Reply #152: I don't think Chomsky is a liar, I think he misplaced the comment

[jpgray]

I posted his exact words above, under your previous reply. Here's the mp3 I have (hope it's okay to post this, Wonk):

http://news.globalfreepress.com/movs/wonk/PBS/CharlieRose.NoamChomsky.mp3

He clearly says, after Charlie Rose half-interrupts him while he is talking about how we didn't care about removing Saddam, "At the Azores summit... Bush and Blair" made it explicitly clear that if Saddam left we would still invade. About that he is wrong--Bush and Blair didn't say we would invade regardless of whether or not Saddam went into exile. They didn't put that in their statement, and they didn't say it in the press conference. The links are here and you are free to view the transcripts for yourself.

Now Chomsky is correct on his general point--we didn't care if Saddam was there or not, we were going in. I'm not out to get Chomsky--the evidence shows he was right in general, but he misplaced some specifics. This doesn't mean he was a liar, nor would I use this data to show that. I'm not trying to uphold Zuni's post, but people said "are there any examples of where Chomsky got a fact wrong?" Here is such an example. All I'm trying to say is this--he misplaced the comment. End of story. Not the end of the world.

Peace?

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