Question ?

This morning the guest on Hard Talk (BBC) was Noam Chomsky. Even though I much like this program by Stephen Sackur, I don’t get to watch it often because of its non-prime schedule (in Finland). The biggest convenience of Meet the Press (NBC) was its Sunday broadcast, but I am not regular on it anymore after Tim Russert( nothing against David Gregory)

Coming to this particular episode with Noam, I felt that Stephen never had the upper hand; he could never actually manage to put Noam in a tough spot. Obviously it is impossible for someone like Noam to be loss of words. Quite entertaining and enlightening show, but I am hung on the last question of Stephen.

Noam Chomsky’s parents were Jewish - mother from Belarus, father from Ukraine and they migrated to USA. America, the land of opportunities gave so much to Noam, or else he would have died in one of those concentration camps, as his relatives perished. How can the conscience of Noam allow him to oppose US now? This is one question where I thought Noam didn’t give a straight answer or maybe I was not able to comprehend. It makes me think though. Is it wrong for Noam to oppose US policies or he should still be under the obligation of getting so much from US? Spin this off to any context and then what would be the answer? Does this goes against gratitude or wrongs the act of obligation (if there should be any?)