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 americabusheconomic Change image and share on social
Colleagues will malign you if you're a moderately successful journalist. Robert Fisk colleaguejournalistmalign Change image and share on social
The Second World War is and was constantly being drudged up by Blair and Bush to rationalize the invasion of Iraq. Robert Fisk blairbushconstantly Change image and share on social
Bin Laden always wanted to get rid of Mubarek and Ben Ali and Gaddafi and so on, claiming that they were all infidels working for America, and in fact, it was millions of ordinary people who peacefully, more or less - certainly in the case of Tunisia and Egypt - got rid of them. Robert Fisk aliamericaben share on social
When I visited Syrian special forces along the front lines, I was given extraordinary amounts of detail. They gave me the code numbers for the various positions they've got, told me where the rebels were - about 800 meters away in a forest. I met soldiers who had been wounded but were still serving. Robert Fisk amountcodedetail share on social
The biggest problem I have in journalism is being quoted or misquoted and then being asked to defend something I haven't said. Robert Fisk askbigdefend Change image and share on social
Tanks come in two forms: the dangerous, deadly kind and the 'liberating' kind. Robert Fisk dangerousdeadlyform Change image and share on social
I'm not sure whether I've been happy. After my last book tour, I sat on my balcony with a cup of tea. I thought: 'You can't rewind the movie. I've spent more than half my life in the Middle East. There have been great moments of horror and depression and loneliness.' Robert Fisk balconybookcup share on social
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 awesomebincompass share on social
In one way, I fear all Damascus is a dungeon. Or do you have to live here to appreciate that? Robert Fisk damascusdungeonfear Change image and share on social