Though he admires Ralph Nader, Noam Chomsky tells the Guardian he supports John Kerry over George Bush because “small differences can translate into large outcomes…in this case as in 2000.”
The description of Kerry as “Bush-lite” is not “inaccurate”, he says, describing the Republicans and Democrats as “two factions of the business party”. But Chomsky notes the “choice” between the two can “make a difference”, even if only “a fraction” in foreign policy and “maybe even more dramatically” domestically. Chomsky fears “the people around Bush are very deeply committed to dismantling the achievements of popular struggle through the past century…the present group in power is particularly cruel and savage in this respect.” Chomsky also told his interviewer that Americans would be more strongly opposed to the Iraq occupation if they were made more fully aware by the media that the US was planning “a powerful, permanent, military and diplomatic presence in Iraq”, and he called for an international trial for Saddam Hussein where US and Western complicity in his crimes could be subjected to public scrutiny. Chomsky interview reproduced on www.supportingfacts.com Sorry for any cross posting.
