Noam Chomsky - The Crimes of U.S. Presidents

I called his office once when I was 15 or 16 for a school project. He actually let me interview him. Really nice guy

That was the most relaxing description of war crimes I’ve ever heard

"We are the most warlike nation in the history of the world" - US President Jimmy Carter

And 8 years later to this video nothing has changed...

It's truly terrifying how only small portion of this is taught in schools

“Political language is designed to make lies sound truthful and murder respectable, and to give an appearance of solidity to pure wind. ” ― George Orwell

As an Indonesian who lived through the sixties and not knowing what had happened then in Jakarta and outer islands of Java and now hearing these from this scholar, an initial natural anger against the US in me subsided to the feeling of pity to the CIA and their coward operatives, and gratefulness to this man … We must learn from history, a true history calmly and with wisdom so as to summon our hope of NOT repeating it again and NEVER support any regimes who may instigate these kinds of attrocities. Let us build a better world, a better international order and justice for all world citizen …. 🙏🏾.

0:10 Eisenhower 1:36 Kennedy 3:02 Johnson 3:31 Nixon 3:39 Ford 5:13 Carter 7:17 Reagan 7:44 Bush #1 9:32 Clinton 11:32 Bush #2

Remember, it’s only a war crime if you lose the war.

And he didn't even get to Bush II and Obama, let that sink in...

His memory and knowledge is insane. What a truly wise person.

We(I'm Canadian) need more intelligent,calm people like Chomsky. I'm surprised the CIA haven't tried to do him in. Truthful words to make the powerful squirm.

This interview was a while back, but even now at 87, Chomsky has a memory like a steel trap.

The problem now is half the country would hear this interview and say, “He hates America!” *Exhibit A: the comments below

Yep , the worst that could happen ...is still happening .

Presidents come and go but the military complex behind all of them is the real threat. What can we do when they aren't accountable to the voters?

How does Chomsky speak in lowercase?

"If the Nuremberg principles were applied, every post World War II president would be indictable." The victor never learns a damn thing from their actions.

Wow what amazes me the most he said everything from his own mind not from anything written down

I’ve never felt so relaxed while listening to topics such a genocide, imperialism and war crimes.