“We will be told of "mindless terrorism" the "mindless" bit being essential if we are not to realise how hated America has become in the land of the birth of the three religions.” Middle EastMindless TerrorIllusory_superiority Book:The Great War for Civilisation: The Conquest of the Middle East Source: The Great War for Civilisation: The Conquest of the Middle East
“I don't like the definition 'war correspondent'. It is history, not journalism, that has condemned the Middle East to war. I think 'war correspondent' smells a bit, reeks of false romanticism: it has too much of the whiff of Victorian reporters who would view battles from hilltops in the company of ladies, immune to suffering, only occasionally glancing towards the distant pop-pop of cannon fire.” ThinkingWarSufferingBitsViewsCompanyFireToo MuchMiddleBattleDefinitionsPopsSmellEastJournalismMiddle EastReportersImmuneRomanticismVictorianCannons Author:Robert Fisk
“At the end of the day, bin Laden's interest is not Washington and New York, it's the Middle East. He wants Saudi Arabia. He wants to get rid of the House of Saud.” WantEndsHouseInterestMiddleNew YorkEastThe End Of The DayMiddle EastBin LadenArabiaSaudi ArabiaSaudis Author:Robert Fisk
“We live in a society in the West, where, when men do violent things, they do them under orders. They are soldiers carrying out orders or mafia men carrying out killings for bosses. But the way things happen in the Middle East is not the same as in the West.” MenWayHappensOrderMiddleWestKillingSoldierEastThings HappenViolentBossMiddle EastMafia Author:Robert Fisk
“After the allied victory of 1918, at the end of my father's war, the victors divided up the lands of their former enemies. In the space of just seventeen months, they created the borders of Northern Ireland, Yugoslavia and most of the Middle East. And I have spent my entire career — in Belfast and Sarajevo, in Beirut and Baghdad — watching the people within those borders burn.” PeopleWarEndsFatherSpaceEnemyCareersLandMiddleMonthsVictoryEastFormerBordersDividedMiddle EastIrelandSeventeenBaghdadNorthern IrelandYugoslaviaBeirutBelfast Author:Robert Fisk
