Noam Chomsky thinks that Usama bin Laden's extra judicial killing should prompt us to consider what our reaction would've been if Iraqi commandos had penetrated the White House and executed George W. Bush. This is one of those rare occasions where I think Chomsky is missing the point. Even though one always gains an interesting perspective by reversing the tables and evaluating our reaction; this particular analogy fails to apply in the case of bin Laden.
Why I celebrated an execution
Why I celebrated an execution
Why I celebrated an execution
Noam Chomsky thinks that Usama bin Laden's extra judicial killing should prompt us to consider what our reaction would've been if Iraqi commandos had penetrated the White House and executed George W. Bush. This is one of those rare occasions where I think Chomsky is missing the point. Even though one always gains an interesting perspective by reversing the tables and evaluating our reaction; this particular analogy fails to apply in the case of bin Laden.