...is here:
"Throughout history, even the harshest and most shameful measures are regularly accompanied by professions of noble intent - and rhetoric about bestowing freedom and independence.
"An honest look would only generalize Thomas Jefferson's observation on the world situation of his day: 'We believe no more in Bonaparte's fighting merely for the liberties of the seas than in Great Britain's fighting for the liberties of mankind. The object is the same, to draw to themselves the power, the wealth and the resources of other nations.'"
Chomsky does for the Americans what Thucydides did for the Greeks. Fortunately for Thucydides, the Greeks weren't quite as terrified of the "terrible truth" as we are.
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