A lot of accusations have been flung at Chomsky, about his supposed dismissing of the atrocities committed by the Khmer Rouge. Needless to say, these accusations are flawed at best and outright lies at worst. Chomsky has always been pilloried for having the temerity to point out the iniquities of a lot of his country's foreign policy, leading to the ludicrous tag of "Anti-American". It's bullshit. I oppose key elements of my country's foreign policy (not to mention their domestic policy). Does this make me anti-British? Duh!
For an exhaustive rebuttal of these serious allegations against Chomsky, you could go to http://www.zmag.org/chomsky/ and then do a search on Khmer Rouge. It's the first article that comes up, entitled "The Chorus and Cassandra", Christopher Hitchens. Hitchens is undoubtedly a man of the left, but he is also a professional iconoclast, who has repeatedly heaped scorn on Bill Clinton and other nominally left-wing figures, as well as mocking anti-war protesters. He is nobody's idea of a Chomsky cheer leader. He is ferociously devoted to research, as you will see. Azeem in London
