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Chomsky didn't deny that Pol Pot was monstrous, or that he was killing people 'en masse'. He questioned whether or not the numbers were accurate or if they were just propaganda. He thought the number of murders was in the hundreds of thousands (not 1.5 to 2 million) and speculated that the rest had died from famine. I can't really fault the guy for not believing US politicians in 1979.Chomsky denied the fact that Pol Pot killed anyone in large numbers. He went one to say those that were killed were enemies of the people or what have you. Since the truth has come out he has been trying to weasel his way out of what he said. I respect the man for his work in Anthropology, but he is a colossal douche in every other regard.
He also argued that our bombers killed 2/3 fewer civilians than critics of the war claimed, so I'd hardly say he was on the side of the communists.
Good quote from him on the whole matter:
When we criticize fabrications about US crimes, that's fine, when we criticize and in fact expose much worse fabrications about some official enemy, that's horrible, it becomes apologetics.
Did you read this? I'd hardly call that an unbiased criticism of Chomsky. According to this, he must be one of the most evil SOB's to ever walk the earth.