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Noam Chomsky Linguist, Philosopher, Activist
Military

"If you look at the Associated Press wires, there's a constant flow of information coming in. At that time I happened to have direct access to AP wires. The day the marines landed in Haiti and restored [ Jan Bètran] Aristide there was a lot of excitement about the dedication to democracy and so on. But the day before the marines landed, when every journalist was looking at Haiti because it was assumed that something big was happening, the AP wires reported that then [Bill] Clinton administration had authorized Texaco to ship oil illegally to the military junta."

Military Marine Dedication
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Noam Chomsky Linguist, Philosopher, Activist
Military

"It turned out that [Bill] Clinton had authorized Texaco to illegally ship oil to the military junta [in Haiti] during a time when we were supposedly opposing the military junta and supporting democracy instead."

Military Democracy Oil
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Noam Chomsky Linguist, Philosopher, Activist
Military

"[With] military threats, you can see them actually, you can imagine it. People don't think about it enough. But if you think about it for a minute, you can see that a nuclear attack could be the end of everything."

People Thinking Military
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Noam Chomsky Linguist, Philosopher, Activist
Military

"Any incident could instantly blow up. Both sides [USA and Russia] are modernizing and increasing their military systems, including nuclear systems."

Military Blow Russia
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Noam Chomsky Linguist, Philosopher, Activist
Military

"South America has virtually broken away in the last decade. That's an event of historic significance. South America just doesn't follow US orders. In fact there isn't a single US military base left there."

America Order Military
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Noam Chomsky Linguist, Philosopher, Activist
Military

"There are leaks from the Embassy in Honduras. There was a coup in 2009. Obama broke with most of Latin America and even Europe and supported the military coup, still does. The ambassador in Honduras sent back a detailed analysis saying the coup was military, illegal, unconstitutional, and that the legitimate president was thrown out. Okay, we now know that Washington was perfectly aware of that and decided to support the military coup anyway. We should have known that at the time. The government has no right to keep that information secret."

Military Should Have Latin
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Noam Chomsky Linguist, Philosopher, Activist
Military

"Similar problems are arising in Egypt too. The question is whether the military will release its grip which has been extremely strong for the past 60 years. So this is happening all over the region and particularly strikingly in Pakistan."

Past Strong Military
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Noam Chomsky Linguist, Philosopher, Activist
Military

"The leading, the most respected Vietnam historian, military historian Bernard Fall -he was a hawk incidentally, but he cared for the Vietnamese - he said it wasn't clear to him whether Vietnam could survive as a historical and cultural entity under the most massive attack that any region that size had ever suffered. He was talking about South Vietnam, incidentally."

Fall Talking Military
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Noam Chomsky Linguist, Philosopher, Activist
Military

"On the other hand, you have to balance that against expanding our nuclear forces, add to our so-called depleted military, which is already more powerful than the rest of the world combined; attack in Syria, send forces to Syria, start bombing. Who knows what could be next?"

Hands Powerful Military
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Noam Chomsky Linguist, Philosopher, Activist
Military

"United States has comparative advantage in military force. It tends to react to anything at first with military force, that's what it's good at. And I think they overdid it. There was more military force than was necessary."

Thinking Military United States
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Noam Chomsky Linguist, Philosopher, Activist
Military

"The United States is alone among all the countries in that it does not permit US military forces to be under any threat. Other countries are willing to have forces in peace-keeping operations where they sometimes are under threat, but the US is not willing to do that."

Country Military United States
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Military

"In view of the result of attained at the Washington Treaty which, my advisors believe, guarantee peace in the Pacific for some time to come, it is proposed to reduce the establishment of the navy and army, and postpone the expansion of the air force."

Believe Military Army
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Fred Thompson Politician
Military

"The Air Force is pulling nine cargo aircraft from military operations to support President Obama's stepped-up visits to campaign events. Good, now he can carry his entire ego with him on the trail."

Military Air Support
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Fred Thompson Politician
Military

"Cyberspace is the battlefield of tomorrow... Instead of confronting us head-to-head on the traditional battlefield, adversaries will confront the U.S. at its point of least resistance- our information infrastructure."

Military Information Cyberspace
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Nolan Gould Actor
Military

"My dad was in the military. It was difficult sometimes, because he would have to be away a lot, and we would have to move around a lot. Trying to adapt to new schools and new places can be really tough."

Moving Military Dad
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Mark Kennedy Politician
Military

"This enemy of peace in the world today is unlike any we have seen in the past, and our military is learning from, and building on, previous successes while carrying peace and freedom into the future."

Military Peace Learning
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Lewis Black Comedian, Actor, Author
Military

"The kids say golf taught them this and that. I get it with the military: A guy joins the military because he needs discipline and has to find himself. But don't tell me, 'Golf helps you find yourself.' I've been playing my whole life, and I'm still looking for myself."

Kids Military Golf
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Henry Rollins Musician, Writer, Actor
Military

"In America, quite often, for people from a certain economic position two choices become very evident as to their adult life. One is crime, one is the military. And it is quite often that some people choose one or the other, their options not being as many as someone from a higher income."

Two America Military
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Henry Rollins Musician, Writer, Actor
Military

"It's hard for me to sympathize with a young person who chooses to go into the military because they know where they're going. I think we need to start depopulating the military."

Thinking Needs Military
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Khaled Mashal Political Leader
Military

"We target the Israeli occupation, not civilians. We are defending ourselves with the simple military means that we have at our disposal. We are keen to develop and to get accurate, sophisticated weaponry in order to precisely target Israeli military installations."

Mean Simple Military
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