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In reply to the discussion: We. Need. War crime. Trials. Period. [View all]McCamy Taylor
(19,240 posts)27. Chomsky was correct. Nixon fell from power because he attacked famous Americans.
There were no consequences for the war crimes that he and Kissinger committed in Cambodia, Chile etc. Americans and especially the corporate media proved that they did not care how many brown folks in other countries got murdered as long as rich white Americans were treated with respect. Nixon fell because the AG at the time, John Mitchell decided to put Katy Graham's "tit in the wringer" to quote him, threatening her media empire. Since the illegal bombing of Cambodia did not threaten anyone's media empire, no one in the MSM gave a rat's ass about it. The fact that Henry Kissinger was part of the Bush/Cheney administration and probably responsible for a great many of their war crimes proves that Chomsky was correct.
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Without trials -- all the blah, blah. blah you're hearing today is just bullshit. n/t
nichomachus
Dec 2014
#9
I like and respect Chomsky a lot, don't get me wrong. But may I point out that
KingCharlemagne
Dec 2014
#11
Chomsky was correct. Nixon fell from power because he attacked famous Americans.
McCamy Taylor
Dec 2014
#27
Worried about backlash? Why not seize Bush/Cheney and hand them over to Iran for prosecution?
ncjustice80
Dec 2014
#20