mexican Ambassador said, "If we publicly declare that Cuba is a threat to our security, forty million Mexicans will die laughing.”
― David Barsamian, Imperial Ambitions: Conversations on the Post-9/11 World

tags: noam-chomsky

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“To a large extent, that's the way empires work. Internal class war is a significant element of empire.”
― David Barsamian, Imperial Ambitions: Conversations on the Post-9/11 World

tags: noam-chomsky

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“The embedded journalists are talking about the suffering of the marines, who are so hot and are being fired on all the time.”
― David Barsamian, Imperial Ambitions: Conversations on the Post-9/11 World

tags: noam-chomsky

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