i wanted a new book, and ive been hearing bits and pieces about noam chomsky recently. not much though, im a bit disconnected from litreature at the moment. anyway, i searched the library for some of his books, all translated into finnish or out at the moment. so i went and bought “9-11” by him in stockmann last night. its a series of interviews he gave in the months after the september 11th attacks. and due to the nature of the book (i.e. a series of interviews) it is somewhat repetitive, so ive finished most of it already.

there was one thing that came up:

“in december 1987, at the peak of concern over international terrorism, the un general addembly passed its major resolution on the matter, condemning the plague in the strongest terms and calling on all nations to act forcefully to overcome it. the resolution passed 153- 2 (american and isreal being the 2 objectors), honduras alone abtaining”

this along with some pieces about americas role in nicuragua and the sudan chemical factory bombing a few years ago opened my eyes (a little wider) to american actions around the world.