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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 democratic and secular leader [[Mohammed Mossadegh]] in Iran and replacement with the Shah, a brutal dictator in 1953 (Done by the US and the UK)

#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 social democrat 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 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 Dirty War against the Sandinista government in [[Nicaragua]] in the 1980s

#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 another terrorist group (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 which later became al Qaeda and the Taliban in Afghanistan in the 1980s

#Supporting the mujahideen in Afghanistan in the 1980s

#Invading [[Iraq]] in 2003 despite lack of support from the [[UN]]

#Invading [[Iraq]] in 2003 despite lack of support from the [[UN]]

#Blatant Support of [[Israel]] which Chomsky believes is a terror state despite his [[Jew]]ish ethnicity

#Blatant Support of [[Israel]] which Chomsky believes is a terror state despite his [[Jew]]ish ethnicity