The piece exposes a view of our biased and blind view of murders and atrocities, depending upon who commits them. The article does not point out that these views are presented and enhanced by the right wing corporate media. We must know our history in order to prevent errors being repeated in the future. The views of Chomsky open the dialog to allow examining full views of history, not just the history written by those who won the weapons battle.

This opinion piece introduces another opinion piece. Neither author provides any balance. They display ignorance about events in the Middle East since 1985 and offer remarkably one-sided opinions. They do not seem to realize that the leaders of more governments world-wide support U.S. goals today than in 1985 or 2000: including Canada, Germany, France, Poland, Sweden, India, most of sub-Saharan Africa, most Arab countries, and even the U.N.

The story gives historical context, and shows a perspective other than the one we take for granted in our major media