"On Saturday December 27, 2008, the latest US-Israeli attack on helpless Palestinians was launched. The attack had been meticulously planned, for over 6 months according to the Israeli press.
"The planning had two components: military and propaganda. It was based on the lessons of Israel's 2006 invasion of Lebanon, which was considered to be poorly planned and badly advertised.
"We may, therefore, be fairly confident that most of what has been done and said was pre-planned and intended.
"That surely includes the timing of the assault: shortly before noon, when children were returning from school and crowds were milling in the streets of densely populated Gaza City.
"It took only a few minutes to kill over 200 people and wound 700, an auspicious opening to the mass slaughter of defenseless civilians trapped in a tiny cage with nowhere to flee.1
"The attack specifically targeted the closing ceremony of a police academy, killing dozens of policemen.
Chomsky...
As Chomsky points out repeatedly Israel's right to self-defense is not unconditional. Violence has to be a last resort which he claims was not the case in this instance.
When you're receiving $7 million day in US military aid, violence is far more profitable, however.
War is a Racket.
Is it possible that you have no understanding of who Chomsky is???
He never met a dictator, thug, anti-American, anti-Semite, anti-capitalist that he didn't love at first sight.
"After 9/11 the same left switched its affection from the red flag of proletarian revolution, to the black flag of Islamic jihad. The names include Jimmy Carter, Noam Chomsky, Michael Moore and Tom Hayden."
From Dr. J. Glasov, "United in Hate."