I think in Baghdad, any westerner, journalist or not, has a big dollar sign on his or her forehead. So, first and foremost, you are a ticket to unimaginable wealth. And that makes any trips out of the safe zones very risky.
Even if you are a liberal in the Muslim world, when you see Abu Ghraib and Guantanamo, and you see all the other reports of abuses by American forces… - Yaroslav Trofimov
Even if you are a liberal in the Muslim world, when you see Abu Ghraib and Guantanamo, and you see all the other reports of abuses by American forces…
- Yaroslav Trofimov
Long before 9/11 and the war in Iraq, a lot of people hated the United States and the West. But what the Iraqi war seems to have done, at least in...… - Yaroslav Trofimov
Long before 9/11 and the war in Iraq, a lot of people hated the United States and the West. But what the Iraqi war seems to have done, at least in...…
Even if you look at Iran, those campaigners for human rights there, they don't want to have anything to do with America, because they are afraid that… - Yaroslav Trofimov
Even if you look at Iran, those campaigners for human rights there, they don't want to have anything to do with America, because they are afraid that…
The American official was trying to talk about aid and development projects and finally a local tribal chief got up and said, "Even if you turn our c… - Yaroslav Trofimov
The American official was trying to talk about aid and development projects and finally a local tribal chief got up and said, "Even if you turn our c…
And if you look at the experience of Turkey, for example, where the modern Islamists are in power and are doing fine - this is very good. Because dem… - Yaroslav Trofimov
And if you look at the experience of Turkey, for example, where the modern Islamists are in power and are doing fine - this is very good. Because dem…
In the occupation in Afghanistan, there are tragedies as well. It's not as bad as in Iraq because there are fewer American troops. But, as I describe… - Yaroslav Trofimov
In the occupation in Afghanistan, there are tragedies as well. It's not as bad as in Iraq because there are fewer American troops. But, as I describe…
But in Afghanistan, the general rule was that since you were fighting the Taliban, which was not a lawful government force, the Geneva Conventions di… - Yaroslav Trofimov
But in Afghanistan, the general rule was that since you were fighting the Taliban, which was not a lawful government force, the Geneva Conventions di…
I think the behavior of the troops has been a huge factor in the rise of the insurgency and in the rise of the anti-American feelings there[in Iraq]. - Yaroslav Trofimov
I think the behavior of the troops has been a huge factor in the rise of the insurgency and in the rise of the anti-American feelings there[in Iraq].
Because no matter how much money we spend there [in Iraq], as long as the people there see this money as... as assistance that is unwelcome, as long … - Yaroslav Trofimov
Because no matter how much money we spend there [in Iraq], as long as the people there see this money as... as assistance that is unwelcome, as long …
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