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| | ===Chomsky's Criticisms of the West=== | | ===Chomsky's Criticisms of the West=== |
| | Chomsky is one of the most vocal critics of the [[United States]] foreign policy. Some of his criticisms are: | | Chomsky is one of the most vocal critics of the [[United States]] foreign policy. Some of his criticisms are: |
| − | #The overthrow of [[Mohammed Mossadegh]] in Iran and replacement with the Shah a in 1953 (Done by the US and the UK) | + | #The overthrow of [[Mohammed Mossadegh]] in Iran and replacement with the Shah in 1953 (Done by the US and the UK) |
| | #The overthrow of communist dictator Jacobo Arbenz in [[Guatemala]] in 1954 | | #The overthrow of communist dictator Jacobo Arbenz in [[Guatemala]] in 1954 |
| − | #The overthrow of democratic socialist Salvador Allende in Chile on 9/11 in 1973 | + | #The alleged US support for the overthrow of democratic socialist Salvador Allende in Chile on 9/11 in 1973 |
| − | #The Dirty War against the Sandinista government in [[Nicaragua]] in the 1980s | + | #The Contra war against the Sandinista dictatorship in [[Nicaragua]] in the 1980s |
| | #The backing of a brutal military dictatorship in [[El Salvador]] during the same time period | | #The backing of a brutal military dictatorship in [[El Salvador]] during the same time period |
| − | #Selling weapons to a terror-state ([[Iran]]) to fund another terrorist group (The Contras). (See [[Iran-Contra Affair]]) | + | #Selling weapons to a terror-state ([[Iran]]) to fund the Contras. (See [[Iran-Contra Affair]]) |
| | #Supporting [[Saddam Hussein]] during the Iran-Iraq war. | | #Supporting [[Saddam Hussein]] during the Iran-Iraq war. |
| | #Supporting the mujahideen in Afghanistan in the 1980s | | #Supporting the mujahideen in Afghanistan in the 1980s |