Chomsky: US supports stable dictators (Press TV)

Feb. 24, 2011 (Press TV) -- Weighing in on the latest developments in the Arab world, renowned American intellectual Noam Chomsky says the US policy of "stability" in the Middle East refers to "stable dictators."

In a Wednesday interview with Press TV, Chomsky said the US and its allies have vested interests in stable dictatorships in energy-rich countries like Libya rather than real democracies.

"There is a reason why there is so much concern about the democracy uprising in the Arab world than in, say, the sub-Saharan Africa. This is where the major energy resources of the world are. There is quite a good reason why the US and its allies will pull out no stops to prevent any really functioning democracy from developing in the Arab world," the renowned professor said about the revolutions in Libya and Egypt.

He further added that US President Barack Obama hesitatingly supported the revolution in Egypt after several organizations and human rights groups wrote letters to the White House urging it to stop backing Egyptian dictator Hosni Mubarak.

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