FAILED ara THE ABUSE OF POWER AND THE ASSAULT ON DEMOCRACY NOAM CHOMSKY ene Hot apd Company | How York@ yee ©2005 ary Chay Troe of ny ‘hari om ary te a be ipa ran ad Manse ype Sial 20 oe ene Contents Proface 1, Stark, Dread, Iescapable 2 Onslow Sees 3. legal Leiinate 4. Democracy Promoxion Abroad 5. Suppasting Evidences The Middle East 6. Demoensey Promotion at Home Alteeword Notes Indes ° 102 166 205 asi 265 sarPreface “Theselecion of isu tar should rank high on the agnda of concern for human wellaee and rights natal, subjective mater, Bus there area few choices chat seem unavoidable, because they bear s slretly on the prospects for decent survival. Among thet age a lease these three: maclar wae, envconmencl disaster, andthe foc thatthe sgosernment of the world’s leading power is acting in ways that i ‘crease che fkeihond ofthese eatstrophs, Is immponan to ses the government, Because the population, wo: surprisingly doesnot agree, “Thar brings up a fourth issu chat should deeply concern Americas, ank she world: the sharp divide between public opinion and public policy, one ofthe reasons for the feos, which canna easly be put ‘ide, thar “tbe American “system’ asa whole iin real rouble—shat it is ding in direction char spells the end of is historic values fo] quality, liberty, and meaningful deniocracy.™* ‘The “ystem” is coming to have some of the feshnes of filed stots, to adopt 2 eureney fashionable nation that is conventionally applied to states eeganded as potential threats to our security (lke rag) or as needing our inrerveation to rescue te population fen vere internal thet lke Halt. Though the concept is recognized ro he “frustratingly impresise,” seme of the pinay characersies of failed states canbe ietfed, Ove i their inability oF unvsilingness ro