Noam Chomsky Quotes

This war of choice in Iraq is undermining the very fabric of American society.

No nation has ever ridden to superpower status except on a tide of war and that includes the United States.

The United States, as the world knows, will never start a war.

The United States seems inextricably committed to a long, inconclusive war. The Communists can prolong it for years.... But it is too late to disengage; our prestige has been committed. Washington says we will stay until the finish.

The President has full responsibility, which cannot be shared, for military decisions in a world in which the difference between safety and cataclysm can be a matter of hours or even minutes.

If the Poe Lock were ever rendered unusable due to a terrorist attack or natural disaster, it would halt commerce on the Great Lakes and these industries would be helpless.

I supported the war in Afghanistan because 3000 of our people were murdered and I thought we had a right to defend the people of the United States.

Should any terrorist strike or act of war occur in which American lives are lost, we must be on guard for any attempt by the government to turn that tragedy into justification for sweeping action.

And after September the 11th, the United States Congress also granted me additional authority to use military force against al Qaeda. . . .

I will be voting to give the President of the United States the authority to use force-- if necessary-- to disarm Saddam Hussein because I believe that a deadly arsenal of weapons of mass destruction in his hands is a real and grave threat to our security.

If there is a war to be fought, we don’t consider cost one of the factors in deciding whether or not to fight.

A president should take action to defend the United States against eminent threat. You have to. The president has to do that.

If the choice is go to war or end up with an American city hit by weapon of mass destruction, then the choice is easy.

Our goal is to defend the American people, and to eliminate Iraq's weapons of mass destruction, and to liberate the Iraqi people.

You know, now that I come to think of it, the blizzard may be the best thing to happen to the American economy in 12 months.

the issue of war or peace is an issue that concerns not only experts on Foreign Affairs but every citizen of the United States.

The United States often finds itself in a situation where if it goes in militarily then it is criticized for going in militarily, and if it doesn't go in militarily, then people say, why aren't you doing something militarily?

I really wanted to talk about the War on Terror and say that both sides were completely incompetent [in addressing it]. You can't blame the other side when you're involved in it.

I understand, probably more than anyone, what a threat Iraq was and the people that threatened Iraq was. I was beneath the towers on September 11th when they fell. And I -- again, I just -- I want to thank the President for the honor in allowing me to go there, because I lost 23 people. I wear this memorial band for the 23 I lost.

Maybe a president who didn't believe our soldiers were going to heaven might be a little less willing to get them killed.

The message is for everybody who wears the uniform: get ready. The United States will do what it takes to win this war... And this is an administration that is going to dedicate ourselves to winning that war.

The United States is sending its most powerful drone to Libya. That’s a long trip for Joe Biden.

If Iraq fails to fully comply, the United States and other nations will disarm Saddam Hussein.

We have to defeat ISIS. That is my highest counterterrorism goal.

I voted against the war in Iraq. I voted against the first Gulf War. I think war is the last resort - the last option of a great military power like us. I think that we need to focus on building coalitions. Yes, ISIS must be destroyed. But it should be destroyed by a coalition of Muslim nations on the ground with the support of the United States and the other major powers in the air and in training the troops there.