The invasion of Panama was the first U.S. military action not justified by the threat from the Soviet Union. Noriega, a former Washington "asset" and "minor drug figure" was made into the "worst monster since Attila the Hun." The press, says Chomsky, "went along with appropriate jingoist hysteria andÉrapturous enthusiasm." He traces U.S. policy in the region and elsewhere and predicts what is likely to follow absent the USSR. Washington's main concern was in the past, and still is "nationalist regimes which are responsive to the demands of their populations." This is Chomsky at his prescient best.

Noam Chomsky
Noam Chomsky is the internationally renowned Institute Professor Emeritus at MIT. He practically invented modern linguistics. In addition to his pioneering work in that field he has been a leading voice for peace and social justice for many decades. He is in huge demand as a speaker all over world. "The New Statesman" calls him, "The conscience of the American people." Howard Zinn described him as "the nation's most distinguished intellectual rebel." He's the author of scores of books including "Failed States," "What We Say Goes," and "Hopes and Prospects."