At Baalbek Nuts I bought pistachios from the Lebanese owners, who answered my request for their thoughts on the war with the typically Lebanese response of no problem. It's a lie, as we all knew.
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 imp… - 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 imp…
- 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 H… - 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 H…
I was very struck by the fact that Colin Powell said he would produce evidence and then never produced it. Then Tony Blair produced a document of sev… - Robert Fisk
I was very struck by the fact that Colin Powell said he would produce evidence and then never produced it. Then Tony Blair produced a document of sev…
In Palestine, the Israelis claim they found a land without people,' a Syrian officer explained to us. 'Now they will take southern Lebanon and claim … - Robert Fisk
In Palestine, the Israelis claim they found a land without people,' a Syrian officer explained to us. 'Now they will take southern Lebanon and claim …
The violence stems from injustice, because people feel they have been treated unfairly in the Middle East, whether that means military occupation, st… - Robert Fisk
The violence stems from injustice, because people feel they have been treated unfairly in the Middle East, whether that means military occupation, st…
And I think, in the end, that is the best definition of journalism I have heard; to challenge authority - all authority - especially so when governme… - Robert Fisk
And I think, in the end, that is the best definition of journalism I have heard; to challenge authority - all authority - especially so when governme…
War is primarily not about victory or defeat but about death and the infliction of death. It represents the total failure of the human spirit. - Robert Fisk
War is primarily not about victory or defeat but about death and the infliction of death. It represents the total failure of the human spirit.
President Bush cruelly manipulated the grief of the American people - and the sympathy of the rest of the world - to introduce a 'world order' dreame… - Robert Fisk
President Bush cruelly manipulated the grief of the American people - and the sympathy of the rest of the world - to introduce a 'world order' dreame…
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, … - 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, …
Login to join the discussion
Login to join the discussion