Noam Chomsky is a famous author who writes for newspapers and books. This article, however, is not so insightful. It gives examples of regimes in countries that are not so democratic but which were supported by American governments for whatever reasons. Not sure what the point is except to point out examples of this point which I think is generally known.
Most of the language is aimed at the informed high-school educated reader with one jump at a big word -- venality -- when they are describing some of the officials of other countries.
The thesis is that, even though the folks in Washington publicly announce that they support human rights and democracy and all that claptrap, on the quiet they support those regimes when it is convenient for them to do so.
I'm not sure how he picks his points. He leaps from Romania, to Saudi Arabia, to WikiLeaks then to Tunisia. I'm not sure where he's going with it even though I've read the whole article.
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