Noam Chomsky On The Killing Of Bin Laden: A “Supreme International Crime;” Bush’s Crimes Exceed His

Posted by | May 7, 2011 18:31 | Filed under: Top Stories


MIT Professor emeritus and author Noam Chomsky believes the killing of bin Laden, a “planned assassination,” violates multiple international laws.

There appears to have been no attempt to apprehend the unarmed victim, as presumably could have been done by 80 commandos facing virtually no opposition—except, they claim, from his wife, who lunged towards them. In societies that profess some respect for law, suspects are apprehended and brought to fair trial. I stress “suspects.”…

There appears to have been no attempt to apprehend the unarmed victim, as presumably could have been done by 80 commandos facing virtually no opposition—except, they claim, from his wife, who lunged towards them. In societies that profess some respect for law, suspects are apprehended and brought to fair trial. I stress “suspects.”

Even the way we name these operations, and our aircraft, is insulting, says Chomsky.

Same with the name, Operation Geronimo. The imperial mentality is so profound, throughout western society, that no one can perceive that they are glorifying bin Laden by identifying him with courageous resistance against genocidal invaders. It’s like naming our murder weapons after victims of our crimes: Apache, Tomahawk… It’s as if the Luftwaffe were to call its fighter planes “Jew” and “Gypsy.”

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