I do not make stories up, full stop. Robert Fisk More Quotes by Robert Fisk More Quotes From Robert Fisk These terrible terrorism acts occur because of political situations and injustice in various parts of the world. The Middle East is heavy with injustice. After September 11,George W.Bush announced that he had always had a vision of a Palestinian state. Why didn't he tell us that before September 11, when it would have been a bit more impressive? Robert Fisk september-11visionpolitical I've never seen a single demonstration in Pakistan, in the streets of Gaza, in the West Bank, in which the people have come out with signs saying, "Please give us better roads. Please give us new prenatal clinics. Please give us a new sewage system." I'm sure they'd like those things, but it's not what they demand in the demonstrations. In the demonstrations, they talk about justice, they talk about an end to Israeli occupation. Robert Fisk justicegivingpeople Fundamentalism is not bred in poverty. There are plenty of poor countries in the world that don't have violence because amid the poverty there is a kind of justice and in some countries a democracy. Robert Fisk democracyjusticecountry People turn to violence, because they have no other avenue left. Robert Fisk turnsviolencepeople 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? Robert Fisk trialsnew-yorktrying It's very easy to start a war but the muftah, as the Arabs say, the key to switch off a war, is very difficult to find. Robert Fisk keyseasywar 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. Robert Fisk bossmenorder The word 'democracy' and the name of Assad do not blend very well in much of Syria. Robert Fisk assaddemocracynames A businessman admits that he 'let go' an employee because he was a Sunni Muslim. You simply have to look after yourself, he explains. I am shocked, like a good Westerner should be. Robert Fisk shouldletting-golooks I wouldn't say I was part of an anti-war campaign. Robert Fisk anti-warcampaignswar The Syrian army is tired of corruption. It is tired of party nepotism. It is becoming very angry with those it blames for the war. Robert Fisk tiredpartywar It is always an eerie experience to sit among Bashar al-Assad's soldiers. Robert Fisk alseeriesoldier 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 they have found another land without people if these refugees do not return. Robert Fisk southernlandpeople Israel lost its war. Will Assad's enemies lose, too? Robert Fisk israelwarenemy President Bush will come here and there will be new "friends" of America to open a new relationship with the world, new economic fortunes for those who "liberated" them. Robert Fisk new-relationshippresidentamerica The [Israelis] believed - they were possessed of an absolute certainty and conviction - that 'terrorists' were in Chatila. How could I explain to them that the terrorists had left, that the terrorists had worn Israeli uniforms, that the terrorists had been sent into Chatila by Israeli officers, that the victims of the terrorists were not Israelis but Palestinians and Lebanese? Robert Fisk uniformsconvictionvictim The sheer violence of it, the howl of air raid sirens and the air-cutting fall of the missiles carried its own political message; not just to President Saddam but to the rest of the world. We are the superpower, those explosions said last night. This is how we do business. Robert Fisk cuttingnightfall Tanks come in two forms: the dangerous, deadly kind and the "liberating" kind. Robert Fisk tankskindtwo When you have a crime against humanity that is so awesome in scale and death, it is more than permissible to look around and say, who recently has been declaring war on the United States? Of course, the compass points straight to bin Laden. Robert Fisk united-stateshumanitywar In one way, I fear all Damascus is a dungeon. Or do you have to live here to appreciate that? Robert Fisk dungeonsappreciateway
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