Noam Chomsky: The US and its "Allies" Will Do Anything to Prevent Democracy in the Arab World!yw

Speaking at the 25th anniversary of the national media watch group, "Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting", Noam Chomsky analyzes the US response to the popular uprisings sweeping the Middle East and North Africa. The reason is very simple. Across the region, an overwhelming majority of the population regards the United States as the main threat to their interests. In fact, opposition to US policy is so high that a considerable majority think the region would be more secure if Iran had nuclear weapons. In Egypt, the most important country, that's 80 percent, and there are similar figures elsewhere. There are some in the region who regard Iran as a threat - about 10 percent. Well, plainly, the US and its allies are not going to want governments which are responsive to the will of the people. If that happens, not only will the US NOT control the region, but it will be thrown out - possibly an intolerable result. In the case of WikiLeaks, there was an interesting aside on this: The revelations from WikiLeaks which got the most publicity, i.e. headlines, euphoric commentary, and so on - were that the Arabs support US policy on Iran. There was no mention of the Arab population, because it doesn't matter: If the "dictators" support us, and the population is under control, then what's the problem?