One Year Ago Today
classic chomsky
from the boston review a generation ago on humanitarian intervention,
also known as freedom bombs or liberty slaughter. chomsky's always a
properly well-considered and acerbic take on this issue. it's not new,
and it's not going away. one of the not-discussed facets to this latest
round of glorious freedom bombing is that if the u.s. doesn't do it, it
doesn't get done. nobody else _can_ do this; only the u.s. can project
force to any spot on the globe. britain and france may have aircraft
carriers and submarines, but they're strictly little league. the arab
league is t-ball. when there's bombing to be done in a far away land,
either the u.s. does the bulk of it, or it aint happening.
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