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5 Feb, 2013

US control is diminishing, but it still thinks it owns the world: Noam Chomsky

To everyone except a dedicated ideologue, it was pretty obvious that we invaded Iraq not because of our love of democracy but because it’s maybe the second- or third-largest source of oil in the world, and is right in the middle of the major energy-producing region. You’re not supposed to say this. It’s considered a conspiracy theory.

Read the rest: US control is diminishing, but it still thinks it owns the world | Noam Chomsky – guardian.co.uk.