Dear people,
In a message dated 09/05/2000 2:36:31 [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
<< Jared, while I agree with many of your criticisms of Chomsky, I cannot
understand why you are responding to zapata-sezampro.yu at the
CrashList, or marxism-list, since he is subbed at neither of these 2
lists >>
Apparently this is an attempt to make me look unfair or something. Fact is, I
simply responded to Zapata's email, whose subject line read: "[CrashList]
Vrlo Interesantno/Chomsky" by hitting Reply to All. Then I added a letter to
Chomsky, and that I sent to several lists. I think it's about time these
attacks were discussed publicly. Chomsky's statement - that Milosevich is a
criminal - was not made in private email, after all. He's made similar
charges in influential publications. They are serious accusations. Isn't it
reasonable to demand Chomsky substantiate them or apologize for the harm he's
done?
Further on, Tony says:
<< Further, Milosevic has committed many crimes. � To mention this in a
sentence, saying that Milosevic is not solely to blame for the misery in the
Balkans, is hardly a great crime. >>
Chomsky says Milosevich has committed many crimes, but provides no evidence.
Chomsky's been saying that since last spring even though in a private email
to me he agreed that the demonization of Milosevich in the press was beyond
belief. This email to me makes me wonder whether he in fact knows what he's
saying publicly is untrue. Anyway, he offers no evidence. For Chomsky,
Serbian crimes are self-evident.
Chomsky has gotten away with these unsupported attacks because the mass media
has pounded us all with anti-Yugoslav propaganda till we're gaga.
So now I call Chomsky on making attacks without evidence, and Tony supports
Chomsky, without evidence.
When people like Chomsky (who says he is antiwar) and Aabdo (who says he
supports Yugoslavia against NATO) agree that Milosevich is a criminal (the
heart of NATO's attack on Yugoslavia) then this tells the left: "See? Even
peaceniks and self-proclaimed Marxists have to admit that the charges are in
large measure true." This strengthens NATO. How can anyone build a mass
movement to defend criminals? That will never happen.
Doesn't this constitute providing a left cover for NATO? As for whether it
is "criminal" - in my letter to Chomsky I said it was "a tragedy."
"Criminal" is Tony's word.
Best regards,
Jared Israel
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