"The mass slaughter in Srebrenica, for example, is certainly a horror story and major crime, but to call it 'genocide' so cheapens the word."
Noam Chomsky on the Srebrenica Massacre, which left 8,000+ Bosniak Muslims dead.
"Russia is fighting more humanely than the US did in Iraq."
Noam Chomsky on the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
"The US is living under a totalitarian culture much worse than Soviet Union."
Noam Chomsky on press freedoms in Russia as Russian demonstrators were being arrested for opposing the invasion of Ukraine.
"What filters through to the American public is a seriously distorted version of the evidence available, emphasizing alleged Khmer Rouge atrocities..."
Noam Chomsky on refugee accounts of genocide by Pol Pot's regime, which wiped out 25% of Cambodia's population.
“You can hardly accuse Iran of illegal or criminal behavior by supporting the [UN] recognized government of [Syria]."
Chomsky on Iranian involvement in the Assad regime mass-murder of 500,000+ Syrians.
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Yet all four oppose the Ukraine aid that funded those projects — and they're not the only ones.
New research from AEI shows that the majority of Ukraine aid is going to 122 defense production lines across 65 congressional districts to support Ukraine's defense effort.
However, several of the representatives benefitting are vocal opponents of aid.
Rep. Bill Posey's (FL-08) district receives Ukraine aid funding for HIMARS launchers and VAMPIRE Counter-Unmanned Aircraft Systems munitions.
This post made a lot of people angry, but the reply section is a fascinating dive into the most prevalent anti-Ukraine talking points:
• "Our taxes shouldn't go to foreigners"
• "US aid is money laundering"
Neither are particularly compelling, a thread.
"Our taxes shouldn't go to foreigners"
Good news, they're not!
Of the $68 billion in military and related assistance Congress has approved since Russia invaded Ukraine, almost 90% is going to Americans.
Aid is being injected directly into the economies of several states and reviving defense production capabilities that we desperately need as China rapidly builds up militarily.
The weapons we end up sending to Ukraine are being replaced domestically with modern equipment.
CODEPINK is an explicitly pro-Assad, pro-Putin, and pro-CCP organization partially bankrolled by a pro-CCP millionaire, which the New York Times recently reported.
Pelosi was obviously referring to the New York Times report + the protesters were all white women. Be serious.
I don't think people understand that Pelosi (and many other members of Congress) are very aware of CODEPINK mostly by force because CODEPINK has been shoving themselves in members' faces for decades at this point.
Imagine you had none of this context watching that video of Pelosi — did anyone not stop to think for a second that it would be very weird and random for Pelosi to tell a bunch of old white women to go back to their HQ in China for no reason? Let's use critical thinking.