Comments by "L.W. Paradis" (@l.w.paradis2108) on "Chomsky on the 'joke' of 'Russian interference' and the savagery of US sanctions" video.

  1.  @Vitez-sd2kc  "Death to the fascists, freedom for the people."
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  2. Do American presidents see souls? That is so funny.
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  3.  @jedgrahek1426  The real crime was all the cities with ANTI-Milosevic governments in place that got bombed with depleted uranium. This was widely reported at the time, other NATO countries' peoples were appalled and had anti-war movements, but not the US. All of Montenegro was anti-Milosevic, refugees were fleeing into Montenegro, not away from it. Still got bombed. Sick.
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  4.  @zacherysellards4275  Yup! ;)
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  5.  @nickmaliha983  Oh, a lot of people do, actually, and did. Noam Chomsky and Tariq Ali come to mind first. Harold Pinter sure did, as did the entire editorial board of Le Monde diplomatique. Oskar Lafontaine, Alain Badiou, Jose Saramago come to mind as well. Danielle Mitterrand had serious qualms about it. The list is long. I think Americans have trouble standing up in these sorts of situations not just because the average affluent person (with a supposedly good education) is not very well educated, but also because the US has a history of savage civil rights abuses and war crimes. Hence Americans are extra afraid of being accused of complicity, every time anything that could possibly smack of complicity in atrocities is concerned. And we do know atrocities were committed in the Balkans, especially by Serb irregulars in Bosnia. Anything that requires nuanced thinking is avoided, for fear of being denounced. So, when affluent Americans get their marching orders, mooing and braying in unison is the norm.
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  6. For some reason, I see part of your response to me in my feed, then when I open the comments in this thread, yours is shadowed.
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  7.  @thesandqueen2559  Oh my goodness. :) :/
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