???? Chomsky does no such thing. Arguably the bombing of North Korea went beyond the principle of 'the least force necessary'… Good, you got one thing right. That's encouraging. RedLogix … Took another quick scan of your linked article – no mention of the Cold War that I can see. Maybe I missed it. If you want to understand an event properly, it's essential to have a clear grasp of the context. The left is supposed to be good at this sort of thing. But stepping back from this diversion, my real point is this. Yes the USA (and it's allies) have been involved in a long list of conflicts since the end of WW2. But crucially all of them are over, and in virtually all of them the USA never replicated the pre-WW2 imperial model of permanently occupying and colonising.