I urge all to read Chomsky's lecture, delivered in Dublin on January 18th, 2006, and reflect.
And for those who hold the position that Chomsky's thoughts and ideas should be shunned because he eats babies, or is guilty of committing the original sin, or transmits an infecting 'anti-american' virus of the intellect, with which he hopes to initiate a pandemic - chill....
Its only words...and interesting even for those who will not agree.
http://www.amnesty.ie/content/view/full/5051/
"There are ways to deal constructively with the threat of terror, though not those preferred by "bin Laden's indispensable ally," or those who try to avoid the real world by striking heroic poses about Islamo-fascism, or who simply claim that no proposals are made when there are quite strightforward proposals that they do not like. The constructive ways have to begin with an honest look in the mirror, never an easy task, always a necessary one."
Plodding old fool...all 'thoughts 'n ideas 'n logic 'n reason 'n sh*t...'