Chomsky free to air his tired bias
Who saved the democratic world from:
(a) Stalin's aggression in the Berlin Blockade of 1948;
(b) Mao's and Stalin's aggression in 1950 in Korea;
(c) Serb aggression in both Bosnia and Kosovo, when Europe stood idly by;
(d) Saddam's invasion of Kuwait in 1991?
In 1917-'18, who came to the aid of Europe against the aggression of the Kaiser and, from 1941-'45, Hitler?
Who was crucial to ending the Provo war against the Irish people? I remember being beside US Ambassador Jean Kennedy-Smith at the head of the massive 'Give us back our peace' march in Dublin when the Provos broke their first ceasefire in February, 1996, with their Canary Wharf double murder.
When wealthy Arab oil states were invisible, who sent supplies and aircraft to aid tsunami-torn Islamic people, or Kashmir earthquake victims? Where was the first flight? Who put the first man on the moon? Who gave us GPS satellite positioning and the internet? And how many Irish jobs did Chomsky tell us come from US investment, apart even from Intel?
And is it only 50 million Irish-Americans we gave to that great land?
The possibly terminal sickness of 'Old Europe' unlike the vibrant 'New Europe' to the east is evident among those in Ireland who cheer Chomsky's selective bias, supercilious sneer, and lack of positive alternative.
And who ousted both the savage and misogynistic Taliban and the Butcher of Baghdad, the only ruler in history, apart from Hitler, to have gassed his own people?
Maybe Chomsky will kindly tell us which Irish parties best reflect his tired bias, as I want to be sure I don't vote for such appeasers or fellow-travellers of Osama Bin Laden.
Does anyone on the Irish 'left' stand comparison with freedom-fighters like Tony Blair, or US Senator Joe Lieberman? It really is not difficult unless you swallow the infallibility of Pope Chomsky.
Tom Carew
Ranelagh
Dublin 6
