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"Good News," Iraq and Beyond
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Noam Chomsky19th February 08 - Noam Chomsky, ZNet

Not long ago, it was taken for granted that the Iraq war would be the central issue in the presidential campaign, as it was in the mid-term election of 2006.  But it has virtually disappeared, eliciting some puzzlement.  There should be none.

Iraq remains a significant concern for the population, but that is a matter of little moment in a modern democracy.  The important work of the world is the domain of the "responsible men," who must "live free of the trampling and the roar of a bewildered herd," the general public, "ignorant and meddlesome outsiders" whose "function" is to be "spectators," not "participants." And spectators are not supposed to bother their heads with issues. 

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