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As far as U.S. intelligence knows, Iran is developing nuclear capacities, but they don't know if they are trying to develop nuclear weapons or not. Chances are they're developing what's called 'nuclear capability,' which many states have. That is the ability to have nuclear weapons if they decide to do it. That's not a crime.


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NOAM CHOMSKY In November 2008, the day of the presidential election, Israeli military forces invaded Gaza and kil...
NOAM CHOMSKY The Oslo Accords in 1993 determined that the Gaza Strip and the West Bank are a single territorial e...
NOAM CHOMSKY From the U.S. point of view, negotiations are, in effect, a way for Israel to continue its policies ...
NOAM CHOMSKY There's a War Crimes Act in the United States passed by a Republican Congress in 1996, which say...
NOAM CHOMSKY Historical grammar is a study of how, say, modern English developed from Middle English, and how tha...
NOAM CHOMSKY When George W. Bush came into office, North Korea had maybe one nuclear weapon and verifiably wasn&#...
NOAM CHOMSKY The good news from the U.S. military survey of focus groups is that Iraqis do accept the Nuremberg p...
NOAM CHOMSKY The polls show that concern over inequality among the general public rose pretty sharply after the O...
NOAM CHOMSKY If workers are more insecure, that's very 'healthy' for the society, because if workers ...
NOAM CHOMSKY The 'anti-globalisation movement' is the most significant proponent of globalisation - but i...
NOAM CHOMSKY The term 'globalisation' is conventionally used to refer to the specific form of investor-ri...
NOAM CHOMSKY In many respects, the United States is a great country. Freedom of speech is protected more than in ...
NOAM CHOMSKY When I arrived in Laos and found young Americans living there, out of free choice, I was surprised. ...
NOAM CHOMSKY Death and genitals are things that frighten people, and when people are frightened, they develop mea...
NOAM CHOMSKY My father was a great sympathizer of Ahad Ha'am. Every Friday night we would read Hebrew togethe...
NOAM CHOMSKY Popular struggles to bring about a freer and more just society have been resisted by violence and re...
NOAM CHOMSKY Somebody will be able to overcome any encryption technique you use!
NOAM CHOMSKY I am opposed to the accumulation of executive power anywhere.
NOAM CHOMSKY Concentration of executive power, unless it's very temporary and for specific circumstances, let...
NOAM CHOMSKY Responsibility I believe accrues through privilege. People like you and me have an unbelievable amou...
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