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Noam Chomsky

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Remember, the U.S. is a powerful state, it's not like Libya. If Libya wants to carry out terrorist acts, they hire Carlos the Jackal or something. The United States hires terrorist states.
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Talk titled "Distorted Morality" at Harvard University, February 2002

 
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