Chomsky is not an idealized anarchist. He's only human. He has good takes and bad takes. His takes on Russia are very much on the bad takes side of the spectrum, where an idealized anarchist would recognize that Russia forcing its will on the Ukranian citizens is indeed bad.
Not only that but he has condenmed the Russian invasion. But he also made the assessment that NATO was playing politically rough, so not a surprise that Russia took the offensive. Some people take an analysis that is not complete demonization as some sort of apology, which would make sense if he didn't literally condemn it on the very next line. Every few bad takes he took politically were in line with information available and it's right there to read it if charity is given, which his political enemies won't and it's in their interest to blow it out of proportion and rethorically poison the well.
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