[Vision2020] I'm Waiting, Dave! Re:Chomsky Quote

[Tbertruss at aol.com]

Dave et. al.

Thanks for replying.  

The Chomsky quote you tried to mud-sling, with no evidence presented, does 
not exist, according to Noam Chomsky, with whom I have been in direct 
correspondence.  You can quit looking.

There is such an abundance of scathing attacks against Chomsky that are full 
of half truths and exaggerations and out of context references to his 
statements that someone could write a tome just criticizing all the criticisms.

All scholars make mistakes, regardless of their ideology.  But Chomsky is one 
of the most careful and thorough researchers and writers I have ever read.  
However, he has worked at exposing and analyzing facts that many in very 
powerful positions, both in government and the private sector, do not appreciate 
being exposed.  Thus the deliberate and systematic attempt to discredit his work 
and person with less than scholarly tactics.  Like plastering him with a nasty 
connection to a brutal dictator like Pol Pot.

Today on NPR, Philip Short, who wrote "Pol Pot: Anatomy of a Nightmare," was 
interviewed.  According to Short, the US backed Pol Pot in a resistance effort 
after the Vietnamese invaded and removed him from power, playing the usual 
cold war covert games.  During this period, 100,000 more were killed, and many 
of the land mines that now continue to kill and maim were laid, funded in part 
by US sources.

Dave, maybe you could investigate US government policy regarding Pol Pot to 
find "scary" personalities who really endorsed and funded Pol Pot, rather than 
attacking an MIT scholar, and one of the greatest geniuses of the last 
century, for statements he never made.

Ted Moffett
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