Not having the time to follow up on every footnote, position, quote, etc. in the various Chomsky papers, rebuttals, Chomsky attacks, etc. I'm not sure where exactly he stands in terms of intellectual honesty. I do know he provides sufficient info for me to decide for myself whether he is accurate or not, which is something I can't say for most.
The attacks in the article are all of the "yeah, but he supported this bad group, and they are even worse than the US" variety, IMO. To me, the telling part of the article was around this quote:
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Reactions to the terrorist attacks, he said, “should meet the most elementary moral standards: specifically, if an action is right for us, it is right for others; and if it is wrong for others, it is wrong for us.”
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It is interesting that the author never even attempted to wade into this actual position. Personally, this sums up my position on US policy perfectly and I think it that US policy does not live up to this Golden Rule, much to its own and the world's detriment. From this standard, I thought the Afghanistan action was justified, while the Iraq action was not.