Noam Chomsky Calls Obsession With Russia Conspiracy Theories ‘A Joke’

During a recent interview with Democracy Now, Noam Chomsky demonstrated what everyone with a clear head and capacity for critical thought should already know. Just because you have a strong dislike for Donald Trump, doesn’t mean you latch on like a lunatic to every nonsensical Russia conspiracy theory because you’re still crying about Hillary’s loss.

As Noam Chomsky accurately states:

JUAN GONZÁLEZ: Noam Chomsky, I’d like to ask you about something that’s been in the news a lot lately. Obviously, all the cable channels, that’s all they talk about these days, is the whole situation of Russia’s supposed intervention in American elections. For a country that’s intervened in so many governments and so many elections around the world, that’s kind of a strange topic. But I know you’ve referred to this as a joke. Could you give us your view on what’s happening and why there’s so much emphasis on this particular issue?

NOAM CHOMSKY: It’s a pretty remarkable fact that—first of all, it is a joke. Half the world is cracking up in laughter. The United States doesn’t just interfere in elections. It overthrows governments it doesn’t like, institutes military dictatorships. Simply in the case of Russia alone—it’s the least of it—the U.S. government, under Clinton, intervened quite blatantly and openly, then tried to conceal it, to get their man Yeltsin in, in all sorts of ways. So, this, as I say, it’s considered—it’s turning the United States, again, into a laughingstock in the world.

So why are the Democrats focusing on this? In fact, why are they focusing so much attention on the one element of Trump’s programs which is fairly reasonable, the one ray of light in this gloom: trying to reduce tensions with Russia? That’s—the tensions on the Russian border are extremely serious. They could escalate to a major terminal war. Efforts to try to reduce them should be welcomed. Just a couple of days ago, the former U.S. ambassador to Russia, Jack Matlock, came out and said he just can’t believe that so much attention is being paid to apparent efforts by the incoming administration to establish connections with Russia. He said, “Sure, that’s just what they ought to be doing.”

So, meanwhile, this one topic is the primary locus of concern and critique, while, meanwhile, the policies are proceeding step by step, which are extremely destructive and harmful. So, you know, yeah, maybe the Russians tried to interfere in the election. That’s not a major issue. Maybe the people in the Trump campaign were talking to the Russians. Well, OK, not a major point, certainly less than is being done constantly. And it is a kind of a paradox, I think, that the one issue that seems to inflame the Democratic opposition is the one thing that has some justification and reasonable aspects to it.

Watch the clip here.

Yes, I know. Chomsky works for Putin too.

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6 thoughts on “Noam Chomsky Calls Obsession With Russia Conspiracy Theories ‘A Joke’”

    • Only a fool wants war.
      Only a fool stands on the edge of a cliff.
      You’re playing with other people’s lives.
      Back away from the edge.

  1. The Democrats sound worse then my kids. Russia did it!! Russia did it!!

    The dog ate my homework!!
    It wasn’t me!! It was my sister!!
    It wasn’t me!! It was my brother!!

    ENOUGH ALREADY!!!!

    Reply
    • And then when you point out that they, ‘lefties/progressives’, are now allied with the Neocons, CIA, and deep state in general, they say:

      The Republicans were first!!

  2. I learned a lot from Chomsky over the years, and I still give him credit where credit is due.

    But his positions on JFK and 9/11, and the cheap rhetoric he uses to defend them, are disgusting. Really tarnished his image for me. Youtube him on them.

    ‘These things are a distraction from other more important things…’ (paraphrasing). Yeah, right.

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    • Very true, 911 was a total inside job. USA planned hijacked drills in june 2001, called “Operation Amalgam Virgro”. On cover of these drill document was Osama Bin Laden. This was 3 months before 911. On very day of 911 USA air defense had drills with HIJACKED planes.

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