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Seventy Years Ago Today

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In a recent interview, Noam Chomsky pointed out that Japan had far more reason to attack the United States in 1941 than the United States had to attack Iraq or Afghanistan, and if Americans applied the same standards to America that we apply to foreign nations when it comes to foreign threats justifying wars, we could not consider the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor an Evil.

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USS West Virginia on December 7, 1941, by Chuck Coker at Flickr Commons

 

I think Professor Chomsky is at his most persuasive when he turns common misconceptions upside down like this. I don't celebrate the victory we achieved over the Japanese beginning on December 7th, nor do I criticize Americans who do, I just remember August 6th and hang my head in shame.

 

 

 

I have a law degree (Stanford, 66') but have never practiced. Instead, from 1967 through 1977, I tried to contribute to the revolution in America. As unsuccessful as everyone else over that decade, in 1978 I went to work for the U.S. Forest (more...)
 

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Reason to attack? by Allan Wayne on Thursday, Dec 8, 2011 at 4:08:00 AM