Noam Chomsky

In a major address, Noam Chomsky says there has been little change in the conventional debate over a US invasion abroad: from Vietnam to Iraq, the two main political parties and political pundits differ only on the tactics of US goals, which are assumed to be legitimate. On the other hand, public opposition to war has also remained consistent, Chomsky says, but, whether Iraqi or American, ignored.

"Long ago, as you all recall, it was taken for granted that the Iraq War would be the central issue in the 2008 election as it was in the mid-term election. However, it's virtually disappeared off the radar screen which has elicited some puzzlement among the punditry. Actually the reason is not very obscure. It was cogently explained 40 years ago when the US invasion of South Vietnam was in its fourth year..."