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"Some readers may have noticed an icy little missive from Noam Chomsky ["Letters," December 3], repudiating the very idea that he and I had disagreed on the "roots" of September 11. I rush to agree. Here is what he told his audience at MIT on October 11:Clever of him to have spotted that (his favorite put-down is the preface 'Turning to the facts...') and brave of him to have taken such a lonely position. As he rightly insists, our disagreements are not really political."

"The apologist is most entrusted with apologetics when capable of arguing his opponent's position better than his opponent."

"The most important event I covered was the Panama Canal debate, which dragged on for months."

"When making a point, there are 2 types of people who may disagree with you: those who can support their reasons, and the childish ones who are too worried about being told what to do."

"Political debate with liberals is basically impossible in America today because liberals are calling names while conservatives are trying to make arguments."

"Every candidate goes into every debate hoping that they can own a particular moment."
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"They were targeting those people I referred to as 'little Eichmanns.' These were legitimate targets."

"If U.S. foreign policy results in massive death and destruction abroad, we cannot feign innocence when some of that destruction is returned."

"When you kill 500,000 children in order to impose your will on other countries, then you shouldn't be surprised when somebody responds in kind."
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