“Why is it that we go to immense lengths getting the Serbs who were responsible for the massacre of 7,000 at Srbrenica - that's slightly more than the total figure for New York - and we take them to a tribunal in The Hague, and one after another, we arraign them, try them, convict them, and punish them in front of the world, but no plans have been brought forward to get bin Laden and his friends and put them on trial?” WorldTryingHas BeensPlansFrontsFiguresNew YorkResponsibleTrialsLengthImmenseBin LadenMassacresConvictsTribunals Author:Robert Fisk
“Why is it that we go to immense lengths getting the Serbs who were responsible for the massacre of 7,000 at Srbrenica-that's slightly more than the total figure for New York 9/11-and we take them to a tribunal in The Hague, and one after another, we arraign them, try them, convict them, and punish them in front of the world, but no plans have been brought forward to get Osama bin Laden and his friends and put them on trial.” WorldTryingResponsibleBin LadenOsama Bin Laden Author:Robert Fisk
“It's a journalist's job to be a witness to history. We're not there to worry about ourselves. We're there to try and get as near as we can, in an imperfect world, to the truth and get the truth out.” WorldTryingJobsWorryWitnessJournalistImperfectA Perfect WorldImperfect World Author:Robert Fisk
“I suppose, in the end, we journalists try - or should try - to be the first impartial witnesses of history. If we have any reason for our existence, the least must be our ability to report history as it happens so that no one can say: 'we didn't know - no one told us.'” IfsKnowsShouldTryingFirstsEndsReasonHappensAbilityExistenceWitnessJournalistReports Author:Robert Fisk
“Wasn't Saddam destroyed? Wasn't Gaddafi liquidated? Didn't Milosevic go to the Hague? All true. But Stalin survived. Kim Jong-un isn't doing too badly, either - though that's probably because he actually has nuclear weapons, as opposed to Iran which might or might not be trying to acquire them and thus remains on the Israeli-American target list.” TryingMightWeaponsRemainsListsNuclearDestroyedAcquireIranTargetNuclear WeaponsSurvivedSaddamIsraeliKimGaddafi Author:Robert Fisk
